Johnny Horton - North to Alaska (Official Audio)

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  • "North To Alaska" by Johnny Horton
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    Chorus:
    Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're finding
    North to Alaska - go north, the rush is on
    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    North to Alaska - go north, the rush is on
    North to Alaska - go north, the rush is on
    #NorthToAlaska #JohnnyHorton #OfficialAudio

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  • @kenames9900
    @kenames9900 2 місяці тому +100

    I’m 70 now it was a lot more fun being 20 in the 70s than it is being 70 in the 20s

  • @LPJack02
    @LPJack02 7 місяців тому +172

    RIP Johnny Horton (April 30, 1925 - November 5, 1960), aged 35
    You will be remembered as a legend.

    • @switzerlandful
      @switzerlandful 4 місяці тому +8

      Sad. Wish a singer would live longer.

    • @carolynking1625
      @carolynking1625 4 місяці тому +4

      @@switzerlandful Me too!!! Singers back in the Day. Now days ones I don't care.

    • @petermetaxas9696
      @petermetaxas9696 3 місяці тому +5

      Only 35, what a loss. At least he left us his voice and songs.

    • @johnnymac8680
      @johnnymac8680 Місяць тому +1

      He was killed only 2 weeks before my 10th birthday. What a loss at only 35 years old.

    • @billgonzales8978
      @billgonzales8978 28 днів тому +2

      yes I will remember him, cause I was 10 years old when I heard this song first, RIP sir 2024

  • @joshstapp351
    @joshstapp351 Місяць тому +12

    Who's still listening in 2024?

  • @willarkle511
    @willarkle511 3 роки тому +2533

    I am 91 and I love this great music. Can’t stand what I hear over the radio now.

    • @shawncase2755
      @shawncase2755 3 роки тому +345

      I’m only 13 and I still like this music better this new crap

    • @HunterS.129
      @HunterS.129 3 роки тому +189

      @@shawncase2755 I’m only 15 and I agree

    • @SStupendous
      @SStupendous 3 роки тому +194

      @@shawncase2755 I'm between 16 and 26, a black man, and I love songs like these, back in a simpler time where gender is what you're born with and you wouldn't be called racist for voicing an opinion different to someone else's, for all the faults the era had.

    • @yazza2956
      @yazza2956 3 роки тому +91

      I’m 51. My granddaughter (7) hasn’t caught on yet we listen to music from the ‘30’s-60’s!

    • @meh3179
      @meh3179 3 роки тому +8

      @@jasonsfarm37 lmao

  • @janicesimmons-d8r
    @janicesimmons-d8r Рік тому +166

    I’m 83. Love these oldies. Thanks

    • @Artyom.Helder
      @Artyom.Helder 8 місяців тому

      ​@MarcosBryant-mr7jwpatriotism

    • @fntime
      @fntime 7 місяців тому +1

      @MarcosBryant-mr7jw You guys might enjoy my list, very eclectic.
      Hope you & all enjoy! :)
      ua-cam.com/play/PL240940E21E6C83E3.html

    • @im4qz
      @im4qz 4 місяці тому +6

      I’m 19 and I love them too.

    • @peterpitre9736
      @peterpitre9736 2 місяці тому

      35 years old and been listening to this since I was 15

    • @kevencarroll981
      @kevencarroll981 2 місяці тому

  • @bobbyrawls7905
    @bobbyrawls7905 3 роки тому +98

    I'm 63, My favorite singers are Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, Hank Williams Sr, Marty Robbins at the top amoung others

    • @hawks1ish
      @hawks1ish 3 роки тому +1

      You have great taste what other classic country albums do you recommend?

    • @happyharry34
      @happyharry34 6 місяців тому +1

      I love them too

  • @georgenjoroge5175
    @georgenjoroge5175 3 роки тому +554

    This was my dad's favorite song.. He decided my name would be George because of this song. I lost him in 2010. Continue Resting Easy Dad.

    • @armansundrani1178
      @armansundrani1178 3 роки тому +6

      Your Brothers Name Billy

    • @JackHowell68
      @JackHowell68 3 роки тому +4

      Rest in peace

    • @Paul77ozee
      @Paul77ozee 3 роки тому +4

      Same here mate. I lost my dad just last year and Horton,Cash,Williams and Slim Dusty were his favourites.

    • @grapeape9098
      @grapeape9098 3 роки тому +3

      My dad died years ago and I used to sing this with him...

    • @donnalynch1484
      @donnalynch1484 3 роки тому +2

      Mine too I m in my sixes

  • @warrenfraser13
    @warrenfraser13 3 роки тому +198

    Sixty years ago today, Johnny left us. A drunk driver (who served no time in prison) took the life of an incredible singer and songwriter. North To Alaska had entered the Billboard charts 47 days earlier on September 19th, 1960.
    I shall NEVER forget Johnny Horton!!

    • @DavidMcAtee-o6e
      @DavidMcAtee-o6e 11 місяців тому +5

    • @TERoss-jk9ny
      @TERoss-jk9ny 9 місяців тому +8

      We gotta sink the Bismark! Hearing that song in the 70’s inspired me to read any/all things WWII. He must have been one hellova teacher.

