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The song describes the Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton.
The Spectacular Johnny Horton "The Battle of New Orleans" b/w "All For The Love Of A Girl" (re-recording) 1 1 "Johnny Reb" / 10 54 Johnny Horton Makes History "Sal's Got A Sugar Lip" 19 81 Non-album track "I'm Ready, If You're Willing" (re-recording) b/w "Take Me Like I Am" (from The Legendary Johnny Horton) Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits
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The popular peak of Driftwood's career came in 1959, when he had no fewer than six songs on the popular and country music charts, including Johnny Horton's recording of his "The Battle of New Orleans", which remained in first place on the country music singles chart for ten weeks, and atop the popular music chart for six weeks that year.
The Buccaneer, a 1958 pirate-war film starring Yul Brynner as Jean Lafitte and Charlton Heston as Andrew Jackson, is a fictionalization of the privateer Lafitte helping Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans. Johnny Horton's cover of the Jimmy Driftwood song The Battle of New Orleans, which describes the battle from the perspective of an ...
"The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton: 2 "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin: 3 "Personality" Lloyd Price: 4 "Venus" Frankie Avalon: 5 "Lonely Boy" Paul Anka: 6 "Dream Lover" Bobby Darin: 7 "The Three Bells" The Browns: 8 "Come Softly to Me" The Fleetwoods: 9 "Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison: 10 "Mr. Blue" The Fleetwoods: 11 "Sleep Walk" Santo ...
"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
In the alternative "British Version" of Johnny Horton's novelty hit "The Battle of New Orleans," Horton refers to the British being led into battle by Pakenham. As with other 'historic' details of the song, Horton haphazardly styles him as "Colonel Pakeningham" despite his actually being General Pakenham.