The Number Ones is a new column where I’ll review every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.

The ceremony will be held at the Carthage Civic Center at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9 as part of the annual Classic Country ...

Sixty years ago this month, Johnny Horton’s song “The Battle of New Orleans” began its improbable trek to the top of the Billboard pop music charts. The opening lines — for which we apologize in ...

As 2019 comes to an end, the lists recapping 'the year that was' begin. What were the top movies, tv shows and songs of the year? Sixty years ago in 1959, the answers were "Ben-Hur," "Gunsmoke" and ...

Tennessee Jet's "Johnny" channels two very different music legends: 1950s honky-tonk singer Johnny Horton and rock icon Kurt Cobain. The Nirvana-esque track is premiering exclusively on The Boot; ...

On this date in 1959, Johnny Horton, who grew up in Rusk, had a hit with the history inspired “The Battle of New Orleans.” The song presents a version of the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A new book that details what country music star Johnny Horton was like before and after finding fame, and the author said she could not have written the book without the ...

The New York Jets had scored 10 straight points, cutting the Oakland Raiders' lead to 14-10, then forced a punt late in the first half Sunday at Oakland Coliseum. The International Bluegrass Music ...