    • @RosettaRedfeather
      @RosettaRedfeather 9 місяців тому +6

      He inspired my father to go to Alaska where we lived for the next 30 years

    • @cindyduran4236
      @cindyduran4236 9 місяців тому +5

      I grew up with Johnny and still listen to him.

    • @betsyheimbuch
      @betsyheimbuch 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@RosettaRedfeatherThst must have been interesting.

  • @kweenzwalters3916
    @kweenzwalters3916 4 місяці тому +32

    I'm 32. Went with my friend to collect her grandfathers things after his funeral. We found records of Johny Horton played them while we packed up her grandfather things and I absolutely loved his songs. R.i.p to grandpa Robert and Mr Johnny Horton

  • @janebaker1052
    @janebaker1052 4 роки тому +344

    I'm 73 and I too love this song

  • @appa32472
    @appa32472 3 роки тому +727

    I'm 107 and have been listening to this 60 years now. It's great music you little whipper snappers.

    • @zoomer_zveno
      @zoomer_zveno 3 роки тому +84

      rather hard to believe on the internet but cheers grandpa!

    • @noelpuestohl7208
      @noelpuestohl7208 3 роки тому +76

      @@zoomer_zveno I've been loving this song since 1776!

    • @zoomer_zveno
      @zoomer_zveno 3 роки тому +18

      @@noelpuestohl7208 I'm Bulgarian that's literally the other week for me

    • @TheBrooklynbodine
      @TheBrooklynbodine 3 роки тому +21

      Congratulations! I'm 57, so I'm a mere young'un compared to you. My dad and his brothers were born between July 31, 1914 and July 22, 1931, and all have since died. You're older than the oldest would have been, were he living.

    • @blondie6549
      @blondie6549 3 роки тому +5

      Absolutely💯😻❗

  • @DdavidC1
    @DdavidC1 3 роки тому +412

    I am older that dirt and I have loved this song since the beginning of time.

    • @gizmogoose.2486
      @gizmogoose.2486 3 роки тому +6

      Kick ass and take names David !!!!!

    • @deannamoorehilbus7636
      @deannamoorehilbus7636 3 роки тому +4

      I also loved that it was the theme song for a John Wayne movie

    • @wendywalker6159
      @wendywalker6159 3 роки тому +4

      ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️all of these classics U don't get any better than these..♥️

    • @grantsmythe8625
      @grantsmythe8625 3 роки тому +3

      Wolverton Mountain is good too.

    • @caliberpack1820
      @caliberpack1820 3 роки тому

      @@wendywalker6159 r

  • @frostysandstorm2414
    @frostysandstorm2414 3 роки тому +284

    I am now 66 and had this song on a 33-1/3 record back in the 1960's as a young kid and loved it. In later years, I was sent to a remote site in Alaska (Fort Yukon on the Yukon River) by the military. Memories of this song help made my time there a memory I will never forget.

    • @rickeyburke2596
      @rickeyburke2596 3 роки тому +5

      From one military to another, Thank You.

    • @bobwhite8440
      @bobwhite8440 3 роки тому

      Jack Frost training. Watching out for Comrade Ivan coming over the top.

    • @tonymeier6939
      @tonymeier6939 3 роки тому +9

      I was stationed at Ft. Carson, Co & I got orders to go to Ft Richardson, Alaska. Some of my buddies laughed at me and some wished they were going to Alaska. Went to Jack Frost for a couple months from late December 1978 - February 1979. I was assigned to the 23rd Engineer Co and we maintained the Ice Bridge. After all that, I met my wife in Alaska. I was from North Dakota & she was from Kentucky. She had The Johnny Horton album with all his hits. We have been married over 40 yrs now.

    • @karenkurmey7294
      @karenkurmey7294 3 роки тому +5

      I remember the 33-1/3 as a little girl. I am 64 and I have loved Johnny Horton since then.

    • @stephenfernald2490
      @stephenfernald2490 3 роки тому +3

      I got stationed in Fairbanks in 1973 (Ft Wainwright). Sang this a lot before my PCS.

  • @timothyspumphrey1186
    @timothyspumphrey1186 3 роки тому +555

    Jonny Horton was one of the best recording artist of the era , he didn't have the popularity of Elvis Presley but his recordings will stand the test of time . He was a very talented artist with his own sound and originality no one will ever be able to recreate him he has left his mark that no one can recreate . Johnny died way to soon by a drunk semi driver . People please remember him and his music. Johnny Rest in peace .

    • @ColonelMarcellus
      @ColonelMarcellus 2 роки тому +20

      Another artist taken too soon.

    • @SummeryMussel9
      @SummeryMussel9 2 роки тому +21

      He was one of the most popular men in the country by the time he died

    • @ritamarr4523
      @ritamarr4523 2 роки тому

      Pplkpopl

    • @brendaeulenstein4255
      @brendaeulenstein4255 2 роки тому +11

      Well I don't listen to Elvis much anymore but I listen to this ballad and voice tupe music.What aboug Tennesee Ernie Ford to.

    • @kidovthe1truekingahillbill586
      @kidovthe1truekingahillbill586 2 роки тому +4

      Well actually Elvis did sound just like him sound so much alike I thought Elvis sung it in the movie. Someone said the Alexa they asked that question about that and they said yes he was the one that sung the song in North to Alaska movie with John Wayne. But yeah he was a great musician though the one you just mentioned Johnny is a great song

  • @tnghs6873
    @tnghs6873 8 місяців тому +47

    I absolutely agree, can’t find good songs like Johnny Horton ‘s anymore.

