NOLA.com

Blakeview: How a schoolteacher's history lesson became hit song 'The Battle of New Orleans'

Sixty years ago this month, Johnny Horton’s song “The Battle of New Orleans” began its improbable trek to the top of the Billboard pop music charts. The opening lines — for which we apologize in ...
Yahoo

‘Finding Johnny Horton’ author thanks archivists at LSUS’ Noel Memorial Library

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A new book that details what country music star Johnny Horton was like before and after finding fame, and the author said she could not have written the book without the ...
KLTV

Texas Country Music Hall of Fame announces Asleep at the Wheel, Johnny Horton as 2025 inductees

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame is proud to announce the 2025 inductees: legendary Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel and the iconic Johnny Horton. This year’s induction ...
Texarkana Gazette

NOW THERE WAS A SONG | Tune was a hit 140 years later

The music business is full of amazing stories – amazing but true. And one such story is about a tune composed in 1815 that was revived 140 years later by a schoolteacher who added lyrics and retitled ...
The Boot

Tennessee Jet’s ‘Johnny’ Channels Kurt Cobain’s Sound, Johnny Horton’s Story [Exclusive Premiere]

Tennessee Jet's "Johnny" channels two very different music legends: 1950s honky-tonk singer Johnny Horton and rock icon Kurt Cobain. The Nirvana-esque track is premiering exclusively on The Boot; ...