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%9 The Battle}Of New Orleans*.Johhity Horton " / * J^
2.,'-.Heartaches 'By. The'- Number • WWY* *•* *V* t *R^:'•F5rio*e* ^ *. 1 %
Home*..'.*:.Reaves' " r'‘J^ ^
4*-White Lightning**. i *w *«i. • •'©o,or^o Jones" "-' ' 5 v
5. Waterloo *.... V • • • * w • *. * • . • *. .Stonewall J acksdn'
6• Black: Land Farmer.Frankie Millar *
7. I*m In Love Again*••••••••••.•••».*«•.George Morgan
8* Big Midnight Special.**.**i*.#,**«*.**iWilma Lac & '-St'otiSy Cooper
9* A Thousand Milos Ago*••••«*»*•ViV**v**Wobb Pierce' •
10# Sot Him Free**...*•• • •••*«».«*»• $* • V. i*:Skoetor Davis-’
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That’s the way it stacks up on Bill^obj^d*s'G6uhtry''and. Wostern'music ^Mrt for
this week# .* • '" v*. • /' ..
Perhaps the fastest climbing song>on the iohart-at the present time is Stone
wall Jackson’s number five tune,•ii^Wato^loo,^ 'This is h 6atdhy little'-^le with p;
strong beat# It is vory much different from S* J,-* s'^previaus’releases# If y6u
will rememver, about five months ago, this same young man came out with a song
that made a, hit in the country arid W^st^rn field 'ahdHs the pbp'standings also#
That song was,^,,Life To Go#” (GcJme to'think of' it, this one was pretty well lik
ed here on Adak also)# However ’Waterloo” is different in many ways.#" After only
two weeks on the list it is already up to *hukber five# it 'is' no# 24 ori the, Hot
100 list for this week# ' : ^ • ••'•'’ 5 ’ - ‘ :
Another new tune on the chart this week is Lefty'Frizzell*s nufab'br 16 song,
’’The Long Black Veil#”, Lefty just might have a hit with this one# . o
I want to thank Bud MoNichorsi fdr play-ihg ”3attle” ' on the Night, Trainshow '
last Wednesday night# It took'a little balk*''arid'a iittle'^sabotage, but we j?bt
it on the air# You know, Bud was really great about the whole thing#.' Of ,odUre«#
the first*, night cwe'’tried te.get it on# the turntable gave, out and so Bud graci
ously- invited me back on Friday night’s■ sho^# but again luck was agaihst us as
the ,”tri“*Q„arbQni.te^feoridQnsor” blew out andt the playing -of the “Battle of/Now Or
leans*” had to be* put; off. : until the following Monday* * After a long ■ weekend of
planning to-hear'this .song on- Bud*' Mack's- show g' JjMond&y finally ;oamo‘ around'* I re
ceived word (via the grapevine) that there was a plot* afoot to get fid cf all the
records of the ’’Battle#” So I took an arm load of them and made my way home to
Birchwood# That night I missed-tfcre. bus 'and of "course I also missed Monday’s
Night Train show# However Bud did talk to me on the phone and I explained the
situation, and from the depths of :his khaki•clad-heart he*made the invito, bnco
again, for me to appoar the.next night, and.play.the number*one*turie across‘the
nation# I arrived at the studio .very early and‘then*it*happened^' 1 couldn’t find
the cotton pickin’ record# . Well,the*search-continued*with' all‘personnel until
we found it# Yes, you guessod.it^;we were*te^*late because' Bud was-going'off ’the
air# But the next night proved to be-th®.night#' I’had heard that Bud.Wasn’t‘go
ing to play it on this night, -.so* I m^tde-arrangements** to*the -oppes itei Wheri he
informed me that he would?not play itt* I .was* very «ealm#' '"You*See 11 had ohariged
all the labels on his records and <he' didn’.t have .anything but" records of”Battle#”
After a few attempts to play other S ingsj '•Bud♦realised 'the situation dAd consent
ed to play it in exchange for enough records to finish his show^ Although Bud
did play this fedord on*his show, he still claims to be the only DJ on the island
that has never heard ’’The Battle Of Now Orleans#” I’ can back him up ' on'this#
When he hears th<2'first few.:'bar's ;of ^Battle”, he makes ~'it for farts unknown#' ' ,
Well, it is time ta'.stop, so we will See ytou later# tfntil then, so long and
may the good lord tako a likin’ to yoty.#;, -v
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