Muskegon, Michigan

**Song:** *Muskegon* **Popularized by:** Johnny Horton **Written by:** Johnny Horton A late-1950s country hit that celebrates Muskegon with the same storytelling bounce Horton brought to his best-known records. Horton wrote it himself, and the song stands out as a spirited, very specific hometown-style tribute that helped keep a midwestern city name in the jukebox era.

Nowthen, Minnesota, United States