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Originally Posted by Isaac-Saxxon
I can see who Johnny Cash is but who is the other Johnnie ?
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Johnny Horton (
April 30,
1925 –
November 4,
1960) was an
American country music singer who was most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs". With them, he had several major
crossover hits, most notably in
1959 with "
The Battle of New Orleans" which won the 1960
Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was honored with a
Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in
2001 was named number 333 of the
Songs of the Century. In 1960, Horton had two other crossover hits with "
Sink the Bismarck" and "
North to Alaska".
Horton was also a
rockabilly singer, and was inducted into the
Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
Horton was killed instantly while he was returning home from a performance in
Austin (Skyline Club) in a head-on collision with a
drunk driver on Highway 79 at
Milano, Texas at the age of 35
now you know ... "the rest of the story"
Battle of new Orleans (video) LOL
Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor (audio only)