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  2. John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country, honky tonk and rockabilly musician during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrative country saga songs that became international hits.

  3. Oct 23, 2022 · Updated. October 23, 2022. 0. While tragic, Johnny Hortons death has a chilling backstory to it. Despite his “wild-at-heart” voice and looks, Johnny Horton was a man plagued for so many years by the gloomy premonitions of his death. He was even known to promise his loved ones that he’ll get in touch with them once he was in the afterlife.

  4. 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...

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  5. April 30, 1925 · Los Angeles, California, USA. Died. November 5, 1960 · Milano, Texas, USA (road accident) Birth name. John Gale Horton. Nickname. The Singing Fisherman. Mini Bio. Johnny Horton was born in Los Angeles, but at an early age he moved with his sharecropping parents to Tyler, Texas, where he grew up.

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  6. Mar 22, 2016 · Johnny Horton, known also as “The Singing Fisherman”, led a life as adventurous and interesting as his storied songs. He grew up in Texas and California, lived in Florida, hunted gold in Alaska, went to college and dropped out on a basketball scholarship, and had his own radio show in Louisiana.

  7. Mar 31, 2024 · Singer’s bio. Born in 1925 in Los Angeles, Johnny Horton was an American country music singer and songwriter. He grew up in Texas and Louisiana and served in the United States Army during World War II. After he was discharged, he returned to Louisiana and pursued his music career.

  8. One of the best and most popular honky tonk singers of the 1950s, although he's better known for his historically themed narrative songs. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 1960s. Born. April 30, 1925 in Los Angeles, CA. Died. November 5, 1960 in Milano, TX. Genre. Country, Pop/Rock. Styles.

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