Johnny Horton

About the artist

John LaGale Horton (30 April 1925 – 5 November 1960) was an American country, honky-tonk, and rockabilly singer active during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-themed narrative songs that achieved international success. His 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans" won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1960 and was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame; in 2001 it was ranked number 333 on the Recording Industry Association of America’s "Songs of the Century" list.

Top songs

  1. The Battle of New Orleans
  2. North to Alaska
  3. Honky Tonk Man
  4. Sink The Bismark
  5. Battle of New Orleans
  6. Johnny Reb
  7. Sink the Bismarck
  8. I'm A One-Woman Man
  9. I'm Coming Home
  10. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
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  1. All for the Love of a Girl
  2. Whispering Pines
  3. Lover's Rock
  4. Honky-Tonk Man
  5. Cherokee Boogie
  6. Ole Slew Foot
  7. The Mansion You Stole
  8. Mr. Moonlight
  9. North To Alaska*
  10. Jim Bridger
  11. All Grown Up
  12. I Got a Hole In My Pirogue
  13. Comanche (The Brave Horse)
  14. I'm a One Woman Man
  15. They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose
  16. Sleepy-Eyed John
  17. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
  18. I'm Ready If You're Willing
  19. Got the Bull By the Horns
  20. I'm A One Woman Men
  21. Lost Highway
  22. The Golden Rocket
  23. The Woman I Need (Honky Tonk Mind)
  24. Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor
  25. When It's Springtime in Alaska
  26. Take Me Like I Am
  27. Out in New Mexico
  28. She Knows Why
  29. Let's Take the Long Way Home
  30. The Wild One
  31. The Electrified Donkey
  32. The Jim Bridger Story
  33. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
  34. Joe's Been A-Gittin' There
  35. When It's Spring Time In Alaska (It's Forty Below) - Single Version
  36. Hooray for That Little Difference
  37. Hot in the Sugarcane Field
  38. Words
  39. The First Train Headin' South
  40. I Love You Baby
  41. Sam Magee
  42. Broken-Hearted Gypsy
  43. Johnny Freedom ("Freedomland")
  44. Wise to the Ways of a Woman
  45. Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
  46. I'm Ready, If You're Willing
  47. Johnny Freedom
  48. I Don't Like I Did (Before)
  49. Evil Hearted Me
  50. Big Wheels Rollin'
  51. I'll Do It Every Time
  52. Counterfeit Love
  53. Jambalaya
  54. The Battle Of New Orleans - special version cut for England
  55. Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)
  56. Rock Island Line
  57. I Hate Niggers
  58. Go North
  59. One Woman Man
  60. John Henry
  61. Mean Mean Son of a Gun
  62. The Battle of Bull Run
  63. Battle Of New Orleans (Live)
  64. Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
  65. Nigger Hatin' Me
  66. Smokey Joe's Barbecue
  67. Sleepy-Eyed John - Single Version
  68. John Paul Jones
  69. The Woman I Need
  70. Done Rovin'
  71. I Don't Like I Did
  72. Devilish Love Light
  73. The Ballad of Davy Crockett
  74. Two Red Lips and Warm Red Wine
  75. The Gosh Darn Wheel
  76. I'll Do It Everytime
  77. I Just Don'T Like This Kind Of Livin'
  78. When It's Spring Time In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
  79. Broken Hearted Gypsy
  80. Old Blind Barnabas
  81. Shotgun Boogie
  82. Plaid and Calico
  83. Ballad Of The Green Berets
  84. The Battle Of New Orleans (English Version)
  85. Ballad of the Alamo
  86. Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll
  87. Hank And Joe And Me
  88. Mean, Mean Son of a Gun
  89. Church by the Side of the Road
  90. Comanche

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