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The song describes the Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; it tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton.
The Spectacular Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans" b/w "All For The Love Of A Girl" (re-recording) 1 1 "Johnny Reb" / 10 54 Johnny Horton Makes History "Sal's Got A Sugar Lip" 19 81 Non-album track "I'm Ready, If You're Willing" (re-recording) b/w "Take Me Like I Am" (from The Legendary Johnny Horton) Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits
The popular peak of Driftwood's career came in 1959, when he had no fewer than six songs on the popular and country music charts, including Johnny Horton's recording of his "The Battle of New Orleans", which remained in first place on the country music singles chart for ten weeks, and atop the popular music chart for six weeks that year.
Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record. [1] It was released in April 1959, spent 10 weeks at the No. 1 spot, and remained on Billboard ' s country and western chart for 21 weeks. [2] It was also the No. 1 record of 1961 on the year-end pop chart. [3]
"Sink the Bismark" (later "Sink the Bismarck") is a march song by American country music singer Johnny Horton and songwriter Tillman Franks, based on the pursuit and eventual sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, during World War II. Horton released this song through Columbia Records in 1960, when it reached #3 on the charts ...
In the first of its two spells atop the chart, "Mack the Knife" spent six weeks at number one, tying with "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton for the year's longest unbroken run in the peak position.
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"North to Alaska" is a 1960 hit song recorded by Johnny Horton that was featured in the movie of the same name. The song was written by Mike Phillips, along with Tillman Franks . Though Horton had sung several popular movie tie-in songs, this was the first one that was sung over the opening titles.