Template:Did you know nominations/Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)

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The result was: promoted by Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:02, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)

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... that despite influencing several Beatles' songs, Arthur Alexander's 1962 song "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" was nearly forgotten until a Beatles' bootleg recording surfaced more than a decade later?

Reviewed: Josephus Nelson Larned

5x expanded by Rlendog (talk). Self nominated at 17:40, 27 April 2014 (UTC).

@Rlendog: Sufficient prose length; timing proper at more than five times expansion; hook just a tad (7 characters) over 200 characters so in the ballpark (I would suggest to anyone seeking to promote this that if the minor length overage is a problem, the word "recording" could probably be omitted); reads as neutral; reliable sourcing and hook cited; spot check found no infringement; in short, ready to go.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:48, 29 April 2014 (UTC)

I would have no problem with eliminating the word "recording." I agree that isn't necessary. Rlendog (talk) 01:18, 30 April 2014 (UTC)