This day in music history.

November 5, 1960, At the age of 33 Johnny Horton plays the Skyline in Austin, Texas. After the show Johnny Horton was killed in a car accident. Hank Williams played his last show at the Skyline in 1952. After Hank died Johnny Horton married Hanks widow (Billy Joe). Horton had a Number One hit with the song "Battle of New Orleans,".
Battle Of New Orleans by Johnny Horton.
In 1814 we took a little trip,
Along with Col. Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon, and we took a little beans.
And we caught the bloody British near the town of New Orleans.
We looked down the river and we seen the British come,
An there must have been a hundred of them beatin on the drum.
They stepped so high & they made their bugles ring,
we stood beside our cotton bails & didn't say a thing.
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
if we didn't fire our muskets 'til we looked them in the eye.
We held our fire 'til we see'd their faces well,
then we opened up our squirrel guns & really gave 'em WELL....
They ran thru the briars and they ran thru the brambles
and they ran thru the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast the the hounds couldn't catch 'em
on down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down,
so we grabbed an alligator & we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls, & powered his behind 'n
when we touched the powder off the gator lost his mind.