Johnny Horton - The Johnny Horton Singles Collection 1950-60 '2017

Tracks list

Tracklist

CD1
01. Why in the Dickens Don't You Milk That Cow
02. Candy Jones
03. Happy Millionaire
04. Plaid and Calico
05. Birds and Butterflies
06. Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam
07. Go and Wash (Those Dirty Feet)
08. Shadows on the Old Bayou
09. Smokey Joe's Barbeque
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
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

CD2
01. I'm Coming Home
02. She Knows Why
03. Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
04. I'll Do It Every Time
05. Let's Take the Long Way Home
06. You're My Baby
07. Lover's Rock
08. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
09. The Wild One
10. All Grown Up
11. Counterfeit Love
12. When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
13. Whispering Pines
14. The Battle of New Orleans
15. All for the Love of a Girl
16. Johnny Reb
17. Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
18. Take Me Like I Am
19. They Shined up Rudolph's Nose
20. Sink the Bismarck
21. The Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me
22. Johnny Freedom
23. Comanche (The Brave Horse)
24. North to Alaska
25. The Mansion You Stole
26. Sleepy-Eyed John
27. They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
28. Ole Slew-Foot
29. Miss Marcy

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.

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