10-16-2011, 07:09
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"The Green Beret" - March
A small discussion got started on another board about a song.
The title was "The Green Beret". It's identified as "The official march of the United States Army Special Warfare Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina". It appears to credit W.O. Ken Whitcomb as the author. Side A is the Concert version and Side B is the Quickstep version.
The original poster is pretty sure he picked it up at the Smoke Bomb Hill bookstore around 62 or 63.
I've never heard about an "Official March". All I've heard SF related while out on the parade field was "The Ballad of the Green Berets".
Earl J - you got your ears on? Your office got a copy or any info on it? Anybody?
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10-16-2011, 07:14
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Never heard of this.....
Waiting for Richard's memory to kickin..... 
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10-16-2011, 07:36
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Just a tid-bit
Just a tid-bit - all I could find.....
http://www.philxmilstein.com/probe/pix/PostSadler/
Down near the bottom - ....."Paul Lavalle accepts citation from Major Daniel Baldwin of the U.S. Army Special Forces for being the first non-military band to perform 'The Green Beret' march (June 14, 1965)" (detail from LP back cover):.........
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10-16-2011, 07:40
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http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixtie..._misc_A_M.html
Scroll down to "B".
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The Ballad of the Green Berets [sheet music]. Words and Music by Barry Sadler and Robin Moore. New York: Music Music Music, Inc., (c)1963,1964 & 1966 [sole selling agents: Cimino Publications Incorporated].
[also includes on back page: The Green Beret ("The Official Song of the United States Army Special Forces"). Music by C.W.O. Ken Whitcomb, Words by P.G. Fairbanks. New York: Music Music Music, Inc., (c)1963, 1964.]
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Have the album cover and the disc framed and mounted and didn't see anything about Whitcomb or P.G. Fairbanks..... 
Mebbe I'm missing something.
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10-16-2011, 09:36
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Whitcomb and Fairbanks appear to be composers. As in tailoring the ballad for a string ensemble.
I found this link for Whitcomb (right side of page 2). http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/cms/li...430%5B1%5D.pdf
But thats just my humble opinion.
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10-16-2011, 21:55
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Well, if has "Special Forces" and "March" you know it is bogus.
SF doesn't "march" (other than perhaps heavy rucks over long distances)
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10-16-2011, 22:05
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It's here (download on the upper right): http://mp3.rapidlibrary.com/mp3.php?...he+green+beret
I'd sure love to hear you guys sing (and whistle) it! 
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10-17-2011, 05:47
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I have neither heard of nor heard that song before and, after hearing it, can understand why. It sounds like it belongs in a stage show with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goBcG...eature=related
As much as I got tired of hearing the JFKCENMA Drum and Bugle Corps playing Saddler's ' The Ballad of the Green Berets,' I am forever thankful they never adopted Whitcomb's 'The Green Beret.'
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10-17-2011, 05:57
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You're right
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I have neither heard of nor heard that song before and, after hearing it, can understand why. It sounds like it belongs in a stage show with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. .................
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It did get a bit better when they stopped talking and it was just the music. But you're right - it did sound like some 1950's stage show dance routine.
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10-17-2011, 07:22
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Listening to that was interesting..... Not!
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Originally posted by Richard:
I have neither heard of nor heard that song before and, after hearing it, can understand why. It sounds like it belongs in a stage show with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goBcG...eature=related
As much as I got tired of hearing the JFKCENMA Drum and Bugle Corps playing Saddler's 'The Ballad of the Green Berets,' I am forever thankful they never adopted Whitcomb's 'The Green Beret.'
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If they had played that song every every day, all day at Camp Mackall I think I would have slit my wrists.
When listening to it all I could think of was a bunch of former DADT soldiers dancing around Bronze Bruce.
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10-17-2011, 07:22
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
I have neither heard of nor heard that song before and, after hearing it, can understand why. It sounds like it belongs in a stage show with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goBcG...eature=related
As much as I got tired of hearing the JFKCENMA Drum and Bugle Corps playing Saddler's ' The Ballad of the Green Berets,' I am forever thankful they never adopted Whitcomb's 'The Green Beret.'
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Holy Crap!! Somehow I'm reminded of The Producers. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCUfk...yer_detailpage
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10-17-2011, 13:05
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OMG,that was the toughest several minutes I've ever spent wasted in my life listening to that ?????....  
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10-26-2011, 07:55
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"GB March"!?! I just subjected myself to listening to that, and it's gay. Cheesy as hell. Never heard it before and will never again. That is classic of something that comes from the mind of the Hollywood clueless.
No. That has never been and never will be the"Official" Special Forces "march". Because there isn't one and doesn't need to be one.
When required, the Special Forces march to "The Army Goes Rolling Along" like every other solider. I can do without any of them but nobody is going to buck tradition on the Army's official march.
The Ballad of The Green Beret is ok in my book though. Evokes an era. At least Barry Saddler actually was one.
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10-26-2011, 22:15
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10-26-2011, 23:29
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When listening to it all I could think of was a bunch of former DADT soldiers dancing around Bronze Bruce.
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Aaaaaahhhhh << scratching my eyes out>>>
Thanks for the mental image
"Green Beret" and "March" in the same sentence.....REALLY....???
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