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In Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs in the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "The Battle of New Orleans" was ranked as the 28th song overall [3] and the number-one country music song to appear on the chart. [4] Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. [5]
Later major successes include the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood), [1] which 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 No. 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's "Songs of the Century".
"The Hunters of Kentucky", also called "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Half Horse and Half Alligator", is a song written to commemorate Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1824 and 1828, he used it as his presidential campaign song. [1] [2] [3]
They won a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Performance – Musical in 1959 for "The Battle of Kookamonga", their parody of Johnny Horton's hit "The Battle of New Orleans". [1] The majority of their recordings were similar parodies of famous old and new popular songs.
James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907 – July 12, 1998), [1] known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, [1] of which more than 300 were recorded by various ...
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (NGDB) is an American country rock band. The group has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California, in 1966. [1] The band's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period when the band performed and recorded as the Dirt Band.
It was released as a single by Price, [2] and became one of Lloyd Price's most popular crossover hits. The single reached number 2 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, kept from the number 1 spot by "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton. [3] The song was also a number 1 U.S. R&B hit, maintaining the top spot for four weeks. [4]
"Battle At New Orleans" by Jim Weaver & Levy Singers [1] "The Battle of New Orleans" by Jimmy Driftwood, made popular by Johnny Horton, 1959 "The Battle of New Orleans" by Zachary Richard "Bayou Lena" [2] by Widespread Panic "The Bayou Savings Bank Of New Orleans" by Tony Lee Sybert "Bayou St John" by Paul Weston "Bayou Teche" by Doug Kershaw