This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite Patriotic Songs!
Johnny Cash’s 1974 spoken-word classic “Ragged Old Flag” stands as one of the most distinctive patriotic recordings in American music, blending storytelling, history, and national reflection into a three-minute recitation that remains closely associated with both the singer and the American flag itself.
This “Stand Out Single” was one of my Mother’s 45s that I kept in my play stack growing up.
Johnny Horton’s 1959 Columbia Records single “The Battle of New Orleans” backed with “All for the Love of a Girl” became one of the defining country-pop releases of its era and helped establish Horton as one of the premier story-song performers in American music. Released on April 6, 1959,
