The Battle Of New Orleans has been recorded by many artists, but the one most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton.
His version topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.
In Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs in the first fifty years of the Billboard Hot 100 - The Battle of New Orleans was ranked as the 28th song overall.
Theme from "A Summer Place" was a song, with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film, A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960.
He'll Have To Go was an American country and pop hit recorded by Jim Reeves.
The song, released in the fall of 1959, went on to become a massive hit in both genres early in 1960.
He'll Have To Go reached #1 on the Hot Country Singles chart on February 8, 1960, where it remained for 14 consecutive weeks. In addition, the song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #13 on the R&B Singles Chart.
Big Bad John was a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean.
Released in September 1961, by the beginning of November it went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.
Big Bad John spent five weeks at #1 on the pop chart, two weeks on the country chart, and ten weeks on the Easy Listening chart.
As Long As He Needs Me was a song sung by the character of Nancy, introduced in the 1960 musical Oliver!
Its popularity grew by virtue of renditions by several popular singers, including Shirley Bassey, who reached #2 on the U.K. charts.
Oliver! premiered in the West End (London) on June 30, 1960. The musical previewed in the U.S. with a 1962 national tour and premiered on Broadway on January 6, 1963.
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