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Johnny Horton - Love And Tell (2024)
BAND/ARTIST: Johnny Horton
- Title: Love And Tell
- Year Of Release: 2024
- Label: CV Jazz
- Genre: Country
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 224:35 min
- Total Size: 910 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. (I Wished For And Angel But) The Devil Sent Me Yu
02. Another Woman Wears My Wedding Ring
03. Battle Of New Orleans
04. Because I'm A Jealous Man
05. Betty Lorraine
06. Big Wheels Rollin
07. Bob Sullivan Stomp
08. Broken Hearted Gypsy
09. 'Cause You're The One For Me
10. Child's Side Of Life
11. Coal Smoke Valve Oil And Steam
12. Confusion
13. Crazy Worried Mind
14. Dark Haired Beauty From Cuba
15. Devil Made A Masterpiece
16. Devilish Love Light
17. Done Rovin'
18. Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
19. Don't Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone (Johnny Horton Sings Free And Easy)
20. Down That River Road
21. Egg Money
22. Everytime I'm Kissing You
23. First Train Headin' South
24. From Memphis To Mobile
25. Ha Ha And Moonface
26. How You Gonna Make It
27. I Can't Forget You
28. I Got A Slow Leak In My Heart
29. I Won't Forget
30. I Won't Get Dreamy-Eyed
31. I'm A Fishin' Man
32. I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love)
33. It's A Long Rocky Road
34. Jambalaya
35. Janey
36. Joe's Bin A-Gittin' There
37. John Henry
38. John Paul Jones
39. Journey With No End
40. Just Out Of Reach
41. Just Walk A Little Closer
42. Letter Edged In Black
43. Love And Tell
44. Mean Mean Son Of A Gun
45. Meant So Little To You
46. Miss Marcy
47. Move Down The Line
48. My Heart Stopped, Trembled And Died
49. None Of You But All Of Me
50. Old Dan Tucker
51. O'leary's Cow
52. On The Banks Of The Beautiful Nile
53. One Grain Of Sand
54. One Woman Man
55. Over Lovin You
56. Plaid & Calico
57. Red River Valley
58. Rhythm Baby Walk
59. Rueben James
60. Seven Comes Eleven
61. Shadows On The Bayou
62. Somebodies Rockin
63. Streets Of Dodge
64. Sugar Coated Baby
65. Take It Like A Man
66. Talk Gobbler Talk
67. Teen Hoe Waltz
68. Tell My Baby I Love Her
69. That Do Make It Nice
70. The Battle Of Bull Run
71. The Devil Made A Masterpiece
72. The Devil Sent Me You
73. The Door Of Your Mansion
74. The Same Old Tale The Crow Told Me
75. The Sinking Of The Reuben James
76. The Train With The Rhumba Beat
77. There'll Never Be Another Mary
78. This Is The Thanks I Get (For Loving You)
79. This Won't Be The First Time
80. Train With The Rhumba Beat
81. Two Eyed Sunday Pants
82. Two Red Lips And Warm Red Wine
83. What Will I Do Without You
84. Where Do You Think You Would Stand
85. Whispering Pines
86. Why Did It Happen To Me
87. Why In The Dickens Don't You Milk That Cow
88. Witch Walking Baby
89. Won't You Love Me, Love, Love Me
90. Words
91. You Cry In The Door Of Your Mansion
92. You Don't Move Me Bay, Anymore
93. You You You
94. Young Abe Lincoln
95. You're My Baby
01. (I Wished For And Angel But) The Devil Sent Me Yu
02. Another Woman Wears My Wedding Ring
03. Battle Of New Orleans
04. Because I'm A Jealous Man
05. Betty Lorraine
06. Big Wheels Rollin
07. Bob Sullivan Stomp
08. Broken Hearted Gypsy
09. 'Cause You're The One For Me
10. Child's Side Of Life
11. Coal Smoke Valve Oil And Steam
12. Confusion
13. Crazy Worried Mind
14. Dark Haired Beauty From Cuba
15. Devil Made A Masterpiece
16. Devilish Love Light
17. Done Rovin'
18. Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
19. Don't Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone (Johnny Horton Sings Free And Easy)
20. Down That River Road
21. Egg Money
22. Everytime I'm Kissing You
23. First Train Headin' South
24. From Memphis To Mobile
25. Ha Ha And Moonface
26. How You Gonna Make It
27. I Can't Forget You
28. I Got A Slow Leak In My Heart
29. I Won't Forget
30. I Won't Get Dreamy-Eyed
31. I'm A Fishin' Man
32. I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love)
33. It's A Long Rocky Road
34. Jambalaya
35. Janey
36. Joe's Bin A-Gittin' There
37. John Henry
38. John Paul Jones
39. Journey With No End
40. Just Out Of Reach
41. Just Walk A Little Closer
42. Letter Edged In Black
43. Love And Tell
44. Mean Mean Son Of A Gun
45. Meant So Little To You
46. Miss Marcy
47. Move Down The Line
48. My Heart Stopped, Trembled And Died
49. None Of You But All Of Me
50. Old Dan Tucker
51. O'leary's Cow
52. On The Banks Of The Beautiful Nile
53. One Grain Of Sand
54. One Woman Man
55. Over Lovin You
56. Plaid & Calico
57. Red River Valley
58. Rhythm Baby Walk
59. Rueben James
60. Seven Comes Eleven
61. Shadows On The Bayou
62. Somebodies Rockin
63. Streets Of Dodge
64. Sugar Coated Baby
65. Take It Like A Man
66. Talk Gobbler Talk
67. Teen Hoe Waltz
68. Tell My Baby I Love Her
69. That Do Make It Nice
70. The Battle Of Bull Run
71. The Devil Made A Masterpiece
72. The Devil Sent Me You
73. The Door Of Your Mansion
74. The Same Old Tale The Crow Told Me
75. The Sinking Of The Reuben James
76. The Train With The Rhumba Beat
77. There'll Never Be Another Mary
78. This Is The Thanks I Get (For Loving You)
79. This Won't Be The First Time
