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Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods are an American pop music group, known mainly for their 1970s hit singles, "Billy Don't Be a Hero" and "Who Do You Think You Are".
Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods shot to prominence in 1974 with "Billy, Don't Be a Hero." Sales that topped three million copies brought the group a gold record. The single spent two weeks in the top...
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Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - Billy Don't Be A Hero (1974) The marchin' band came down along main street The soldier blues fell in behind I looked across and there I saw Billy Waiting to go and...
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An opening stint for The Osmond Brothers and appearances on Dick Clark's American Bandstand and "Action '73" TV shows poised Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods into the right realm for the stardom they would soon achieve.
Sep 4, 2018 · Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Billy, Don't Be A Hero · Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods Rockin' 70's ℗ A Geffen Records Release; ℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc. Released on: 1996-05-03 ...
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May 22, 2019 · A review of the 1974 #1 hit song that glorifies military sacrifice and death, performed by an American band that beat a British band to the US market. The reviewer criticizes the song's incoherence, obnoxiousness and post-Vietnam denial.
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"Billy Don't Be a Hero" is a 1974 pop song that was first a UK hit for Paper Lace and then, some months later, a US hit for Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods. The song was written and composed by two British songwriters, Mitch Murray and Peter Callander.