Johnny Horton 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. Wikipedia
HORTON, JOHNNY (19251960). John Gale Johnny Horton, singer, was born in Los Angeles, California, on April 30, 1925. www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/HH/fhort.html
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