Jimmy Driftwood also wrote the song Tennessee Stud, great version on the first Circle album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band performed by Doc Watson.
Driftwood's song Battle of New Orleans was a number one pop and country hit by Johnny Horton(anyone remember him!) late Fifties. The melody was a tune called Eighth of January which was when the battle occurred in 1815.
Driftwood hardly known today other than by those of us who really into oldtime folk and traditional country music
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