  • @Thatgoatgirl
    @Thatgoatgirl Рік тому +67

    My dad used to listen to Johnny Horton when I was a kid. I'm 43 now and I still love these old tunes. Johnny Horton and Jim Croce. Two of my old time favs. Everytime I hear them, I think of all the things we did as a family: summer holidays, gardening, spending time out in the yard playing games...like those super pointy lawn darts! 😂

    • @conorkennedy3304
      @conorkennedy3304 7 місяців тому +2

      Are you my twin?

    • @lisaparsons4124
      @lisaparsons4124 6 днів тому

      I remember in the 70swhen I was a kid my Dad John Parsons liked his music.he passed away 2002,was66

  • @lyngruen8607
    @lyngruen8607 8 місяців тому +23

    I'm 72...listen to my parents play this over and over as a child. (They were married 65 1/2 years 💖) Always loved the deep voice 😊 still smile when I hear it 😊 today is 1/9/2024
    Texas Nana

  • @gskessingerable
    @gskessingerable 3 місяці тому +31

    What a voice. Today's singers couldn't hold a candle to him.

    • @kylehackett162
      @kylehackett162 2 місяці тому

      There are plenty of better singers. This isn't good just because it's old.

    • @gskessingerable
      @gskessingerable 2 місяці тому +1

      @@kylehackett162 Today's singers all dubb their voices. Horton did not, so you're wrong.

    • @kevinhalsey4493
      @kevinhalsey4493 Місяць тому

      Hank Williams Junior Willie Nelson Toby Keith

    • @gskessingerable
      @gskessingerable Місяць тому

      @@kevinhalsey4493 Nice joke.

    • @DeneanChristy-vi8tf
      @DeneanChristy-vi8tf 24 дні тому

      That ringht...wish..we..back.good.day.....

  • @shawnaerazo258
    @shawnaerazo258 2 роки тому +34

    I'm 47. I was raised on johnny Horton. Not many people left who know him

    • @deeluvsmusic3560
      @deeluvsmusic3560 3 місяці тому +3

      Well I'm 70 and I remember him along with many others from the 60s and some from 50s. With no TV the radio was main source music: As an ex submariner my grandfather into "Sink the Bismarck".

    • @crisking9198
      @crisking9198 2 місяці тому

      I am 61. Was brought up hearing Johnny Horton etc

    • @Gsuneow
      @Gsuneow 2 місяці тому +4

      You’re wrong I’m 24 and listen to a lot of old music so that they stay alive. Plus it’s better than any of the garbage they have now songs back then had actual meaning to them not like the ones today.

    • @Anton-fq1zn
      @Anton-fq1zn 2 місяці тому

      I remember Johnny used to listen to him in the 50s and sixties

    • @250rpeters
      @250rpeters 2 місяці тому

      As long as I live he'll never be left. 40 by the way.

  • @patblake1236
    @patblake1236 3 роки тому +47

    Me: do you know north to Alaska
    Friends: yes
    Me: do you know johnny horton
    Friends: no
    Me:🙄😯

    • @appa32472
      @appa32472 3 роки тому +1

      North to Alaska were going north to Russia zone.

  • @richintalent
    @richintalent 3 роки тому +349

    That line "With the northern lights a-runnin' wild in the land of the Midnight Sun" gives me chills every time

    • @markberryhill2715
      @markberryhill2715 2 роки тому +12

      That's some serious poetry ain't it?

    • @ATOMICROBOT667
      @ATOMICROBOT667 2 роки тому +6

      A whole movie plays through my head with that line… and when it it ends with “ The Year Was 1901” GOOSEBUMPS !

    • @cindysherf8818
      @cindysherf8818 Рік тому +1

      Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year 19 1

    • @jproctor7070
      @jproctor7070 Рік тому

      ​@@ATOMICROBOT667🎉5❤😅❤4

    • @TheLeebo1962
      @TheLeebo1962 Рік тому

      Yep. Been listening to it for 50+ yrs and it does.

  • @Bastion83
    @Bastion83 7 місяців тому +19

    Im 40. I grew up with songs like this on weekends when my oldie loving dad wanted to have something to clean to(his ritual for boredom and helping out mom). He is missed...

  • @dreamwithjohnny
    @dreamwithjohnny Рік тому +29

    I was sharing a hospital room at VGH with a man who suffered a stroke. He barley had any reaction to anything the day he came in. Studying psychology, I knew that music was a powerful way to heal and facilitate brain activity. I explained this to his wife and asked him what his favorite song was. She told me it was this one. Coming from Austria, Alaska was what he thought Canada was like so he used to listen to it before he came (He moved to BC). Half way through the song he was able to break out a smile as his wife took his hands and danced beside him to this song. I will never forget that day. I hope he is better now as I left before him. But reading some of these comments, I thought I would share the power of music.

    • @marbuc6375
      @marbuc6375 4 місяці тому +3

      Love your story 🌻

  • @suebailey4263
    @suebailey4263 4 роки тому +146

    I'm listening to this on my 64th birthday. It's been 50 years since I first heard this lovely song :)

    • @aidennewell4034
      @aidennewell4034 3 роки тому +2

      Hello Sue, How are you doing?

