Sink the Bismark (song)

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Name = Sink the Bismark (Sink the Bismarck)


Caption = The photo on the "45" Columbia record jacket is from the movie, but it is a picture of the model of the HMS Prince Of Wales made for the movie. The models made for this movie are very accurate.
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Artist = Johnny Horton
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Released = 1960
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Genre = Country
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Writer = Johnny Horton and Tilman Franks
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"Sink the Bismark" (later "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 1941, during World War II. Horton released this song in 1960, where it reached #3 on the charts. Bismark is a common misspelling of the German battleship and Otto von Bismarck. The song's title was corrected for later releases of the song. 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, "The Blues Brothers", but was cut out.

The song was parodied by Homer and Jethro as "We Didn't Sink the Bismarck".

ee also

* "PT-109" Another song about a World War II ship

References

[http://www.bismarck-class.dk/bismarck/miscellaneous/bismarck_songs/bismarck_songs.html Lyrics]