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Johnny Horton

1925 - 1960

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John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country, honky tonk, and rockabilly musician during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrative country saga songs that became international hits. His 1959 single "The Battle of New Orleans" was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked number 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johnny Horton is the 743rd most popular musician (up from 2,492nd in 2019), the 4,067th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,569th in 2019) and the 233rd most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Johnny Horton ranks 743 out of 3,175. Before him are Frans Brüggen, Andrea Guarneri, Alex Turner, Desmond Child, Lev Oborin, and Tim Buckley. After him are Tim Rice, Steve Gadd, Brian Bennett, Ingrid Haebler, Lang Lang, and Max Cavalera.

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Among people born in 1925, Johnny Horton ranks 194. Before him are Mike Connors, José Napoleón Duarte, Ernst Stojaspal, Silvana Pampanini, Eleonora Rossi Drago, and Kalle Svensson. After him are Roy Medvedev, Theodore Hall, Andrei Sinyavsky, Solomon Perel, Peter Hirsch, and Alexei Tupolev. Among people deceased in 1960, Johnny Horton ranks 89. Before him are Dirk Jan de Geer, Leó Weiner, Ioannis Georgiadis, Feroze Gandhi, Eric Temple Bell, and Chris Bristow. After him are Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Massimo Bontempelli, Harold Spencer Jones, Alan Stacey, Józef Haller, and Cedric Gibbons.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Horton ranks 4,067 out of 20,380. Before him are Maclyn McCarty (1911), Mabel Normand (1892), John McCook (1944), Tim Buckley (1947), Martin Brest (1951), and Laurens Hammond (1895). After him are Charles Foster (1828), Kate Hudson (1979), Lynne Cheney (1941), John Krasinski (1979), Richard Cheese (1965), and Anne Francis (1930).

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Among musicians born in United States, Johnny Horton ranks 233. Before him are Gene Krupa (1909), Mick Mars (1951), Ma Rainey (1886), Stewart Copeland (1952), Desmond Child (1953), and Tim Buckley (1947). After him are Steve Gadd (1945), McCoy Tyner (1938), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Jack Sherman (1956), Ahmad Jamal (1930), and Link Wray (1929).

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