    • @markberryhill2715
      @markberryhill2715 2 роки тому

      Hope you had a happy late birth date. One of my favorite days to listen to oldies.

  • @cristinatina9386
    @cristinatina9386 4 роки тому +225

    My pop loved his singing.. I bought him Horton's greatest hits.. Drove my mom crazy, played that CD for 3 days in a row.. Lol.. Gone now but I'm sure he is playing it driving god crazy...

    • @ribbitminecraft
      @ribbitminecraft 3 роки тому +2

      You deserve a reply by now. Happy trails!

    • @The_13th_Hussar
      @The_13th_Hussar 3 роки тому +10

      He don't need to play it, he's listening to it straight from Johnny's lips.

    • @hillbillyjimbo1732
      @hillbillyjimbo1732 3 роки тому +5

      My dad is doing the same!! Play it loud pop!!!!

    • @davidroman1654
      @davidroman1654 3 роки тому +1

      Have 2 PL's, a CD and all the songs saved on thumb drive. Play them all the time.

    • @appa32472
      @appa32472 3 роки тому +3

      God told pop, you play that album one more time, I'm gonna send you way down south...Lol

  • @SirChristopher.Carver
    @SirChristopher.Carver 6 місяців тому +17

    I'm 47 (i think) & some of my absolute favourite memories are of myself, my older brother & my mother all dancing away to Johnny in our kitchen when I was a child.

  • @harrisoncusher1439
    @harrisoncusher1439 4 роки тому +231

    I'm 15 and I like this song

  • @walterritter7338
    @walterritter7338 5 місяців тому +56

    I am 4.6 billion years old and this really takes me back. Thank you.

    • @SavedbybGrace
      @SavedbybGrace 4 місяці тому +8

      I was born 15 minutes ago, I’ve loved this song my entire life!

    • @vickidoulton
      @vickidoulton 4 місяці тому +3

      Lol 😆 🤣 no you're not! Lol 😅 I'm 69 I remember this song! The movie will be on this Memorial day weekend in Ohio on Movies! John Wayne! Have a great weekend and God bless you 🙏🏼🛐👍🏻😊

    • @EzraStyles-b6n
      @EzraStyles-b6n 4 місяці тому +1

      good

    • @maryburdett5977
      @maryburdett5977 3 місяці тому +2

      Don't know if I will live that long, but will try. ❤

    • @stuartbenton9566
      @stuartbenton9566 2 місяці тому +2

      Im an embyro loved it all my life

  • @mariemccarter6412
    @mariemccarter6412 Рік тому +20

    He died in November 5, 1960 he was awesome singer RIP🙏🙏💞

    • @oliski7019
      @oliski7019 5 місяців тому

      Just as his career was properly taking off as well 😔 rip 🙏

  • @KriegeroftheLake
    @KriegeroftheLake 2 роки тому +310

    I’m twelve and I started listening to this kind of music a couple years ago. Loved it instantly. It actually has meaning, Johnny Horton and Marty Robbins are two of my favorite artists of all time.

    • @AVportau
      @AVportau 2 роки тому +3

      good for you. i'm from a dance pop era but love these oldies. it was a great era of music.... Guy Mitchell was huge too "Singing The Blues" but my fave of his is this one ua-cam.com/video/H9H0YMtyCcM/v-deo.html

    • @missilemind9795
      @missilemind9795 2 роки тому +7

      I’m 13 and I also love this music! I wish there was more.

    • @showaltermicro
      @showaltermicro 2 роки тому +3

      @@missilemind9795 1000s of them - just look them up - and have a great time doing it

    • @andrewthein7704
      @andrewthein7704 2 роки тому +5

      You're genius kid. God bless.

    • @douglashall2141
      @douglashall2141 2 роки тому +5

      Flag-waving Patriot it's so nice to hear this from a twelve-year-old young age Johnny Horton and Marty Robbins are two of my favorites as well and I'm 65 years old my dad is 92 and I'm still listen to Johnny Horton and I have a collection of Marty Robbins El Paso is just one of many of my favorites

  • @tayosgood1831
    @tayosgood1831 6 місяців тому +6

    I’m here because of Jim cornette

    • @greyhamlogan2255
      @greyhamlogan2255 5 місяців тому +1

      Me from Marty Robbins. Greetings from New Zealand

  • @oceansams5886
    @oceansams5886 8 місяців тому +22

    Today's music has no class. I love the songs from 1940 to 1970s Happy to have read comments from ages 12 to 50 year Olds. Ouryoung people have good taste in music. I lived in Alaska in 1950s. We like lived in a 2 room cabin with no electricity or plumbing. I was very backwards when we moved to north Carolina. In north Carolina we lived in a house built in 1862.

    • @DottieOgier
      @DottieOgier 7 місяців тому

      Absolutely love this song

  • @nitaclark630
    @nitaclark630 6 місяців тому +18

    I'm 53 but I love good music and there aren't many better than Johnny Horton!!!

  • @sarah-ys6ci
    @sarah-ys6ci Рік тому +24

    This gives me chills I love it so much. My late husband was a musician and had a beautiful voice he could sing this song so beautifully. I miss him so and I miss this kind of music.

  • @kirinlarsen8625
    @kirinlarsen8625 4 роки тому +95

    I'm 35 and have been listening to Johnny Horton since I was a young child and still love his music. Btw I'm australian

    • @marjoriewilson7160
      @marjoriewilson7160 3 роки тому +1

      I am also an Aussie
      Love Johnny Horton's songs.
      Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

    • @keithschmidt6418
      @keithschmidt6418 3 роки тому

      G'day Aussie Girl, I'm an Aussie to, and single and love all the old country singers and songs, i was brought up with them, and i think if i could find a woman who likes the same music as me, she would be my soul mate. RIP Johnny Horton and all the other great proper country music artists we've lost, your music will live on forever.

  • @dianalin8745
    @dianalin8745 3 роки тому +50

    I’m -18 years old and right now I’m in Port Alsworth Alaska and listening to this ageless song. I hope I’ll look back on this day with fond memories some day 🥺❤️

    • @bearclaw2661
      @bearclaw2661 3 роки тому +1

      im in far banks

    • @markberryhill2715
      @markberryhill2715 2 роки тому

      Sounds like somebody needs to get away from Alaska for awhile. I live in S.C. and had some buds that came from Alaska and stayed a couple seasons with us when we were kids. They loved it down here. They would go swimming when it was 50 degrees, we thought they were crazy. They told us they were in the witness protection plan and we believed them. Sometimes I still wonder.

  • @carroll6
    @carroll6 3 роки тому +54

    these are great old songs, and as time goes by, I appreciate men like Johnny Horton even more!

  • @ClintNorth-s7y
    @ClintNorth-s7y 3 місяці тому +11

    I’m 36 and love the classic country music it’s better then the new stuff

    • @CesarJesusHerrera-uz4vk
      @CesarJesusHerrera-uz4vk 2 місяці тому +1

      Yes i Listen on Country Classic Music Country Only Of App Exelent Hits ..For Listen

  • @Mel_M8
    @Mel_M8 8 місяців тому +13

    Amazing childhood memories the minute I hear this play ❤️

    • @RandyC.McBride
      @RandyC.McBride 7 місяців тому

      Hello 👋 friend how are you doing today 😃 hope am not bothering you??

  • @gsfdallas3464
    @gsfdallas3464 3 роки тому +39

    I'm 54 and this is one of my favorites. Johnny played his final show at the Skyline Club in Austin, TX on November 5, 1960. He was killed in a head on car crash shortly after the show. My grandparents lived right around the corner from the Skyline Club and my dad would talk about the crash almost every time we went to visit.

    • @Wayne-gi2ds
      @Wayne-gi2ds 3 роки тому +4

      I was celebrating my 50th birthday at the Skyline Club the night of the accident.

    • @markberryhill2715
      @markberryhill2715 3 роки тому +3

      @@Wayne-gi2ds so you're 110 years old? You sound good for your age.

    • @Wayne-gi2ds
      @Wayne-gi2ds 3 роки тому +3

      @@markberryhill2715 Thank you, Mark. Actually 111 - I don't count 2020 because it was lost to covid.

  • @dlbouachitalions97
    @dlbouachitalions97 4 роки тому +32

    Supernatural brought me here. Amazing voice. 🌟👏💖

    • @TheTakato122
      @TheTakato122 4 роки тому +2

      The John Wayne movie, North to Alaska brought me here.

  • @joshadler3371
    @joshadler3371 2 роки тому +64

    I am 18 years old, and my dad used to listen to this music years ago. It brings me good feelings now coming back to his music. It makes me really think how messed up the music now has gotten.

  • @yingtzu3677
    @yingtzu3677 3 роки тому +89

    Its not about the age ....its about appreciating (and missing) quality songs that tells a story❤❤❤

    • @douglashall2141
      @douglashall2141 2 роки тому +6

      Ying Tzu I believe it is also about one's age when it comes to these songs especially as old as they are because especially to the older generation who have love them so much and the lyrics of them because they tell a story and everyone past and present still loves a good story as well as a good singer and those of us who are older and grew up listening to those songs with their parents or grandparents can appreciate the younger generation who enjoy them as well. It's a part of our culture and Heritage that everyone I believe could and should pass on and it also reminds those of us who are older have a time when things were much simpler and happier in our lives. The memories not only that but it helps us to connect with the younger generation in a way that we've never been able to before or an away with this generation is unable to connect with the older generation so many other ways when mainstream media and social media tries to create a divided and divisions between family friends xcetera

  • @selmarowell8502
    @selmarowell8502 4 роки тому +32

    I AM 78 YEARS OLD .I LOVE JOHNNY HORTON

  • @xluttex
    @xluttex 3 роки тому +35

    im 19 years young and even i know this is music at its finest

    • @Engie_Boi
      @Engie_Boi 2 роки тому +1

      yeah, i know, right?

  • @andrewstephenson7500
    @andrewstephenson7500 3 роки тому +46

    Phenomenal music, been listening to Johny Horton since I was little. Currently in the hospital, and found out this is the only music my night Nurse listens to. Wasn't expecting that but thought it was really cool

  • @edmondscott7444
    @edmondscott7444 Рік тому +15

    The great Johnny Horton.

  • @mariaprevetera7010
    @mariaprevetera7010 3 роки тому +99

    I’m 74 and still get goosebumps listening to the old time songs.
    Seriously people we understand the words and singalong with the songs.
    ( they were the happiest years) thank you UA-cam

    • @marlynharo7360
      @marlynharo7360 2 роки тому +2

      Back when music had meaning.

    • @elephantsmemory3142
      @elephantsmemory3142 2 роки тому +1

      77 year old here and I must admit that I used to think it was north to the russian zone and my hearing was better then too

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,,.

  • @johnnypepperseed
    @johnnypepperseed 2 роки тому +11

    I’m still listening to this, grandpa! You’d have been 100 in 3 years from now…you passed about 10 years ago..I love and miss you!

  • @timjohnson6802
    @timjohnson6802 3 роки тому +22

    Sad that Johnny Horton died in 1960 just before I was born. RIP Johnny 1925-1960 only 35 years old and died in a head-on collision with a truck.

    • @AwRighttttt
      @AwRighttttt 3 роки тому +2

      Absolute Legend..His music will keep going and live on simply because people like good music..
      Not that pain in the head crap you'd here on the radio today

    • @SovereignSoulTV
      @SovereignSoulTV 3 роки тому +2

      @@AwRighttttt
      So true

    • @darrellconnell617
      @darrellconnell617 3 роки тому +1

      A drunk driver killed him. We will never know how many other great songs he would have written and sung

  • @waynebray7121
    @waynebray7121 2 роки тому +21

    Love this song. Beautiful lyrics. The old values.

  • @robertmartin8907
    @robertmartin8907 4 роки тому +85

    This song makes me miss Alaska even though I still live here

    • @daleodberg3462
      @daleodberg3462 4 роки тому +3

      Beautiful!

    • @ashasher4694
      @ashasher4694 4 роки тому +3

      I’m finally returning home after being gone for far too long
      This song expresses exactly how I feel about it

    • @heatheryovanoff6361
      @heatheryovanoff6361 2 роки тому +1

      I'm on a Greek island. I'd love to visit Alaska - but I know I never will. Still, we can come together sharing wonderful songs like this. Greetings !

  • @kevinsharp6323
    @kevinsharp6323 Рік тому +17

    Classic voice and sound. One of the greats.

  • @gladysbuckner5623
    @gladysbuckner5623 4 роки тому +55

    As far as i am concerned Johnny Horton was the greatest. Love his voice when it goes up in that high pitch

  • @kevin2400
    @kevin2400 6 місяців тому +3

    Jim cornette brought me here

    • @michaelwiley5889
      @michaelwiley5889 5 місяців тому

      There's a new clip where Jim is bragging about his singing on this song and Brian is talking shit😂 Hilarious. I love those guys

  • @donadams553
    @donadams553 3 роки тому +28

    TODAY'S MUSIC IS NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS 60'S MUSIC.

  • @carolrodriguez1915
    @carolrodriguez1915 8 місяців тому +5

    He was one that I start to listen country music at age 12 yrs.ago and I like all his music until the day he pass away I did cry so much .But am so happy that still listening to all his music like if he still here in earth.always has a very sweet voice .thank you for your music. A LENGENDARY for life in history. ❤

  • @jackiejean8
    @jackiejean8 4 роки тому +24

    I'm 39 have listened to him since I was little kid! Was my dad favorite singer! RIP dad still listen to him 💚

  • @nork21
    @nork21 3 роки тому +5

    My last name is North, and I just got to Alaska. How fitting of a song lol

  • @elijah1791
    @elijah1791 6 місяців тому +21

    Im a civil war veteran and i have been listening since 1952

  • @xygb467
    @xygb467 Рік тому +40

    This song is legendary, along with many other songs Johnny produced in his prime. Unfortunately the good die young

  • @Sharonnecs
    @Sharonnecs 2 роки тому +10

    I was born in 61 and my Dad was given a juke box that was filled with 45's. North to Alaska was one of them and a myriad of other great hits. My brother Dan had Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits...Dreaming on the past and what we have sacrificed for fakery.

    • @philipswilson
      @philipswilson Рік тому

      Simple music can make you sing simple hug can make you feel better simple things can make you happy, i hope my simple Hello brings smile to your face,,.

  • @maryburdett5977
    @maryburdett5977 2 роки тому +8

    I'm going to be 77 in March and I never play the radio anymore. I love all the old music and will forever. I want Seven Spanish Angels playing at my funeral. I love Willy Nelson and so many more of the past.

  • @justanotheridahocowgirl
    @justanotheridahocowgirl 3 роки тому +19

    My dad's dad used to sing this to him as a lullaby- my dad isn't even old enough to have gotten this when it came out. Then my dad and my grandpa sang it to me. Thats the only reason I know it. They always switch out 'jenny' with my name.

  • @17Gendron
    @17Gendron 3 роки тому +19

    A great singer, whose music will always be remembered!

  • @georgetteyoung9990
    @georgetteyoung9990 Рік тому +9

    I listened to this song a lot growing up bc my parents listened to oldies music. I’m 37 but I love oldies so much better than some of the new so called MUSIC today.

