Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on April 30th, 1925 and is the Country Singer. At the age of 35, Johnny Horton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music, honky tonk, and rockabilly singer and guitarist during the 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his international success, beginning with the 1959 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.
In 2001, the song was no. 1 in the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and ranked No. 1 in the nation's highest ranking. "Songs of the Century" by the Recording Industry Association of the United States.
His first No. is not known. "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" is the name of a country song that appeared in 1959. Horton's music was often based on American historical and mythology.
Both "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska" were used over the opening credits for John Wayne's film of the same name in 1960.
Horton died in November 1960, at the height of his fame in a traffic collision, less than two years after his debut.
Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
Early life
Horton was born in Los Angeles, the youngest of the five children of Ella Claudia Robinson (1892-1969) and John Loly Horton (1889-1990) and raised in Rusk, East Texas. His family used to move between east Texas and southern California to work as migrant farm workers. Horton, who graduated from high school in Gallatin, Texas, in 1944, earned a basketball scholarship to Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville, Texas. He attended Seattle University and briefly Baylor University in Waco, but did not graduate from either of these universities.
Horton returned to California soon to work in Selznick International Pictures' mail room, where his future wife, Donna Cook, was stationed as a secretary. Horton went to Alaska to search for gold after a brief stint of geology in Seattle in 1948. He began writing songs during this period. He entered and won a talent competition in Henderson, Texas, returning from the south. He returned to California to pursue a singing career as a result of this success.
Cliffie Stone's Hometown Jamboree on KXLA-AM and KLAC-TV in Pasadena and his own half-hour show The Singing Fisherman gained the opportunity to record some songs on the Cormac record label. Horton had 10 singles for the brand by the time the company was founded in 1952. The master recordings were owned by Fabor Robison, the owner of Abbott Records. Donna Cook, who was around at the time, married Horton.
Personal life
Horton was married twice. In Rusk, Texas, his first marriage, to Donna Cook, ended in divorce. Billie Jean Jones, the widow of country-music musician Hank Williams (Williams' second wife), married him in September 1953. Billie Jean and Horton's two children, Yanina (Nina) and Melody, were adopted by Horton, and Billie Jean's daughter Jeri Lynn was adopted by Billie Jean.
Louisiana Hayride and early career
By this time, Horton was on Louisiana Hayride, so he and Donna moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, where the show was shot. He has since signed a Mercury Records deal and started recording. "I Wished for an Angel" (Mercury 6412), his first song under the name "First Train Heading South" received rave feedback. In 1952, he and his new backup band, the Rowley Trio, began touring under the name The Singing Fisherman and the Rowley Trio, later changing the name to Johnny Horton and the Roadrunners. Horton, as lead singer and Jerry Rowley on fiddle, Rowley's wife Evelyn on piano, and sister Vera (Dido) on guitars. Horton's marriage was difficult, and Donna moved back to Los Angeles. They were soon divorced.
Horton married Billie Jean Jones, widow of Hank Williams, who died on January 1, 1953. Horton was fired from the Rowley quartet, but he continued to appear on Louisiana Hayride on occasion. His Mercury contract came to an end in late 1954, with his album "All for the Love of a Girl" (Mercury 70227) being his best seller, selling 45,000 to 45,000 copies. Horton, an avid fisherman, took up a job in a tackle store and put his music career on hold. But Horton's new boss and bassist Tillman Franks had negotiated the Horton a one-year deal with Columbia Records by the following year. They travelled to Nashville in a rented car for their first recording session. Horton, who was influenced by Elvis Presley's work, began adopting a more rockabilly style.
"Honky-Tonk Man" and later career
On January 11, 1956 at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville, one of Horton's four songs was recorded on the day. Grady Martin and Harold Bradley, as well as Bill Black (at the time Presley's bassist) appeared on the recording. Soon after, "Honky-Tonk Man" was released as a single (Columbia's number 4–21504) with another track from the same session, "I'm Ready if You're Willing." They were turned down on tour, with Franks on bass and Tommy Tomlinson on guitar.
The artist's "Honky-Tonk Man" was featured in Billboard's March 10 issue, which said, "The wine women and song attractions hold a strong hold on the performer." The funky sound and pounding beat in the back depicts the same sense of space he describes. A very good jukebox record." "I'm Ready if You're Willing" was also positive: "Horton sings out this uplifting stuff with a amiable personality." With this one, this ever more popular stylist could extend his circle of followers." The album debuted at No. 1 on the charts. On the C&W Jockey chart (now Hot Country Songs) and at No. 91, there are 9 on the C&W Jockey chart (now Hot Country Songs) and at No. 10. On the Best Seller chart, there are 14 out of 14.
On May 23, Horton returned to the studio on May 23, but his next album, "I'm a Woman Man" (Columbia 21538), was one of the songs recorded in January. "I Don't Like It Like I Did" on the "B" side. "One Woman Man" was a "smart and polished job," Billboard said, and Horton was "singing with a light, airy touch." Guitar performances are just as convincing as can be added to listenable, commercial stuff. To raise the record, he and his band toured through the United States and Canada, which debuted at No. 27. On the Jockey chart, there are 7 children and No. ; No. 81. On the Best Seller and Jukebox charts, there are 9 points.
"I'm Coming Home" / "I Got A Hole In My Pirogue" was released at this time as well. Billboard said on February 9 that "not only Southern markets are doing well with this," but Northern cities report that both national and pop customers are going for this in a significant way." It was also a success on the country charts (No. ) No. 11 Jockey, No. No. (Italy the 15 Best Seller), but it didn't get to the top of the charts.
The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), which was given the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, was one of the album's later successes. The album was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 2001 and ranked No. 1 in 2001. "Songs of the Century" by the Recording Industry Association of the United States. 333. In 1960, Horton had two other successes, "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska" for John Wayne's film, North to Alaska.