Johnny Horton - Singles Collection 1950-60 (CD)

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