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An Entity of Type : wsb:Classic_Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • Battle Of New Orleans
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  • Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
  • Songs about the military
  • 1959 songs
  • Columbia Records singles
  • Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
  • Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
  • Grammy Award for Song of the Year
  • RCA Victor singles
  • Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles of the year
  • Songs based on actual events
  • Songs about New Orleans, Louisiana
  • American patriotic songs
  • Bill Haley songs
  • 1959 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
  • 1959 singles
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt Band songs
  • Johnny Horton songs
abstract
  • %22The Battle of New Orleans%22 is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton. His version scored number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959 (see 1959 in music). Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1959.In Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs in the first fifty years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, %22The Battle of New Orleans%22 was ranked as the twenty-eighth song overall and the number-one country music song to appear on the chart.Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
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  • Jimmy Driftwood
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  • 5714dee225ac0d8aee4ff55e
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  • english
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  • RCA Records
  • Columbia Records
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  • 1959
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  • Battle Of New Orleans
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