Coming Home Soldier

"Coming Home Soldier" is a song co-written and sung by Bobby Vinton, which he released in 1966. The song is a sequel to Vinton's previous hit "Mr. Lonely," sung from the perspective of a man who is returning home to the girl he loves, after having fought in a war overseas, and has survived without serious injury ("no Purple Heart"). The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 11,[3] while reaching No. 29 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[4] and No. 89 on Canada's RPM 100.[5]

"Coming Home Soldier"
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits
B-side"Don't Let My Mary Go Round"
ReleasedOctober 17. 1966
RecordedOctober 4, 1966
GenrePop music
Length2:29
LabelEpic Records
Songwriter(s)Bobby Vinton & Gene Allan[1]
Producer(s)Robert Mersey[2]
Bobby Vinton singles chronology
"Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue)"
(1966)		 "Coming Home Soldier"
(1966)		 "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"
(1967)

Chart performance
Chart (1966-1967) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 11
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 29
Canada - RPM 100 89

References
  1. Coming Home Soldier - By: Bobby Vinton, MusicVF.com. Accessed October 18, 2015
  2. "Spotlight Singles", Billboard, October 29, 1966. p. 16. Accessed October 18, 2015
  3. Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 18, 2015
  4. "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of January 16, 1967". Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 26, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Chart No. 517. CHUM. Accessed November 25, 2015.
  5. "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 6, Ed. 17, December 19, 1966. Accessed October 18, 2015



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