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.
1 Why in the Dickens Don't You Milk That Cow - Johnny Reeves and His Homesteaders
2 Candy Jones - Johnny Horton/Bill Thompson's Westernaires
3 Happy Millionaire - Johnny Horton/Bill Thompson's Westernaires
4 Plaid and Calico - Johnny Horton/Bill Thompson's Westernaires
5 Birds and Butterflies - Various Performers
6 Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam - Various Performers
7 Go and Wash (Those Dirty Feet) - Johnny Horton and the Texans
8 Shadows on the Old Bayou - Johnny Horton and the Texans
9 Smokey Joe's Barbecue
10 It's a Long Rocky Road
11 On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile
12 Somebody Rockin' in My Broken Heart
13 Rhythm in My Baby's Walk - Johnny Horton & Hillbilly Barton
14 First Train Headin' South
15 The Rest of Your Life
16 The Child's Side of Life
17 Tennessee Jive
18 I Won't Get Dreamy - Eyed
19 Two Red Lips and Warm Red Wine
20 Broken Hearted Gypsy
21 Move on Down the Line
22 The Door of Your Mansion
23 No True Love
24 There'll Never Be Another Mary
25 Ridin' the Sunshine Special
26 Big Wheels Rollin'
27 Honky - Tonk Man
28 I'm Ready, If You're Willing
29 I Don't Like I Did
30 I'm a One Woman Man
31 I Got a Hole in My Pirogue
- Disc 2 -
1 I'm Coming Home
2 Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
3 Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
4 I'll Do It Every Time
5 Let's Take the Long Way Home
6 Lover's Rock
7 Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
8 Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
9 All Grown Up
10 All Grown Up
11 Counterfeit Love
12 When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
13 The Battle of New Orleans
14 All for the Love of a Girl
15 All for the Love of a Girl
16 Johnny Reb
17 Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
18 Take Me Like I Am
19 Sink the Bismarck
20 Sink the Bismarck
21 Johnny Freedom
22 Comanche (The Brave Horse)
23 Comanche (The Brave Horse)
24 North to Alaska
25 Sleepy - Eyed John
26 Sleepy-Eyed John
27 Ole Slew - Foot
28 Miss Marcy
29 Miss Marcy
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.
