Johnny Horton
John Gale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an Americ… Read Full Bio ↴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. With them, he had several major successes, most notably in 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and in 2001 ranked No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century".
During 1960, Horton had two other successes with "North to Alaska" for John Wayne's movie, North to Alaska, and "Sink the Bismarck". Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.

Johnny Horton had several top ten songs in the late 50's and early 60's and was on the verge of becoming one of the top stars of the 60's when he met with tragedy.

He was born John Gale Horton in Los Angeles in 1925. He was raised in Tyler, Texas. Horton worked in the fishing industry in Alaska and California, and attended Seattle University. He worked for a while as a carpenter, and played basketball at Baylor University. He worked at a local radio station in East Texas and at the Hometown Jamboree in California. He did some recording with little success for the Abbott, Mercury, and Dot labels and picked up the nickname the Singing Fisherman. Horton became a regular on the Louisiana Hayride.

Johnny married Billie Jean Jones, the widow of country music legend Hank Williams. He sang country songs and signed a recording contract with Columbia, where he would achieve his greatest success. Some of his first hits included Honky Tonk Man, I'm A One-Woman Man in 1956, Coming Home in 1957 and All Grown Up in 1958. He topped the country charts in 1959 with When It's Springtime In Alaska.

Johnny Horton then began to record a series of saga songs that crossed over to the pop charts. He covered Jimmy Driftwood's The Battle Of New Orleans in 1959. The song topped the country charts and it reached number one on the pop charts, where it remained for a solid six weeks. The song was a tribute to the final battle of the War of 1812. He also recorded Sink The Bismarck in 1960, a song that was suggested by the film of the same title; it went top ten country and pop. Johnny Horton was a star. He sang the title song for the John Wayne movie North To Alaska and it too made the top ten in both charts during the same year.

On November 5, 1960, while North To Alaska was still climbing the charts, Horton was killed in an automobile accident in Milano, Texas following an appearance at the Skyline Club in Austin. He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetary in Haughton, LA.

Following Horton's death some of his earlier hit songs made the charts once again. Albums of his recordings were compiled and issued in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, and they are still selling.

His biography was published in 1983 under the title Your Singing Fisherman.
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Johnny Horton Lyrics


All for the Love of a Girl Well, today I'm so weary Today I'm so blue Sad and brokenhea…
All Grown Up (Hey daddy, hey daddy I'm all grown up) Standing at your…
Battle of Bull Run The sun shown bright and clear that day We all left…
Battle of New Orleans In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson…
Broken Hearted Gypsy A broken-hearted gypsy told her story well The love she won,…
Cherokee Boogie Well, A Cherokee chief as he dances along Sings an…
Coal Smoke Valve Oil & Steam Coal, smoke, valve oil and steam My heart is sad, I'm…
Comanche The battle was over at Custers Last Stand And taps were…
Comanche (The Brave Horse) The battle was over at Custer's last stand And taps were…
Comanche The Brave Horse The battle was over at Custers Last Stand And taps were…
Counterfeit Love And a million lies and a million lies And a million…
Done Rovin (I'm done rovin' I'm gonna settle down.) I'm done rovin' dow…
Everytime Im Kissng You I came home and I found you in the arms…