80. Train With The Rhumba Beat
81. Two Eyed Sunday Pants
82. Two Red Lips And Warm Red Wine
83. What Will I Do Without You
84. Where Do You Think You Would Stand
85. Whispering Pines
86. Why Did It Happen To Me
87. Why In The Dickens Don't You Milk That Cow
88. Witch Walking Baby
89. Won't You Love Me, Love, Love Me
90. Words
91. You Cry In The Door Of Your Mansion
92. You Don't Move Me Bay, Anymore
93. You You You
94. Young Abe Lincoln
95. You're My Baby
Although he is better-remembered for his historical songs, Johnny Horton was one of the best and most popular honky tonk singers of the late 1950s. Horton managed to infuse honky tonk with an urgent rockabilly underpinning. Although his career was cut short by a fatal car crash in 1960, his music reverberated throughout the next three decades.
Horton was born in Los Angeles in 1925, the son of sharecropping parents. During his childhood, his family continually moved between California and Texas, in an attempt to find work. His mother taught him how to play guitar at the age of 11. Horton graduated from high school in 1944 and attended a Methodist seminary with the intent of joining a ministry. After a short while, he left the seminary and began traveling across the country, eventually moving to Alaska in 1949 to become a fisherman. While he was in Alaska, he began writing songs in earnest.
The following year, Horton moved back to east Texas, where he entered a talent contest hosted by Jim Reeves, who was then an unknown vocalist. He won the contest, which encouraged him to pursue a career as a performer. Horton started out by playing talent contests throughout Texas, which is where he gained the attention of Fabor Robison. In early 1951, Robison became Horton's manager and managed to secure him a recording contract with Corman Records. However, shortly after his signing, the label folded. Robison then founded his own label, Abbott Records, with the specific intent of recording Horton. None of these records found chart success. During 1951, Horton began performing on various Los Angeles TV shows and hosted a radio show in Pasadena, where he performed under the name "the Singing Fisherman."
At the end of 1951, Horton relocated from California to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he became a regular on the Louisiana Hayride. After moving Horton to Mercury Records in early 1952, Robison became Reeves' manager and severed all ties with Horton. That year, Hank Williams rejoined the cast of the Hayride and became a kind of mentor for Horton. After Williams died on New Year's Eve of 1952, Horton became close with his widow, Billie Jean; the couple married in September of 1953.
Although he had a regular job on the Hayride, Horton's recording career was going nowhere -- none of his Mercury records were selling, and rock & roll was beginning to overtake country's share of the market place. Horton's fortunes changed in the latter half of 1955, when he hired Webb Pierce's manager Tillman Franks as his own manager and quit Mercury Records. Franks had Pierce help him secure a contract for Horton with Columbia Records by the end of 1955. The change in record labels breathed life into Horton's career. At his first Columbia session, he cut "Honky Tonk Man," his first single for the label and one that would eventually become a honky tonk classic. By the spring of 1956, the song had reached the country Top Ten and Horton was well on his way to becoming a star.
"Honky Tonk Man" was edgy enough to have Horton grouped on the more country-oriented side of rockabilly. Wearing a large cowboy hat to hide his receding hairline, he became a popular concert attraction and racked up three more hit singles -- "I'm a One-Woman Man" (number seven), "I'm Coming Home" (number 11), and "The Woman I Need" (number nine) -- in the next year. However, the hits dried up just as quickly as they arrived; for the latter half of 1957 and 1958, he didn't hit the charts at all. Horton responded by cutting some rockabilly, which was beginning to fall out of favor by the time his singles were released.
In the fall of 1958, he bounced back with the Top Ten "All Grown Up," but it wasn't until the ballad "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" hit the charts in early 1959 that he achieved a comeback. The song fit neatly into the folk-based story songs that were becoming popular in the late '50s, and it climbed all the way to number one. Its success inspired his next single, "The Battle of New Orleans." Taken from a 1958 Jimmie Driftwood album, the song was a historical saga song like "When It's Springtime in Alaska," but it was far more humorous. It was also far more successful, topping the country charts for ten weeks and crossing over into the pop charts, where it was number one for six weeks. After the back-to-back number one successes of "When It's Spring Time in Alaska" and "The Battle of New Orleans," Horton concentrated solely on folky saga songs. "Johnny Reb" became a Top Ten hit in the later half of 1959, and "Sink the Bismarck" was a Top Ten hit in 1960, followed later in the year by the number one hit "North to Alaska."
