367 Johnny Horton (1925-1960) “The Battle of New Orleans” 1959

“The longtime Tyler [Texas] resident's best-known saga song was ‘Battle of New Orleans,’ which was written by a folklorist who put lyrics about the final battle of the War of 1812 to the melody of the traditional fiddle tune The Eighth of January… He sang with pop music clarity and diction, with a hard twang, or with a threatening rumble. Before saga songs, he specialized in rockabilly- and boogie-tinged country but was just as comfortable with honky-tonk ballads” (John Morthland, Texas Monthly, 2000). 

Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans”