Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Musical Interlude: The Battle of New Orleans (1959)

I remember buying a single of Johnny Horton's 1959 hit, "The Battle of New Orleans", in an antique shop shortly after moving to my current abode. Portions of the following clip have been used in infomercials over the years, but now we can see that the clip comes from The Ed Sullivan Show. Ed introduces Horton and a special guest....



That may have been the only time I've ever seen a white coonskin cap........

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