Johnny Horton , initially more of a honky tonk, then a rockabilly singer, with titles like Honky Tonk Man (1956) and the Cherokee Boogie (1959) ...
solved ... 1959/60 from a strange trend: so-called "saga songs, more folk than country, the historical events of American history, especially of Independence and the Civil War had on the subject and old, historical methods mixed with new titles. Thus treated Horton's first big success in This field, The Battle of New Orleans (1959) the defense of New Orleans by the troops of Andrew Jackson against the British invaders. Horton that it was a beaver fur hat, like the hero of the then very popular television series Davy Crockett , may have contributed to the success of the title.
Another success was 1960 North to Alaska of the Gold Rush, also the title song of the same film with John Wayne and Stewart Granger:
Johnny Horton died on 5 In November 1960 following a traffic accident. Horton's wife Billie Jean Jones, whose second husband Hank Williams New Year's Day 1953 had died of cardiac arrest was so at the age of 28 years for the second time a widow.
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