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Victor Lundberg An Open Letter To My Teenage Son.

Dear son: You ask my reaction to long hair or beards on young people Some great men have worn long hair and beards George Washington and Abraham Lincoln If to you long hair or a beard is a symbol of independence If you believe in your heart that the principles of this country Our heritage, is worthy of this display of pride That all men. shall remain free That free men at all times will not inflict their personal limitations Of achievement on others, That demands your own rights as well as the rights of others And be willing to fight for this right, you have my blessings You ask that I not ju. .

Victor Lundberg (2 September 1923 – 14 February 1990) was an American radio personality. He is best known for a spoken-word record called to "An Open Letter To My Teenage Son", which became an unlikely Top 10 hit in 1967. The record, written by Lundberg and produced by Jack Tracy, imagines Lundberg talking to his teenage son (in real life, Lundberg had at least one male teenager in his household at the time). Open Letter (To a Landlord)", a song by the New York City band Living Colour from their 1988 debut album Vivid. com/Open letter (disambiguation).

Dear son You ask my reaction to long hair or beards on young people. George Washington And Abraham Lincoln. If to you long hair or a beard is a symbol of Independence, if you believe in your heart that the principles Of this country, our heritage, is worthy of this display of pride, That all men shall remain free, that free men at all times will not Inflict their personal limitations of achievement on others, that Demands your own rights as well. as the rights of others, and be Willing to fight for this right, you have my blessing.

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Victor Lundberg provided the inevitable response to the protest recordings of the mid-60s, ‘An Open Letter To My Teenage Son’. Lundberg was a former news reporter and radio announcer who owned a company which created radio and television commercials when, in 1967, he sought to address the current ‘generation gap’ with his patriotic spoken-word ‘letter’ addressing the youth of America on how to ‘straighten up and fly right’. Whether his words of advice were observed by the kids or their parents, enough copies of the single, on Liberty Records, sold to push it into the US Top 10.