Around the time of "North to Alaska"'s November release, Horton claimed that he was getting premonitions of an early death. Sadly, his premonitions came true. On November 4, 1960, he suffered a car crash driving home to Shreveport after a concert in Austin, Texas. Horton was still alive after the wreck, but he died on the way to the hospital; the other passengers in his car had severe injuries, but they survived. Although he died early in his career, Horton left behind a recorded legacy that proved to be quite influential. Artists like George Jones and Dwight Yoakam covered his songs, and echoes of Horton's music could still be heard in honky tonk and country-rock music well into the 1990s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Horton was born in Los Angeles in 1925, the son of sharecropping parents. During his childhood, his family continually moved between California and Texas, in an attempt to find work. His mother taught him how to play guitar at the age of 11. Horton graduated from high school in 1944 and attended a Methodist seminary with the intent of joining a ministry. After a short while, he left the seminary and began traveling across the country, eventually moving to Alaska in 1949 to become a fisherman. While he was in Alaska, he began writing songs in earnest.
The following year, Horton moved back to east Texas, where he entered a talent contest hosted by Jim Reeves, who was then an unknown vocalist. He won the contest, which encouraged him to pursue a career as a performer. Horton started out by playing talent contests throughout Texas, which is where he gained the attention of Fabor Robison. In early 1951, Robison became Horton's manager and managed to secure him a recording contract with Corman Records. However, shortly after his signing, the label folded. Robison then founded his own label, Abbott Records, with the specific intent of recording Horton. None of these records found chart success. During 1951, Horton began performing on various Los Angeles TV shows and hosted a radio show in Pasadena, where he performed under the name "the Singing Fisherman."
At the end of 1951, Horton relocated from California to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he became a regular on the Louisiana Hayride. After moving Horton to Mercury Records in early 1952, Robison became Reeves' manager and severed all ties with Horton. That year, Hank Williams rejoined the cast of the Hayride and became a kind of mentor for Horton. After Williams died on New Year's Eve of 1952, Horton became close with his widow, Billie Jean; the couple married in September of 1953.
Although he had a regular job on the Hayride, Horton's recording career was going nowhere -- none of his Mercury records were selling, and rock & roll was beginning to overtake country's share of the market place. Horton's fortunes changed in the latter half of 1955, when he hired Webb Pierce's manager Tillman Franks as his own manager and quit Mercury Records. Franks had Pierce help him secure a contract for Horton with Columbia Records by the end of 1955. The change in record labels breathed life into Horton's career. At his first Columbia session, he cut "Honky Tonk Man," his first single for the label and one that would eventually become a honky tonk classic. By the spring of 1956, the song had reached the country Top Ten and Horton was well on his way to becoming a star.
"Honky Tonk Man" was edgy enough to have Horton grouped on the more country-oriented side of rockabilly. Wearing a large cowboy hat to hide his receding hairline, he became a popular concert attraction and racked up three more hit singles -- "I'm a One-Woman Man" (number seven), "I'm Coming Home" (number 11), and "The Woman I Need" (number nine) -- in the next year. However, the hits dried up just as quickly as they arrived; for the latter half of 1957 and 1958, he didn't hit the charts at all. Horton responded by cutting some rockabilly, which was beginning to fall out of favor by the time his singles were released.
In the fall of 1958, he bounced back with the Top Ten "All Grown Up," but it wasn't until the ballad "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" hit the charts in early 1959 that he achieved a comeback. The song fit neatly into the folk-based story songs that were becoming popular in the late '50s, and it climbed all the way to number one. Its success inspired his next single, "The Battle of New Orleans." Taken from a 1958 Jimmie Driftwood album, the song was a historical saga song like "When It's Springtime in Alaska," but it was far more humorous. It was also far more successful, topping the country charts for ten weeks and crossing over into the pop charts, where it was number one for six weeks. After the back-to-back number one successes of "When It's Spring Time in Alaska" and "The Battle of New Orleans," Horton concentrated solely on folky saga songs. "Johnny Reb" became a Top Ten hit in the later half of 1959, and "Sink the Bismarck" was a Top Ten hit in 1960, followed later in the year by the number one hit "North to Alaska."
Around the time of "North to Alaska"'s November release, Horton claimed that he was getting premonitions of an early death. Sadly, his premonitions came true. On November 4, 1960, he suffered a car crash driving home to Shreveport after a concert in Austin, Texas. Horton was still alive after the wreck, but he died on the way to the hospital; the other passengers in his car had severe injuries, but they survived. Although he died early in his career, Horton left behind a recorded legacy that proved to be quite influential. Artists like George Jones and Dwight Yoakam covered his songs, and echoes of Horton's music could still be heard in honky tonk and country-rock music well into the 1990s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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