  • @chrislargent1725
    @chrislargent1725 4 роки тому +28

    Where the river is winding big nuggets there finding

    • @ashasher4694
      @ashasher4694 4 роки тому +1

      Chris Largent I expect the nuggets I’ll be finding will be of the moose variety

    • @caroltaylor7894
      @caroltaylor7894 3 роки тому

      North to Alaska way up North

  • @dennylesser8827
    @dennylesser8827 Рік тому +3

    The early 60s I was a deck hand on a double masted schooner fitted to gill net for salmon, Altair. Home stead an island just off of Homer. Steve Nathanson, Clem Tillion. Names I won’t forget. Biggest mistake ever make was leaving. When I come back I hope I’m smarter and stay in heaven Alaska!

  • @josephdeangelis2487
    @josephdeangelis2487 2 роки тому +2

    I am sixty four and I a from the old school I love my old country mucic these has been wabeestook it to the grave

  • @ernstschulz4483
    @ernstschulz4483 Рік тому +3

    I, German,
    I've been as a sailor in Canada in St. John.
    We sat un a drugstore with some canadian girl.
    Tey plaed this song and one of them said, me and my parents will go up North to Yukon in a few days.
    Now I'm 81, but every time I hear this song, I remember that scene in 1959.
    Ernst

  • @TERoss-jk9ny
    @TERoss-jk9ny 9 місяців тому +2

    When America still had Class….

  • @shawnbender3625
    @shawnbender3625 4 роки тому +24

    John Wayne brought me here

  • @cindooly57
    @cindooly57 2 роки тому +14

    What an amazing voice! Growing up with my brothers born In the 40's and 50's.. I was so fortunate enough to grow up hearing the music back then. This was one of their favorites as well as mine!

  • @1-4-johnny.cash.fan-8-8
    @1-4-johnny.cash.fan-8-8 4 роки тому +24

    Wow...... this was uploaded so recently

  • @heretic.137
    @heretic.137 3 роки тому +51

    I’m 1,467 years old and waited almost my whole life to hear this music, and haven’t heard anything as good since.

    • @chastityelizabeth
      @chastityelizabeth 2 роки тому +6

      I was a young child of 130 when you were born!

    • @zegumazim6107
      @zegumazim6107 Рік тому +2

      aaahhhhh hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @maxinewallace6213
      @maxinewallace6213 Рік тому +1

      I'll just keep my age to myself. I'd say I'm around 3,000 yrs old give or take a few..☺️🪕🎻🎸🥁

  • @Ryanookami
    @Ryanookami Місяць тому +3

    My Dad played several instruments, and sang a lot of old country!! Johnny Horton was one of the country singers he loved!! ❤️🌹🇨🇦🌹❤️

  • @shtcare
    @shtcare 4 роки тому +47

    This song will go down as a classic western song!
    Not this wailing they are singing now
    Johnny Horton was popular in Europe, more than in the USA,
    True spoken words!!

    • @jackson4404
      @jackson4404 4 роки тому +8

      I would call it a combination of ballad and marching band. Horton's voice does, however, have that Hank Williams inflection.

    • @arianlawallet7964
      @arianlawallet7964 4 роки тому +2

      Yes

  • @edsauer2931
    @edsauer2931 4 роки тому +17

    Did this great old song in a band I was in long ago.It was a very fun song to do , and I think we did a good job of it.It was a fun group,and we played in a lot of fun clubs!!Kinda miss playing music. Still can play the bass,and would like to play again.

    • @holdenmiller3959
      @holdenmiller3959 4 роки тому +4

      I hope the new Johnny rebels of today can be as honorable as the ones of the past and can help end this foolish debate between politics.

  • @brendaeulenstein4255
    @brendaeulenstein4255 3 роки тому +10

    THE VOICE.! Anyone notice they didn't need much backup music when they had a voice like that. It was music without music.:)

  • @emperororthopox1691
    @emperororthopox1691 11 місяців тому +4

    I'm 32 and my mother played this music all the time when I was a child
    You know when you say I grew up in the wrong era well because of my mother I grew up in the early 1900s and as soon as I left home and found myself in San Francisco it wasn't just a couture shock it was time travel as well
    I left immediately and went back to the family farm

  • @kaymeuwissen2165
    @kaymeuwissen2165 2 роки тому +2

    This song is in a John Wayne movie ,with the same name as the song.

  • @rollingfog1
    @rollingfog1 4 роки тому +22

    I love this song so much
    It makes me think of hope

  • @junelesher2794
    @junelesher2794 Місяць тому +2

    This is the best I have ever heard this song but then it is Don Gibson ,enough said ❤

  • @arildsolemdal6966
    @arildsolemdal6966 3 роки тому +15

    I'm older than the Internet and grew up with this music, listening to my dad's cassettes labelled "mix" and "diverse" . Pure gold!

    • @randallcarney1216
      @randallcarney1216 2 роки тому

      I have the records ,reel to reel tape and 8 track tapes!

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill Рік тому +7

    Johnny Horton never really got his just due as a singer, but he was great, and his music will last forever in the hearts of countless fans to come.

  • @joemcgraw5529
    @joemcgraw5529 2 роки тому +5

    My Father loved him and Marty Robbins ,I can remember listening to these old songs back in the early 70s ,this song reminds me of Him every time I hear this song ,what a time it must have been to hear songs like this for the very first time they sure dont write songs today like these

  • @sildermoran3998
    @sildermoran3998 3 роки тому +13

    I’m 21 I love this music and I’m no even American but I love America ❤️

  • @spencerk4077
    @spencerk4077 5 місяців тому +4

    I’m 31 and loved this song ever since I was a kid, my dad introduced Johnny Horton to me on a road trip up to Alaska.

