Awards & Winners

Johnny Horton

Date of Birth 30-April-1925
Place of Birth Los Angeles
(Southern California, Los Angeles County, United States of America, California)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as John Gale Horton, Horton, Johnny
Profession Singer, Composer
John Gale "Johnny" Horton was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s. With them, he had several major successes, most notably in 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans", 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". His first hit, a number #1 was in 1959, with When It's Springtime in Alaska During 1960, Horton had two other successes with "North to Alaska" for John Wayne's movie, North to Alaska, and "Sink the Bismarck". Horton is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame

Awards by Johnny Horton

Check all the awards nominated and won by Johnny Horton.

2001


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : The Battle of New Orleans / All for the Love of a Girl
(The Battle of New Orleans)

1959


Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording
Honored for : The Battle of New Orleans

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording The Battle of New Orleans