Recording, losing to Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen's "Gallant Men". "An Open Letter" spawned at least ten "response" records. Most of these spoken-word records all have the father's son write a response to what the father had said. The son's response varies from letter to letter, depending on the nature of the records. The record was heavily criticised in a scathing review by William Zinsser, "The Pitfalls of Pop's Pompous Pop-off", in Life Magazine, 5 January 1968. Later years Encouraged by the single's success, Liberty released an entire album of Lundberg's musings, entitled An Open Letter (LST 7547) that failed to chart. The album featured ten selections, many of which took a less strongly conservative line than "Teenage Son". "My Buddy Carl" (originally the B-side of the hit single) decried racial prejudice, while "On Censorship", takes an almost Libertarian view of "self-appointed ... censorious do-gooders". (Lundberg is sometimes identified as a leader of the Libertarian Party, but sources differ as to whether he was actually a member; the national party was not formed until 1971.) Lundberg released one more record, in 1968: "Take Two (For the Relief of Racial Tension)" b/w "Impressions of Victor Lundberg", on the Buddah label. It was not a hit. Lundburg continued his career in radio broadcasting throughout; he voiced a large number of nationally-aired commercials (notably, Peter Max commercials), and was an on-air personality part-time, even in retirement. His last regular live radio show ended in 1979 on what was then WYBR, in Belvidere (Rockford), Illinois. Victor Lundburg died in 1990. References American radio personalities 1923 births 1990 deaths People from Grand Rapids, Michigan