Remembering Johnny Horton! 🎙️ . On this day in 1960 Johnny Horton was killed in a car crash near Milano, Texas involving a truck. He had several major successes, most notably during 1959 with the song “The Battle of New Orleans” (written by Jimmy Driftwood) which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. . At 35, the rambling singer and adventurer, not long before scraping together pennies, had found success with his recording of the historical “The Battle of New O

PROCESSION FOR NC TROOPER JOHN HORTON