Moving down the list, next on the list of the Hot 100's #1 of each year we have 1959's "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton. Horton was a Country/Western singer as well as a Rockabilly Singer who has been inducted into The Rockabilly Hall of Fame. Other accomplishments include being a member of The Delta Music Museum Hall of Fame. His song "The Battle of New Orleans" earned him a Grammy Award in 1960, a Grammy Hall of Fame award, topped Billboards All Time Top Country Songs, came in at 28 on Billboards All Time Top 100, and was named number 333 in the Songs of the Century.
It was also parodied by several artists.
Parody Versions
"The Battle of Kookamonga." by Homer and Jethro
"The Battle of All Saints Road" by Big Audio Dynamite, 1988
"The Battle of the Waikato" [3] by Howard Morrison Quartet, 1960
"The Battle of Tora Bora" [4] by Sharon Longworth
"Goin' Postal" [5] by Linda Koski and Larry Franks
"The Ballad of Fetteh Shmeel" by Country Yossi and the Shteeble Hoppers
"The Ballad of Hank Williams" by Hank Williams Jr.
"The Cattle of New Orleans" (Hurricane Katrina) [6] by John Archer, 2005
"The White House Burned (The War of 1812)" by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
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Here's a 10 for you & thanks for posting at Up All Nite Café.
I didn't hear Johnny Horton sing it until I arrived in Australia in 1961.
~Thank you for sharing your article at, The Graveyard Hours
A ten I give to you~
"Come Softly to Me"
"The Happy Organ
""The Battle of New Orleans"
from stump the guide
I just wanted to say I am finally going through what is now under 7,100 pieces of gather new mail that is in my inbox on here. So with that in mind I have finally come to a piece of mail that was addressed to me in regards this article submission you have created to share with the gather community. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your piece with us here at gather. :o)
And I hope you have a Happy New Year... in 2009 :o)