"BATTLE” TOPS THREE OF BILLBOARDS CHARTS
That’s right#....^he Battle Of New Orleans” is on the top of three out of four
nusio charts in Billboard magazine# It is number one on the country and western
chart, on the Hot 100 list, and on the honor roll of hits*. It shows on the fourth
chart, the rhythm and blues list, at number six* How?? You tell meii
’’The Battle Of New Orleans” is a fine sone and a big hit for Johnny Horton and
3olumbia records* I wonder why we don’t hoar more of it on any of the other re
cords shows??
There are four new ones on the country and western list this week and we "luck
ad-out” by receiving three of them in the mail last week* They are as followsi
f*23 "It’s all My Heartache” by Carl Smith, #24 "The Wall” by Freddie Hart, #27
"Draggin The River” by Ferlin Huskey and #29 "Chasin* A Rainbow” by the singing
ranger, Hank Snow* The first three mentioned are on the shelf at A*F.R.S. and we
vill be playing them today at 2*30 PM on Hillbilly Roundup*
Another new one is breaking on the charts now, and that is Wilma Lee and Stoney
hooper teaming up to do ”Big Midnight Special*” Only two weeks on the ohart and
already at number eleven* It*s a Hillbilly Roundup "Pick To Click*"
THE TOP TEN FOR THIS WEEK
I* The Battle Of New Orleans
2* Homo
3* White Lightning
4* Heartaches By Tho Number
5« Pm in Love Again
6. Black Land Farmer
?• A Thousand Miles Ago
8. Set Him Free
9. Frankie*s Man Johnny
10• Luther Plays The Boogie
Johnny Horton
Jim Reovcs
George Jones
Ray Price
George Morgan
Frankie Miller
Webb Pieroe
Skeeter Davis
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
That* s it for this week* Until we run-in again, so long, and nay the good Lord
’lake a likin1 to you,
SKEETER