Johnny Horton
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American singer (1925–1960)
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Vinony's link graph records 274 inbound references to Johnny Horton, and connects out to honky-tonk, The Battle of New Orleans and California.
Vinony files it under 1925 births, 1960 deaths and 20th-century American male singers.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Kings at the mouth of the sultan
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- The Dick Clark Show — Self1958
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1925-04-30
- Active to
- 1960-11-05
Discography
- Favorites
- More Johnny Horton Specials‐America’s Most Creative Folk Singer1959
- Sings Free and Easy1959
- The Spectacular Johnny Horton1959
- Johnny Horton Makes History (Action Tales of Battles, Heroes, and Epic Events)1960
- Johnny Horton Makes History1960
- Honky-Tonk Man1961
- Johnny Horton’s Memories1961
- I Can’t Forget You1965
- Johnny Horton on Stage1966
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 220,112
- Total plays
- 1,876,832
Tags
John LaGale Horton (30 April 1925 – 5 November 1960) was an American country, honky-tonk, and rockabilly singer active during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-themed narrative songs that achieved international success. His 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans" won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording in 1960 and was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame; in 2001 it was ranked number 333 on the Recording Industry Association of America’s "Songs of the C
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johnny
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Milam County
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Image
- Johnny Horton - Take Me Like I Am, 1959 ad.jpg
- Work location
- Shreveport
Show 11 more facts
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- date of birth
- 1925-04-30
- date of death
- 1960-11-05
- Commons category
- Johnny Horton
- manner of death
- accidental death
- place of burial
- Louisiana
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- nickname
- The Singing Fisherman
- birth name
- John LaGale Horton
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
Sources (2)
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