It happened! Johnny Horton cams through with a "Triple Charter'-* Tew-islr, *
"The Battle Of New Orleans" is listed on all three Billboard Magazine charts^ - It
is number one on the country and western -charts after only five Weeks# On the v
"Hot 100" it rides at number twQ-ofter five weeks* Acid on the Billboard^ Honor •*
Roll of hits, (the natian*s top tunes), Johnny holds the number three spot*
How oould it happen so. fast?? Who, knows?? The song is different and then it
is not different#. It is nice but then it. is not nice. It is fast but not fast
and slow, tut not slow* but then who is to say what makes a hit?? There ore such
things ac a ^poipe for hits fcut^only pna ingredient is present in every recipe
a hit*.- That is* what the 11st oner swant* They wanted Johnny Horton’s ttThe
Battle Of^ New Orleans11, and s,o they mode , it a hit by buying the rooords and sheet
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In last weeks edition of the^-^un, . Jijnado the statement that for me to
his reeord wpjtild reach’number on#, on th^ ttHot 10QH wouM be going just
top far but now I am beginning t#, wonder if maybe it will come to pass#
we will just have to wait $nd sper? .....
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1. The Battle Of Hew Orleans• • •.*•Johnny Horton
2* Whi^e.Lightning*..George Jones v
3* Home*-..;.Reeves .v
4* I*m InrLoye Again..George Morgen
5. Heart aches By The Number..c.*. ••«»•«... .Hay Prive
6* A Thousand Miles Ago*.Webb Pierce; \ ‘ ^ .. . .*
$• Black Land Farmer* . •••••*.•••*; •«•«*• * •.Frankie'Miller „• v.;i :• .«i *... v: £j;.< -
H* Set Him Free*....*............... •«.%••• .Skeeter Davis . .'v -Jru jH" -
S* Luthfir-Ployed The Boogie..,....•••• •••••«J©hnny Cash- ’ 4:»'.•« 0
10* When It’s Springtime In Alaska.*.*#s*»**Johnny Horton ..V.v$ •. :.yr.^' .iH
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Woll, that about does it for this week* I just want . to. thank'sPat Patriok for *'
sitting in.tfcjr me on Hillbilly. Ro\mdup last Wednesday* :pat is going tQimove in**
to the DJ spot .when I .head bae.kv.to thev*Vlg island** < •
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See you later, gat or, until then, so.* long and may the good Lord take a likin*
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