Johnny Horton - North To Alaska

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1. I remember when this song was released!

Yes, I am old.

I thought this was the coolest song I’d ever heard at the time — of course, as a mere slip of a boy, I hadn’t heard so many songs at that point.

For me this was right up there with “Cool Water,” “The Battle of New Orleans,” “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” and “Flying Purple People Eater.”

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2. I never realized until a few years ago

that this was the theme of a John Wayne movie.

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4. Wow, I never heard that til now!

Ernie Kovacs and Fabian! I might have to watch that!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_to_Alaska

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3. Trump's grandfather Friedrich (the pimp) Trump

went north and made his fortune with a restaurant and “hotel.”

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5. And the NRBQ version

via audience request in the Magic Box: