1966 Hit, Written by a Real-Life Green Beret Wounded in Vietnam, Gave Him His First No. 1 With His Debut Single
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In 1966, the biggest song in America didn’t come from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones or a hot new rock band. It came from an Army medic. Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler released “The Ballad of the Green Berets” in January 1966. It was his very first single, and by March, it had reached No. 1 on the …
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