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Johnny Horton
"Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits"
© Columbia Records
Year of Release: 1987
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track listing
North To Alaska
Whispering Pines
Johnny Reb
The Mansion You Stole
I'm Ready If You're Willing
When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
Honky Tonk Man
The Battle Of New Orleans
All For The Love Of A Girl
Sink The Bismarck
Commanche (The Brave Horse)
Jim Bridger
Johnny Freedom
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Johnny Horton "Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits"
Country artist Johnny Horton was one of many who's time was limited.
His ballads can be compared to the likes of Jim Reeves. Like Reeves, both
his life and Horton's were cut short by tragic accidents: Horton was killed
in an automobile accident; Reeves of an airplane crash. Both men are Country
legends, their songs are classics to Country music, and will always be part of
music history.
Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits features 13 songs that were most
popular in Horton's career. Three of them are easy to remember: North
To Alaska," his #1 Pop hit The Battle Of New Orleans, and "Sink
The Bismarck." What makes this compilation are the not-so-famous tunes.
Whispering Pines and may have the early pop sound of the early years
of Rock N Roll, it's also a crossover Country hit that is sure to be enjoyed by
both fans of early Rock and Country. A Country ballad classic can best describe
The Mansion You Stole. Having a pop sound as well, it's another easy
crossover pop/country hit. Pop and Country combined with the Country banjo makes
When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) another easy Pop/Country
crossover hit. We can say the same also for All For The Love Of A Girl.
Johnny Reb is another contender like the storytelling The Ballad
Of New Orleans. If You're Willing has a more early 50s Rock feel,
with a Country touch. If you're a fan of the 1980s World Wrestling Federation
(WWF), you may remember the theme song for the Honky Tonk Man, which was
also remade by Country artist Dwight Yolkam in later decades. Horton's version
is another true Country classic.
Other great storytelling tunes are Comache (The Brave Horse)
(another pop/country crossover), Jim Bridger (more Country than Pop),
and Johnny Freedom (banjo-inspired Country, and a great storytelling
Country tune).
The storytelling concept and having a very early Country sound, Johnny
Horton's Greatest Hits truly defines Country in its fine form. This is
how Country sounded in the era of the 1950s, and even so some songs may have
a Pop style crossover sound, it is still considered to be classified as Pure
Country.
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