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Horton was born on April 30, 1925, [2] in Los Angeles, [1] the youngest of the five children of the former Ella Claudia Robinson (1892–1966) and John Loly Horton (1889–1959), and raised in Rusk in Cherokee County in East Texas.
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" is a popular song written by Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, and Milt Gabler. The song was recorded in January 1946 by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five and released by Decca Records. It topped the R&B charts for 18 weeks from August 1946, a record equalled by only one other hit, "The Honeydripper."
King was frequently on the same programs with Elvis Presley, Tex Ritter, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, Jimmie Davis, Slim Whitman, Faron Young, Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, George Jones, Tommy Tomlinson, and Lefty Frizzell. King recorded a few songs for Gotham Records though none were successful.
"Cherokee Maiden" – written by Cindy Walker, recorded by Bob Wills, 1942; a #1 hit for Merle Haggard, 1976; later performed by Asleep at the Wheel, 1999. [35] "Cherokee Strip" – written by Glenn and Tim Spencer, members of the Sons of the Pioneers, 1940. Performed by the group in the movie The Durango Kid.
"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" was one of Horton's early songwriting successes. George Vaughn Horton (June 5, 1911 – February 29, 1988) was an American songwriter and performer. . Usually credited as "Vaughn Horton" or "George Vaughn," he wrote or contributed to the success of several popular songs, including "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie," "Hillbilly Fever," "Sugar-Foot Rag," "Mockin' Bird Hill," and the ...
In 2014 a tribute album, Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited, was released with contributions by Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings, Emmylou Harris, Bill Miller, and others. This was also the name of a documentary film about the suppression of Cash's Native American-themed album in the 1960s.
"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 "Below the Water Line" by Paul Soniat
Mister Cotton-Picker" and "Cherokee Boogie" (his biggest hit, in 1951) foreshadowed a style adopted with widespread popularity by Haley and later rock and rollers. Mullican also influenced many others, including the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel , which recorded his song "Cherokee Boogie" on their 1973 album Comin' Right At Ya , with ...