Evil Hearted Me Well, when the sun rose this morning I was feeling mighty…
First Train Headin' South I didn't know my baby loved me so until that…
Go And Wash When I was a little boy, bare-footed, I'd like to…
Golden Rocket From old Montana down to Alabam I've been before and…
Goodbye Lonesome I've been here for a long long time waitin' all…
Got Got 'Lasses in the cane and sirop in the corn Sugar in…
Got the Bull by the Horns I love the brunets the red heads and blonde haired…
Hank And Joe And Me HANK AND JOE AND ME (Johnny Cash) « © '59 Anne Rachel…
Honky Tonk I'm a honky tonk man, and I can't seem to…
Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor The fiddles are squeakin' The guitars are speakin' The pia…
Honky Tonk Man I'm a honky tonk man, and I can't seem to…
Honky Tonk Mind Oh, the woman I got is sweet indeed But the woman…
Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor The fiddles are squeakin' The guitars are speakin' The pia…
Honky-Tonk Man I'm a honky tonk man, and I can't seem to…
Hooray for That Little Difference Well, a long time ago in a foreign land The Lord…
I If you told me that you loved me, I would…
I Don't Like I Did Well you can't thrill me no more Well maybe you can…
i got a hold in my pirogue Well I went out a fishin' to make a little…
I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin I just don't like this kind of livin' I'm tired…
I Love You Baby I love you baby, I don't mean maybe You drive me…
I M Coming Home Get your face all pretty and your hair done right 'Cause…
I'll Do It Every Time Well i called you on the phone to tell you…
I'm a Fishin' Man If you told me that you loved me, I would…
I'm Comin' Home Get your face all pretty and your hair done right 'Cause…
I'm Comming Home I'M COMING HOME Get your face all pretty and your hair…
I'm Ready If You're Willing Oh, there's a big bright moon above And the night's just…
I'm Ready, If You're Willing I'MREADY IF YOU'RE WILLING There's abig bright moon above a…
In My Home in Shelby County In my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis…
Jambalaya Thank you very much Norm Bale and good evening everybody Thi…
Jim Bridger Once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his…
Joe's Been a Gettin' There There was a Yankee Cornel in 1862 Who fell in…
John Paul Jones JOHN PAUL JONES When John Paul Jones was a little boy…
Johnny Reb You fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb You fought…
Johnny Freedom When our country was a baby and the Redcoats had…
Johnny Reb You fought all the way, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb You fought…
Let Let's take the long way home tonight Maybe I can hold…
Lost Highway I'm a rolling stone all alone and lost for a…
Lover LOVER'S ROCK WRITER DAVE BURGESS Now there's a little place…
Lovers Rock Now there's a little place that I know about I go…
Mansion You Stole The mansion I own has captured your heart You said it…
Miss Marcy Billy boy, Billy boy, sit on the porch Pa married Miss…
Mr Moonlight (Mr Moonlight) [ guitar ] Nobody really cares where the moon…
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Well I went out a fishin' to make a little…
My Home In Shelby County In my home in Shelby County, down there 'n Memphis…
North Alaska North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on North to…
O' Leary's Cow October eighteen seventy one that's when this great big fire…
Old Dan Tucker OLD DAN TUCKER Traditional Old Dan Tucker's a fine old man…
Ole Slew Foot High on the mountain tell me what you see Bear tracks…
On A Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor The fiddles are squeakin' The guitars are speakin' The pia…
One Woman Man If you told me that you loved me, I would…
Out in New Mexico OUT IN NEW MEXICO WRITER JOHNNY HORTON It was in the…
Rock Island Line Now this here's a story about the Rock Island Line Well…
Sal's Got a Sugar Lip SAL'S GOT A SUGARLIP WRITER JIMMIE DRIFTWOOD Come here Sall…
Sal's Got A Sugarlip 'Lasses in the cane and sirop in the corn Sugar in…
Sam Magee Sam McGee There's a valley By the ol' North Pole Where …
Same Old Tale The Crow Told Me Well a tom cat sittin' on a bale of hay And…
Shadows On the Old Bayou Strolling in the evening when the moon's hanging low Just w…
Shake Rattle And Roll SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL WRITER CHARLES E. CALHOUN Get out…
She Knows Why I have a story I'd like to tell broken heart's…
Shotgun Boogie SHOTGUN BOOGIE WRITER TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD There it s…
Sink the Bismarck In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun The…
Sink The Bismarck+ In May of nineteen forty-one the war…
Sink The Bismark In may of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun The…
Sinking of the Reuben James SINKINGOF THE REUBEN JAMES What weretheir names tell me wha…
Sleepy Eyed John Well a-way down yonder on the Candy Creek I whittled out…
Smokey Joe's Barbecue (*J. Horton, F. Horton) Way down south, where the whippoorwi…
Snow Shoe Thompson In 1855 in old California a man was a looking…
Springtime In Alaska I mushed from Port Barren through a blizzard of snow Been…
Sugar Coated Baby When the last sole flicker of the sun goes down And…
Take Me Like I Am I'm livin' on the other side of the track, it's…
The Battle Of 1814 In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson…
The Battle of Bull Run The sun shown bright and clear that day We all left…
The Battle of New Orleans In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson…
The Electrified Donkey Oh, well, I bought me a donkey, about four foot…
The First Train Headin' South I didn't know my baby loved me so until that…
The Golden Rocket From old Montana down to Alabam I've been before and…
The Jim Bridger Story Once there was a mountain man who couldn't write his…
The Mansion You Stole The mansion I own has captured your heart You said it…
The Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me Well a tom cat sittin' on a bale of hay And…
The Sinking of the Reuben James (Almanac Singers) What were their names, tell me what were …
The Vanishing Race I I ou I I I ou I I ou Oh…
The Wild One Give me my cycle with star-filled sky above And a good…
The Woman I Need THE WOMAN I NEED (HONKY TONK MIND) WRITERS TOMMY BLAKE, CARL…
The Women I Need Oh, the woman I got is sweet indeed But the woman…
They'll Never Take Her Love from Me If today the sun should set on all my hopes…
When It I mushed from Point Barrow through blizzard of snow. Been ou…
When It's Spring Time In Alaska I mushed from Port Barren through a blizzard of snow Been…
When It's Springtime In Alaska I mushed from Point Barrow through blizzard of snow. Been ou…
When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) I mushed from Port Barren through a blizzard of snow Been…
When Its Springtime In Alaska I mushed from Point Barrow through blizzard of snow. Been ou…
Whispering Pines The snowflakes fall as winter comes And time just seems to…
Wild One Give me my cycle with star-filled sky above And a good…
Won't You Love Me Love Love Me If today the sun should set on all my hopes…
Words Words can cause our love to tumble Jealous words are so…
You You You I love you baby, I don't mean maybe You drive me…
Young Abe Lincoln YOUNG ABE LINCOLN Well he lived in a cabin way down…


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John Gale "Johnny" Horton did NOT write or sing the song "I Hate Niggers". That song was by Johnny Rebel and not written or released for some years after Johnny Horton died.

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