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    • Jan 9, 1961
    Johnny Horton's "North To Alaska" goes to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
    Jun 30, 1964
    Johnny Cash records four songs written by Peter La Farge and one by Johnny Horton to complete his Native American-themed album "Bitter Tears." The project will receive a Grammy nomination
    Nov 2, 1964
    "Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits" earns a gold album from the Recording Industry Association of America, four years after his death
    Dec 19, 1966
    Claudia Horton Pryor, the mother of the late Johnny Horton, dies in a Jacksonville, Texas, hospital following a short illness
    Dec 20, 1966
    Johnny Horton earns a gold single from the RIAA for "The Battle Of New Orleans"
    Dec 12, 1979
    Moe Bandy records "Yesterday Once More." It honors Red Foley's "Peace In The Valley," Tex Ritter's "High Noon" and "Rye Whiskey," Johnny Horton's "North To Alaska," Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' "San Antonio Rose" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy," among others
    Jan 31, 1986
    Reprise releases Dwight Yoakam's remake of Johnny Horton's "Honky Tonk Man"
    Mar 7, 1986
    The lesbian-themed movie "Desert Hearts" debuts in theaters. It features Johnny Horton's "Honky-Tonk Man," plus music by Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Gene Vincent, Patti Page, Webb Pierce, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Kitty Wells and Ferlin Husky
    Nov 21, 1986
    "Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits" receives a platinum album from the RIAA
    Sep 29, 1989
    The movie "In Country" debuts in theaters. The Johnny Horton hit "Honky-Tonk Man" and Hank Williams Jr.'s "Ain't Misbehavin'" are used in the picture, along with music by k.d. lang, Bruce Springsteen, Fred Knobloch and Jackie DeShannon
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