Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"The Battle of New Orleans\" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton. His version scored number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959 (see 1959 in music). Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1959.In Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs in the first fifty years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, \"The Battle of New Orleans\" was ranked as the twenty-eighth song overall and the number-one country music song to appear on the chart.Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time."@en }
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- The_Battle_of_New_Orleans abstract "\"The Battle of New Orleans\" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the song tells the tale of the battle with a light tone and provides a rather comical version of what actually happened at the battle. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated with this song is Johnny Horton. His version scored number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959 (see 1959 in music). Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1959.In Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs in the first fifty years of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, \"The Battle of New Orleans\" was ranked as the twenty-eighth song overall and the number-one country music song to appear on the chart.Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.".