The Essential Recordings

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  The Battle of New Orleans
  2:32
  4.8 ★
• 2
  Honky Tonk Man
  2:14
• 3
  Big Wheels Rollin’
  2:23
• 4
  Gobbler, the Houn’ Dog
  2:05
• 5
  Johnny Freedom (Freedom Land)
  2:49
• 6
  Let’s Take the Long Way Home
  2:09
• 7
  I’m a One Woman Man
  2:00
• 8
  Broken Hearted Gypsy
  2:06
• 9
  Cherokee Boogie
  2:30
• 10
  The Train With the Rhumba Beat
  2:41
• 11
  The Woman I Need
  2:14
• 12
  Sinking of the Reuben James
  2:23
• 13
  The Wild One
  1:56
• 14
  Lost Highway
  2:36
• 15
  Two Red Lips and Warm Red Wine
  2:11
• 16
  Mr. Moonlight
  2:33
• 17
  It’s a Long Rocky Road
  2:15
• 18
  Take Me Like I Am
  2:22
• 19
  Smokey Joe’s Barbecue
  2:36
• 20
  Johnny Reb
  2:20
• CD 2
• 1
  North to Alaska
  2:50
• 2
  I’m Coming Home
  2:05
• 3
  Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
  2:19
• 4
  The First Train Heading South
  2:21
• 5
  All Grown Up
  1:55
• 6
  The Mansion You Stole
  2:22
• 7
  The Golden Rocket
  2:06
• 8
  I’m Ready If You’re Willing
  2:29
• 9
  Don’t Use My Heart for a Stepping Stone
  2:33
• 10
  Sal’s Got a Sugar Lip
  2:00
• 11
  In My House in Shelby County
  2:17
• 12
  Whispering Pines
  2:56
• 13
  All for the Love of a Girl
  2:29
• 14
  Sink the Bismark
  3:15
• 15
  Wise to the Ways of a Woman
  2:13
• 16
  On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile
  2:27
• 17
  Got the Bull by the Horns
  2:13
• 18
  Devil Made a Masterpiece
  2:30
• 19
  I’ll Do It Every Time
  2:23
• 20
  When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below)
  2:37

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Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960

Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 1996

The Singing American

The Singing American 1991

1956–1960

1956–1960 1991

The World of Johnny Horton

The World of Johnny Horton 1971

Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits

Johnny Horton’s Greatest Hits 1961

Five Classic Albums Plus

Five Classic Albums Plus 2022

Release credits

• Don Law
  producer [2.17, 1.1, 1.9, 1.14, 1.16]
• Johnny Horton
  lead vocals [16], performer [1]
• Lionel Newman
  conductor [1]

Issues

• T
  The Essential Recordings

  2x CD
  9 October 2012