War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)
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"War is Hell" is the title of a song written by Curly Putman
, Bucky Jones, and Dan Wilson and recorded by American country music
artist T.G. Sheppard. The song became Sheppard's 11th No. 1 song on the Hot Country Singles
chart in the fall of 1982. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.
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Curly Putman
Claude "Curly" Putman, Jr. is an American songwriter, based in Nashville. His biggest success was "Green, Green Grass of Home" , which was covered by Elvis Presley, Johnny Darrell, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roberto Leal, Merle Haggard, Bobby Bare, Joe Tex, Nana...
, Bucky Jones, and Dan Wilson and recorded by American country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist T.G. Sheppard. The song became Sheppard's 11th No. 1 song on the Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart in the fall of 1982. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.
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The story about a teen-aged boy's sexual initiation by a married woman whose husband was stationed on the front lines in World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Chart performance
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 5 |