Johnny Horton

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Johnny Horton was an American country and rockabilly singer best known for his historical narrative songs and chart-topping hits in the late 1950s.

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Johnny Horton canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
rockabilly singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
associatedAct Hank Williams ⓘ
associatedPlace Shreveport, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
Tyler, Texas, United States ⓘ
linked to: Tyler, Texas
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Performance ⓘ
awardReceivedFor The Battle of New Orleans ⓘ
birthName John Gale Horton ⓘ
burialPlace Hillcrest Memorial Park, Haughton, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath automobile accident ⓘ
chartAchievement North to Alaska was a major country hit ⓘ
linked to: North to Alaska

The Battle of New Orleans reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
The Battle of New Orleans reached number one on the country charts ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-04-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1960-11-05 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1953-09-26 ⓘ
era 1950s American country music ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
honky-tonk ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
hasInfluenced later country and rockabilly artists ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
knownFor historical narrative songs ⓘ
late 1950s chart-topping hits ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath accidental death ⓘ
name Johnny Horton ⓘ
notableSongTheme American history ⓘ
frontier and Alaska narratives ⓘ
notableWork Honky-Tonk Man ⓘ
I’m a One-Woman Man ⓘ
North to Alaska ⓘ
Sink the Bismarck ⓘ
linked to: Sink the Bismarck!

The Battle of New Orleans ⓘ
When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Milano, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfMarriage Bossier City, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
spouse Billie Jean Jones ⓘ
stepChildren children of Hank Williams and Billie Jean Jones ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Battle of New Orleans → notableRecordingBy → Johnny Horton ⓘ
The Battle of New Orleans → performer → Johnny Horton ⓘ
The Battle of New Orleans → recordedBy → Johnny Horton ⓘ
Sink the Bismarck! → titleSongPerformer → Johnny Horton ⓘ
Merle Kilgore → wroteForArtist → Johnny Horton ⓘ
Johnny Horton → name → Johnny Horton ⓘ
Don Law → producedForArtist → Johnny Horton ⓘ
Billie Jean Jones → spouse → Johnny Horton ⓘ
Billie Jean Jones → connectedTo → Johnny Horton ⓘ
Grady Martin → associatedAct → Johnny Horton ⓘ