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SKU: A0.774756
Composed by Walker. Arranged by Sandra Milliken. Contemporary. Octavo. 14 pages. Sandra Milliken #5311617. Published by Sandra Milliken (A0.774756).Khe Sanh (named after the Vietnam War's Battle of Khe Sanh) was written by Don Walker, the pianist for the Australian rock band Cold Chisel. It tells about an Australian Vietnam veteran trying to deal with his return to civilian life – womanising, post traumatic stress disorder, drug addiction, working on oil rigs and flying helicopters, travelling the world in search of answers. It is a life, he says, that only other vets (veterans) would understand.
Released in May 1978, the song achieved only modest success on the national charts at the time, but did reach No. 4 in Cold Chisel's home town of Adelaide. In 2001, APRA, the Australasian music industry's peak body, listed Khe Sanh at number eight in a poll of all-time best Australian songs. In November 2014, the song was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry of historically, culturally and aesthetically significant sound recordings.
Khe Sanh still receives strong airplay on Australian radio stations with a "classic rock" format.
This arrangement for male choir (TTBB) features a piano accompaniment with guitar chords.
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