Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1918


I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind

Buy I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




'I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind' is a World War I era song about a soldier named Johnny dreaming of coming home and giving his medal to his sweetheart. The song was first featured in Ziegfeld Follies of 1918. It reached the top 20 in August 1918 and climbed even higher to number 14 in September 1918. It was written and composed by Irving Berlin, produced by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., and recorded by the Peerless Quartet.

References



Category:1918 songs

Category:Songs written by Irving Berlin

Buy I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1918



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1021257489.