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"'''Sink the Bismarck'''" is a song, written by [[country music]] singer [[Johnny Horton]] and [[Tillman Franks]], based on the pursuit and eventual sinking of the [[Germany|German]] [[battleship]] [[German_battleship_Bismarck|''Bismarck'']] in [[May]] of [[1941]]. Johnny Horton released this song in [[1960]], where it reached #3 on the charts. It was inspired by the 1960 movie [[Sink_the_Bismarck_movie|''Sink the Bismarck!'']].
"'''Sink the Bismarck'''" is a song, written by [[country music]] singer [[Johnny Horton]] and [[Tillman Franks]], based on the pursuit and eventual sinking of the [[Germany|German]] [[battleship]] [[German battleship Bismarck|''Bismarck'']] in May of [[1941]]. Johnny Horton released this song in [[1960]], where it reached #3 on the charts. It was inspired by the 1960 movie [[Sink the Bismarck movie|''Sink the Bismarck!'']].


The song was later covered by [[The Blues Brothers]] for a scene in the movie, but was cut out.
The song was later covered by [[The Blues Brothers]] for a scene in the movie, but was cut out.

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[[Category:1960 singles]]
[[Category:1960 singles]]


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Revision as of 14:28, 27 March 2006

"Sink the Bismarck" is a song, written by country music singer Johnny Horton and Tillman Franks, based on the pursuit and eventual sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May of 1941. Johnny Horton released this song in 1960, where it reached #3 on the charts. It was inspired by the 1960 movie Sink the Bismarck!.

The song was later covered by The Blues Brothers for a scene in the movie, but was cut out.