  • @shirleycaldwell9861
    @shirleycaldwell9861 2 роки тому +1

    I'm 83, and I agree with All of the comments.....Except using God's name in vain.

  • @RKateb
    @RKateb 4 роки тому +15

    Moving to Alaska from Louisiana. Thought this was appropriate listening.

    • @paullanier8280
      @paullanier8280 3 роки тому +1

      My great grandfather on dad's side went from New Orleans, Louisiana to Alaska during the 1898 gold rush. He and his wife didn't get rich and went hungry. Both made it back home after two years. His journal stated only a tiny percentage actually got a small amount of gold. I'm taking good advice from the old ones before me and staying in the bayou state.

    • @johnk6346
      @johnk6346 3 роки тому +1

      You are going to freeze your ass

    • @addisoncoleman7486
      @addisoncoleman7486 3 роки тому

      How's it going?

  • @BraulioMontelongo
    @BraulioMontelongo 4 роки тому +12

    Just bought my house in Wasilla, moving there on Tuesday. haha, this is my song

  • @judithyatesbesttruecrime2635
    @judithyatesbesttruecrime2635 Рік тому +6

    Used to listen on my grandparent's hi-fi stereo. I lOVED his voice. Still do. Brings back lovely memories. Plus his voice was pure with no augmentation. Great stories and real writing- thoughtful and timeless. I listened to Gunfighter Ballads over and over.

  • @tatyana6063
    @tatyana6063 Рік тому +8

    I really love Johnny Hortons music, and this is a good song by him, as well.

  • @barbaramurch5491
    @barbaramurch5491 2 роки тому +8

    Johnny Horton has a very distinct voice I love his music I listen to it quite a lot here on UA-cam have a good day everyone this music will never be replaced with what they're singing about today God bless Johnny Horton

  • @kaymeuwissen2165
    @kaymeuwissen2165 3 роки тому +1

    We had this album at the house and the hi - fi an AM radio and turntable good old days. An origional white cover Johnny in red

  • @rangerrick9192
    @rangerrick9192 4 роки тому +176

    I'm 23 minutes old, and this song is my life.

  • @Learned_Duvel
    @Learned_Duvel 4 роки тому +17

    Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two
    With George Pratt his partner and brother Billy too
    They crossed the Yukon river and they found the bonanza gold
    Below that old white mountain
    Just a little south-east of Nome
    Sam crossed the Majestic mountains to the valleys far below
    He talked to his team of huskies
    As he mushed on through the snow
    With the northen lights a-runnin' wild
    In the land of the midnight sun
    Yes Sam McCord was a mighty man
    In the year of nineteen-one
    Where the river is windin' big nuggets they're findin'
    North to Alaska go north the rush is on
    North to Alaska go north the rush is on
    George turns to Sam with his gold in his hand
    Said Sam you're lookin' at a lonely lonely man
    I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land
    For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jenny's hand
    'Cause a man needs a woman to love him all the time
    Remember Sam a true love is so hard to find
    I'd build for my Jenny a honeymoon home
    Below that old white mountain
    Just a little south-east of Nome
    Where the river is windin' big nuggets they're findin'
    North to Alaska go north the rush is on
    North to Alaska go north the rush is on

    • @jackson4404
      @jackson4404 4 роки тому +3

      Thank you for taking the time to post the words. Here is an adjustment to what you wrote: "Go north to Russia's own." Alaska was a Russian possession until 1867. The Gold Rush miners likely still saw it that way.

  • @janicecrawford947
    @janicecrawford947 2 роки тому +1

    All Americans don't ever lose those " Bill Of Rights " No matter what race you are . Stand Together!

  • @dantesinfernal0
    @dantesinfernal0 8 місяців тому +3

    Was in Rural King today and this song came on the store radio, and reminded me of my dad who left us 6 years back.

  • @Rain-dp4uc
    @Rain-dp4uc 4 місяці тому +1

    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    North to Alaska, we go north, the rush is on
    North to Alaska, we go north, the rush is on
    Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92
    With George Pratt, his partner, and brother Billy, too
    They crossed the Yukon River and found the Bonanza gold
    Below that old white mountain, just a little Southeast of Nome
    Sam crossed the Majestic mountains to the valleys far below
    He talked to his team of Huskies as he mushed on through the snow
    With the northern lights a-runnin' wild in the Land of the Midnight Sun
    Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of '91
    Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're findin'
    North to Alaska, we go north, the rush is on
    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    North to Alaska, we go north, the rush is on
    North to Alaska, we go north, the rush is on
    George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand
    Said, "Sam, you're lookin' at a lonely, lonely man
    I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land
    For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jenny's hand
    'Cause a man needs a woman to love him all the time
    Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find
    I'd build, for my Jenny, a honeymoon home
    Below that old white mountain, just a little Southeast of Nome"
    Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're findin'
    North to Alaska, we go north, the rush is on
    North to Alaska, we go north, the rush is on
    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    Way up north (north to Alaska)
    Way up north (north to Alaska)