Artist: Larry Verne
Author: Fred Darian/Al De Lory/Joe Van Winkle
Label: Era
Year: 1960
Country novelty about the Battle of the Little Big Horn where the singer refused to be sent to. ("Please Mr. Custer") N°1 US.
Covers:
Charlie Drake [hit UK]
Mickey Woods [as Please Mr. Kennedy; where the subject don't want to be sent into outer space]
Scouts [as Mr. Custer Stomp]
David Peel & The Lower East Side [as Hey Mr. Draftboard, shifting the action to Vietnam]
Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac & Adam Driver [as Please Mr. Kennedy in film Inside Llewyn Davis]
Elvis Costello, Adam Driver & Oscar Isaac [on Celebration Music Of Llewyn Davis]
Later used by Jane Abel in a clip about Iraq. Bo Diddley's Mr. Custer ('63) is a different song.
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Arnold Rypens
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