Rear View Mirror #14

Back with a look at a rockabilly artist who took the historical saga song to new heights during his all too brief career. We'll take a look at the life of Johnny Horton, who won a talent contest hosted by a then unknown who would go on to country music fame, and die young as well. Johnny married the widow of another of country's greatest stars, and ruled the roost in 1959 with a cross-over hit that reached the top of both the country and pop charts.