I was pretty young. I think I made the connection that New Orleans was in the States, but not that it wasn't Canadians down there, whuppin' the British :-)

Going "Up North" was our group of cottage's local euphemism for visiting the backhouses to the north. So Johnny's song "...I'm goin' North, the rush is on..." had a special meaning for us.

But Sink the Bismarck was THE Johnny Horton song for me, and always will be.

Songs that changed the world? I bet songs like "We're Going to Hang Out the Washing on the Siegfried Line" helped get many extra innocents killed.

"Keep the Home Fires Burning" probably fought off many cases of depression. I've always wondered: how did Lili Marlene change history, if at all?