Johnny Sea's 1966 spoken word recording, "Day For Decision", was also a response to the song, and was also a Top 40 hit. Barry Sadler released the patriotic " Ballad of the Green Berets". A few months later, Green Beret medic SSgt. Singer Tony Mammarella also released a positive answer song titled "Eve of Tomorrow". It was however featured on Top of the Pops on television one week while in the Top 10.Ī group called The Spokesmen released a partial parody and answer record entitled "The Dawn of Correction". It was placed on a "restricted list" by the BBC, and could not be played on "general entertainment programmes". In addition to its being banned in some parts of the U.S., it was also banned by Radio Scotland. Chart history Ĭontroversy, parodies, and response songs McGuire would never again break into the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. That same day the single went to #1 on the chart, and repeated the feat on the Cashbox chart, where it had debuted at No. It reached its peak of #37 on the Billboard album chart during the week ending September 25. By August 12 Dunhill released the LP, Eve of Destruction. In the first week of its release, the single was at No. McGuire's single hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1965. The following Monday morning he got a phone call from the record company at 7:00 a.m., telling him to turn on the radio - his song was playing. McGuire recalled in later years that "Eve of Destruction" had been recorded in one take on a Tuesday morning, reading lyrics scrawled on a crumpled piece of paper. The song was an instant hit, and as a result, the more polished vocal track that was at first envisioned was never recorded. The vocal track was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final version, but a copy of the recording "leaked" out to a disc jockey, who began playing it. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of the Wrecking Crew) on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass guitar. The accompanying musicians were top-tier Los Angeles session players: P. McGuire's recording was made between July 12 and July 15, 1965, and released by Dunhill Records.
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