H-Bomb is an unidentified anti-war rockabilly song from the 1950s. It was included in a "Rockin’ Acetates" compilation from 1998. The creators of the compilation don’t know who made it.
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Pre-2000
Although the song isn’t attributed to any specific year, it is possible that it could date to as far back as the 1950s, given the popularity of rockabilly music during that time period.
However, it was first distributed through the 1998 “Rockin’ Acetates” compilation CD, released in the Netherlands by Collector Records. The compilation also included another unidentified song Teen Time.
“Rockin' Acetates” is a 1998 compilation of rockabilly songs transferred from acetate records. A similar set of compilations (featuring several songs also included on Rockin’ Acetates) called “The Acetate Sessions” was released on LP under the White Label imprint of Collector Records (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 in 1985 and 1991 respectively).
On the back of the CD, H-Bomb is listed as being by an unknown artist, marked with a triple asterisk, indicating it as being “previously unreleased”.
The only other documentation of the song was found on a commercially released album in its inclusion on a 2005 box set entitled “Atomic Platters: Cold War Music From The Golden Age Of Homeland Security”; a release by Bear Family Records chronicling music, radio spots, films, and other media from the first few decades of the Cold War.
H-Bomb is the 28th track on the 4th disc, with a 1998 publication date listed on the back of the jewel case, indicating that the song was likely sourced through Collector Records.
2020s
Over time, the song was reuploaded to YouTube by multiple users, such as 2difcame, Ofrix, Q, Jcorsen, SpikeytheCactus, AlianTheObscure, LostwaveFinder, 𝑀𝑟. 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑝𝑠, and multiple others, amassing over 30k views.
On September 18th, 2024, a channel for the song was created on the Fond my Mind Discord server after it won a channel poll with Back When We Were Kings, I'd Rather Be a Rockstar, Take Me Far Away, and That's The Magic. Five days later, user PersonOfDistraction placed a $50 bounty on the songs' solves.[1]
On September 19th, 2025, after unidentified song Red Light was identified, the FMM Discord channel for the song was promoted to the "Other Unknown Songs (1)" category.
On October 20th, 2025, the song's FMM channel was demoted to the "Other Unknown Songs (3)" category along with eight others following the category's creation.
Leads and Theories
H-Bomb Boogie
There has been some speculation that H-Bomb could have been commercially released in the form of a vinyl or shellac record. One candidate was mentioned is a 10” single released in Belgium in 1953, titled “H-Bomb Boogie”, credited to “Benn Cristy’s Rhythm Five”.
While this lead cannot definitively be debunked, it is very unlikely that these songs are related.
The only credit visible on the label of the 10” in question credits “Benn Cristy at the WURLITZER organ”, an instrument that is noticeably not present on any form in the unidentified “H-Bomb” song, whose backing melody is solely carried on guitar.
The Discogs entry for the 10” record also lists it as being in the boogie-woogie style of blues music, which H-Bomb is decidedly not an example of.
It’s also worth noting that there exists another piece of music (released in 1950) entitled “H-Bomb Boogie”, credited to Charlie Singleton. Curiously, given Singleton’s involvement with “H-Bomb” Ferguson on the "I Love My Baby" / "Rock H-Bomb Rock" 10” single, it’s possible that the piece was named in tribute to him specifically.
Seeing as Collector Records themselves — a fairly reputable distributor of rare recordings from that time period — could not trace the identity of the song or its creator(s). The unidentified "H-Bomb" song is not likely to have seen a commercial release predating the 1998 CD.[2]
"Dick Dorn" Lead
On September 15, 2024, Reddit user u/garoto_aleatorio14 suggested that the artist behind H-Bomb could be Dick Dorn. While the music style and voice is similar, there is no supporting evidence linking them together beyond that.[3]
Lyrics
Now here's a little story that I would like to tell
It's 'bout this big old world and how it's gonna swell
There's been many times that it tried to explode
Because of two big wars, it tried to unload
It's called H-bomb!
Now the worst ol' war that we'll ever see
Will start with one big bomb from over the sea
So please take heed to what I have to say
Keep this thing from happening in that awful way
It's called H-bomb!
Now the worst ol' war that we'll ever see
Will start with one big bomb from over the sea
So please take heed to what I have to say
Keep this thing from happening in that awful way
It's called H-bomb!
It's called H-bomb!
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