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-[[Johnny Horton]] was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] on April 30, 1925,
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-raised in Tyler, [[Texas]], returned to California to work and spent some
-time in [[Alaska]] as a commercial [[fishing|fisherman]] before winning a talent contest by then-radio announcer Jim Reeves in Longview, Texas.
-His rapid rise to stardom began with his arrival at the Louisiana Hayride
-in Shreveport in 1951 where many American music icons such as
-Hank Williams Sr., [[Elvis Presley]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[George Jones]], Faron Young,
-Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, [[Jim Reeves]],  Doug Kershaw, Lefty Frizzell,
-Tillman Franks and dozens more, began their careers.
-Johnny Horton was initially billed as "The Singing Fisherman".  In a recording career that spanned only five years, Horton’s first success began with a country top ten hit “Honky-Tonk Man” followed by
-“I’m A One Woman Man” in 1956. In 1959 he topped the country music
-Hit Parade with “When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It's 40 Below)” and soon after landed on
-both the country and pop charts at number one with his Grammy winning
-multi million world-wide seller “The Battle of New Orleans”,
-followed by another chart topper, “Sink The Bismarck”.
-All was not well though as Johnny kept having premonitions of his death.
-He'd started telling friends and family that he would soon die at the hands of
-a [[drunk driving|drunk driver]]. On November 5, 1960, as his  “North To Alaska” was headed
-to the top of the Hit Parade, Johnny Horton died while heading home to
-Shreveport following an appearance in Austin, Texas.
-His Cadillac was hit by a truck driven by an intoxicated teenager.
-Johnny Horton was just 35 years of age.
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-[[Category:Male Singers]]

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