Biografía:
John Gale Horton (30 de abril de 1925 - 5 de novembro de 1960), conhecido profissionalmente como Johnny Horton, foi um cantor americano de música country que foi o mais famoso para seu semi-folk, a chamada música "Saga", que lançou a balada "histórico "mania da década de 1950 e 1960. Com eles, tinha vários hits crossover maior, mais notavelmente em 1959 com "The Battle of New Orleans", que ganhou o Grammy 1960 de Melhor Country & Western gravação.
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Otras canciones:
- Whispering Pines
- All For The Love Of A Girl
- All Grown Up
- All Grownup
- Alley Girl Ways
- Ballad Of The Green Berets
- Battle Of Bull Run
- Bawlin Baby
- Betty Lorraine
- Big Wheels Rolling
- Church By The Side Of The Road
- Comanche
- Counterfeit Love
- Done Roving
- Dont Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone
- Empty Bed Blues
- First Train Heading South
- Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
- Honky Tonk Man
- I Love You Baby
- Im A One Woman Man
- Im Coming Home
- Its A Long Rocky Road
- Jim Bridger
- Mean Mean Mean Son Of A Gun
- Miss Marcy
- North To Alaska
- Ole Slew Foot
- Schottische In Texas
- Sink The Bismarck
- Sleepy0Eyed John
- Take Me Like I Am
- The Battle Of Bull Run
- The Battle Of New Orleans
- The Mansion You Stole
- The Sinking Of The Reuben James
- The Woman I Need
- They Shined Up Rudolphs Nose
- When Its Springtime In Alaska Its 40 Below Acoustic
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
The Sinking Of The Reuben James:Johnny Horton.
- Johnny Horton Makes History - on COLUMBIA
Records in 1960.
(The Reuben James was the first U.S. naval ship
sunk by German U-boats in World War II.)
INTRO:
D G
What were their names, tell me, what were their
E
names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
#1.
D A D
Have you heard of a ship called that Good Reuben James,
A D
manned by hard fighting men both for honor and fame?
D G D
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free,
D A D
but tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
INTERLUDE: D G E A D
#2.
D A D
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night.
A D
That we waited for U-Boats and waited for that fight.
D G D
Then a whine and a rock and the great explosion roared.
D A D
And they laid Good Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
INTERLUDE: D G E A D
#3.
D A D
Now, tonight there are lights in our country so bright.
D A D
On the farms and the cities they're tellin' of that fight.
D G D
And now our mighty battle ships will sail the bounding main.
D A D
And remember the name of that Good Reuben James.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
OUTRO:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
- Johnny Horton Makes History - on COLUMBIA
Records in 1960.
(The Reuben James was the first U.S. naval ship
sunk by German U-boats in World War II.)
INTRO:
D G
What were their names, tell me, what were their
E
names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
#1.
D A D
Have you heard of a ship called that Good Reuben James,
A D
manned by hard fighting men both for honor and fame?
D G D
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free,
D A D
but tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
INTERLUDE: D G E A D
#2.
D A D
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night.
A D
That we waited for U-Boats and waited for that fight.
D G D
Then a whine and a rock and the great explosion roared.
D A D
And they laid Good Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
INTERLUDE: D G E A D
#3.
D A D
Now, tonight there are lights in our country so bright.
D A D
On the farms and the cities they're tellin' of that fight.
D G D
And now our mighty battle ships will sail the bounding main.
D A D
And remember the name of that Good Reuben James.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
OUTRO:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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