Horton,Johnny Singles Collection 1950-60 CD

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.

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