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- John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Initially performing traditional country, Horton later performed rockabilly songs. [1] He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrative country saga songs that became international hits.
Best known for "saga songs", such as "The Battle of New Orleans" and "When it's Springtime in Alaska (It's 40 Below)" (1959), and "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska" (1960). "The Battle of New Orleans" was a No. 1 hit on both Billboard magazine's country singles and Hot 100 charts for 10 weeks, and was among the top songs of 1959 on both ...
Although he is better-remembered for his historical songs, Johnny Horton was one of the best and most popular honky tonk singers of the late 1950s. Horton managed to infuse honky tonk with an urgent rockabilly underpinning. Although his career was cut short by a fatal car crash in 1960, his music reverberated throughout the next three decades.
Nov 6, 2019 · Johnny Horton was one of the biggest honky-tonk country singers in the '50s and '60s. Though his life was cut short when he was at the height of his career, his songs remain classics and he...
John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s.