Description
DESCRIPTION
Johnny Horton was a honky-tonk country and rockabilly singer, who found international fame and chart when he recorded a run of "saga" songs which crossed over into the pop charts in the US and UK in the late '50s into 1960, including "The Battle of New Orleans", "Sink The Bismarck" and "North To Alaska". Having actually gone to Alaska to search for gold in 1948, he got into country music via talent shows and had his own radio show as "The Singing Fisherman", making his first records in 1962, recording over the years for the Cormac, Abbott, Mercury and Columbia labels. After his first country hit in 1956 with "Honky Tonk Man" had a run of hits including a country No. 1 in 1959 with "When It's Springtime In Alaska", followed by his pop breakthrough with "The Battle Of New Orleans". Having made the transition from being a down-home country singer, through the ranks of emerging rockabilly performers into the pop world, he was just about at the height of his fame when he was tragically killed in a car accident in 1960. This great-value 60-track 2-CD set, comprises A and B side from across his career with at least one side of all of his releases included, and it naturally features all of his country and pop chart successes, so it's a comprehensive overview of his work.
Why in the Dickens Don't You Milk That Cow - Johnny Reeves and His Homesteaders
Candy Jones - Johnny Horton/Bill Thompson's Westernaires
Happy Millionaire - Johnny Horton/Bill Thompson's Westernaires
Plaid and Calico - Johnny Horton/Bill Thompson's Westernaires
Birds and Butterflies - Various Performers
Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam - Various Performers
Go and Wash (Those Dirty Feet) - Johnny Horton and the Texans
Shadows on the Old Bayou - Johnny Horton and the Texans
Smokey Joe's Barbecue
It's a Long Rocky Road
On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile
Somebody Rockin' in My Broken Heart
Rhythm in My Baby's Walk - Johnny Horton & Hillbilly Barton
First Train Headin' South
The Rest of Your Life
The Child's Side of Life
Tennessee Jive
I Won't Get Dreamy - Eyed
Two Red Lips and Warm Red Wine
Broken Hearted Gypsy
Move on Down the Line
The Door of Your Mansion
No True Love
There'll Never Be Another Mary
Ridin' the Sunshine Special
Big Wheels Rollin'
Honky - Tonk Man
I'm Ready, If You're Willing
I Don't Like I Did
I'm a One Woman Man
I Got a Hole in My Pirogue
I'm Coming Home
Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
I'll Do It Every Time
Let's Take the Long Way Home
Lover's Rock
Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
All Grown Up
All Grown Up
Counterfeit Love
When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
The Battle of New Orleans
All for the Love of a Girl
All for the Love of a Girl
Johnny Reb
Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
Take Me Like I Am
Sink the Bismarck
Sink the Bismarck
Johnny Freedom
Comanche (The Brave Horse)
Comanche (The Brave Horse)
North to Alaska
Sleepy - Eyed John
Sleepy-Eyed John
Ole Slew - Foot
Miss Marcy
Miss Marcy
