# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-horton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:44:36.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-horton"
name: "Johnny Horton"
slug: "johnny-horton"
description: "John LaGale Horton was an American country, honky tonk, and rockabilly musician during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrative country saga songs that became international hits. His 1959 single \"The Battle of New Orleans\" was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. The song was awarded the Grammy Hall of Fame Award and in 2001 ranked number 333 of the Recording Industry Association of America's \"Songs of the Century\". His first number-one country song was in 1959, \"When It's Springtime in Alaska \"."
tagline: "American singer (1925–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Horton_-_Take_Me_Like_I_Am%2C_1959_ad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-04-30"
deathDate: "1960-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.506592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "johnnyhorton"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1145502/"
    handle:    "nm1145502"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Johnny Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Horton"
    title: "Johnny Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Horton"
    title: "Johnny Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Horton"
    title: "Johnny Horton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump