Singles Collection 1950-60 [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

Singles Collection 1950-60 [CD] (ONLINE ORDER ONLY)

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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.

Tracklist:

  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 1
  10. It's a Long Rocky Road 1
  11. On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile 1
  12. Somebody Rockin' in My Broken Heart 1
  13. Rhythm in My Baby's Walk - Johnny Horton ; Hillbilly Barton 1
  14. First Train Headin' South 1
  15. The Rest of Your Life 1
  16. The Child's Side of Life 1
  17. Tennessee Jive 1
  18. I Won't Get Dreamy - Eyed 1
  19. Two Red Lips and Warm Red Wine 2
  20. Broken Hearted Gypsy 2
  21. Move on Down the Line 2
  22. The Door of Your Mansion 2
  23. No True Love 2
  24. There'll Never Be Another Mary 2
  25. Ridin' the Sunshine Special 2
  26. Big Wheels Rollin' 2
  27. Honky - Tonk Man 2
  28. I'm Ready, If You're Willing 2
  29. I Don't Like I Did 3
  30. I'm a One Woman Man 3
  31. I Got a Hole in My Pirogue 3
  32. I'm Coming Home 3
  33. Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need) 3
  34. Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need) 3
  35. I'll Do It Every Time 3
  36. Let's Take the Long Way Home 3
  37. Lover's Rock 3
  38. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor 3
  39. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor 4
  40. All Grown Up 4
  41. All Grown Up 4
  42. Counterfeit Love 4
  43. When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) 4
  44. The Battle of New Orleans 4
  45. All for the Love of a Girl 4
  46. All for the Love of a Girl 4
  47. Johnny Reb 4
  48. Sal's Got a Sugar Lip 4
  49. Take Me Like I Am 5
  50. Sink the Bismarck 5
  51. Sink the Bismarck 5
  52. Johnny Freedom 5
  53. Comanche (The Brave Horse) 5
  54. Comanche (The Brave Horse) 5
  55. North to Alaska 5
  56. Sleepy - Eyed John 5
  57. Sleepy-Eyed John 5
  58. Ole Slew - Foot 5
  59. Miss Marcy 6
  60. Miss Marcy

UPC: 824046320928
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 9.8.17
Format: CD

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