[DOC] [TLE] Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton Songfacts [PAR] Near the end of the War of 1812, British troops attacked the city, but were 
defeated by American forces. ... school principal and history teacher who loved 
singing and writing songs. ... This won the 1959 Grammys for Song of the Year (
for composer Jimmy .... Billboard Magazine holds "The Battle of New Orleans" as 
the No. 1... [DOC] [TLE] Lyrics for "Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton - Songfacts [PAR] Lyrics and video for the song "Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton. ... Hut, 
hut, three, fourWriter/s: JAMES MORRIS ... Horton died when his car was hit by a 
drunk driver on a bridge in Milano, ... 87 in 1959, Harpers Bizarre just barely at 
No. ... as the basis for their parody "War of 1812"Cyberpope - Richmond, Canada
. [DOC] [TLE] The Battle Of New Orleans Page [PAR] The Battle Of New Orleans was one of the the biggest selling records in 1959. 
Johnny Horton's version of the song topped both country and pop charts and ... A 
dedicated teacher, he was unable to get his students interested in learning 
history, ... the final battle of the War of 1812 and was called The Battle Of New 
Orleans. [DOC] [TLE] Driftwood, Jimmy - Dictionary definition of Driftwood, Jimmy ... [PAR] Jimmy Driftwood was one of the most prolific and influential folk artists in ... and 
songwriter was quickly dubbed Driftwood when his father played ajoke ... 
threading history lessons into folk songs and teaching them to his students. ... 
Driftwood had written it years earlier in an effort to teach his students about the 
War of 1812... [DOC] [TLE] Jimmie Driftwood [PAR] Jimmie Driftwood was almost an anachronism in the years he was at his ... he 
originally started writing songs as a way of helping his students learn about ... It 
was while teaching history in elementary school that he discovered the ... the 
events of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the War of 1812. .... Singles & 
EP... [DOC] [TLE] On The Record: JIMMIE DRIFTWOOD - THE BATTLE OF NEW ... [PAR] Apr 11, 2011 ... "The Battle Of New Orleans" was written and first recorded by a folksinger ... and 
spent the next few years teaching in one-room schools in Arkansas, ... 
differentiating between the Revolutionary War and The War of 1812. ... for it - he 
submitted some of his songs to a few record compaines, with no success. [DOC] [TLE] What's That Song About?: "The Battle of New Orleans" ("The 8th of ... [PAR] Feb 11, 2009 ... He took that American fiddle tune and wrote lyrics to it that would teach his 
students a lesson in American history - the war of 1812, specifically,... [DOC] [TLE] ACE - Jimmy Driftwood - Association for Cultural Equity [PAR] His songs, over 300 of them performed and recorded by various artists, dealt with 
life .... his life to teaching, but he continued to write songs, most of which 
concerned history ... Revolution, but in January, 1815, as the last battle of the War 
of 1812. ... 1959, in the Alan Lomax Archive), Driftwood wrote Lomax from Timbo 
to say... [DOC] [TLE] Jimmy Driftwood - The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture [PAR] Dec 13, 2013 ... Jimmy Driftwood was a prolific folk singer/songwriter who wrote over ... He 
gained national fame in 1959 when Johnny Horton recorded Driftwood's song, 
The Battle of ... that Driftwood began teaching his students history through song. 
... 1936 to help his students differentiate between the War of 1812 and... [DOC] [TLE] War and Conflict - The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of ... [PAR] War has played no small part in the history of American song. ... "The Girl I Left 
Behind Me" was sung by both sides during the War of 1812, and possibly the ... 
His original intent was to entertain and educate high school students, but in 1959, 
his song became a number one hit for Johnny Horton. .... Teaching Resources

Question: A No. 1 hit in 1959, this song was originally written by a teacher as a history lesson for his students on the War of 1812
Answer: \"The Battle Of New Orleans\"