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"Sink the Bismark" (later "Sink the Bismarck") is a march song by American country music singer Johnny Horton and songwriter Tillman Franks, based on the pursuit and eventual sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, during World War II. Horton released this song through Columbia Records in 1960, when it reached #3 on the charts ...
Johnny Horton bench at Hillcrest Cemetery in Haughton, Louisiana Horton's grave marker On the night of November 4–5, 1960, Horton and two other band members, Tommy Tomlinson and Tillman Franks , were traveling from the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas to Shreveport when they collided with an oncoming truck on a bridge near Milano in Milam County ...
Sink the Bismarck! was the inspiration for Johnny Horton's highly popular 1960 song, "Sink the Bismarck", [8] credited by Variety with boosting the film's American gross alone by an estimated half a million dollars. [9] The film had its Royal World Premiere in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh at the Odeon Leicester Square on 11 February 1960.
The Bismarck was a battleship of the German navy during World War II, named after Otto von Bismarck. Sink the Bismarck!, a 1960 war film about the sinking of the Bismarck starring Kenneth More and Dana Wynter "Sink the Bismark", a 1960 Johnny Horton song inspired by the movie
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"Sink the Bismarck", a 1960 song by Johnny Horton inspired by the film of the same name. Computer Bismarck, a 1980 computer game that simulates the battle. Unsinkable Sam, a ship's cat on board Bismarck who allegedly survived the sinking and was adopted by the Royal Navy; most likely a tall tale.
This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
Recorded by Johnny Horton, the song lyrics were written by Mike Phillips, and it was released on August 22, 1960 . It proved to be a success when it topped the Billboard country charts for five weeks in Jan./Feb. 1961 and crossed over to peak at #4 on the pop charts .