Johnny Horton's North To Alaska
Why don’t Alaska cruise ships stage a rip-roaring Gold Rush production featuring Johnny Horton’s No. 1 country hit, NORTH TO ALASKA? Behind this exuberant classic lies a tragic story. Johnny Horton was killed in a car crash on November 5, 1960—just five days before the rollicking movie NORTH TO ALASKA, starring John Wayne, Stewart Granger and Fabian, was released. Horton’s close friend and fishing companion Johnny Cash later recalled shutting himself away in a hotel barroom and crying when he heard the news. Cash also took part in Horton’s funeral service. Horton’s recording of NORTH TO ALASKA subsequently reached No. 1 on Billboard’s country chart. Rupert Flange and The Editor celebrate this unforgettable classic by suggesting and demonstrating exactly how it might look (more than six decades later) as a modern cruise-ship production—with leaping prospectors, twirling saloon girls, a comic collision at the Red Dog Saloon and one enormous bonanza nugget! Music and lyrics by Mike Phillips and Tillman Franks. 📚 READ THE TRUE STORIES BEHIND RUPERT FLANGE Continue the adventure in The Editor’s nonfiction cruise books: ⚓ HIGH SEAS LOW COST ⚓ DON’T MISS YOUR SHIP! Both books are available in Kindle, print and audiobook editions on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/johngriffiths If Rupert’s latest nautical escapade made you smile, please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more incredible—but true—cruise adventures from Rupert Flange and his long-suffering Editor. #NorthToAlaska #JohnnyHorton #JohnnyCash