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About Terry Nelson (musician)
- Terry Nelson Skinner (born August 24, 1947) was an American disc jockey from Russellville, Alabama, United States.
- Together with a group of studio musicians, Nelson released a single in 1971 under the name C.
- Company featuring Terry Nelson.
- The single, entitled "Battle Hymn of Lt.
- Calley", was a spoken-word recording with a musical background which defended William Calley and the massacre at My Lai, for which Calley was court-martialed in 1970-71.
- Originally issued on a small local label, Quickit Records, it was reissued nationally on Plantation Records in April 1971.
- The single reached No.
- 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and No.
- 49 on Hot Country Songs. This disc sold over one million copies in just four days, and received a gold disc awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America on 15 April 1971.
- It went on to sell nearly two million copies.That same year, C.
- Company and Terry Nelson released an album, Wake Up America, also on Plantation.
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