An old friend woke me from a sound sleep at 5:15 this morning, the commanding end to The Shirelles' "Soldier Boy" blasting my body into a sitting position. So vivid that I reached to shut off the clock radio before the whole could be disturbed. Having been set aside due to over familiarity, "Soldier Boy" must have felt it was time for an airing so, here we are.
A little googling about in search of a cosmic explanation as to why this record would so rudely remind me of its presence at such an ungodly hour provide no clues but I did learn that "Soldier Boy" has gained or maintained a major presence in the Chicano communities since its 1962 heyday. That is almost as mysterious to me as why it woke me up.
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