Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1907)

Jimmy Driftwood

American singer-songwriter (1907–1998)

James Corbitt Morris, known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud". Driftwood wrote more than 6,000 folk songs, of which more than 300…