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The Tennessee Ernie Ford Collection 1941-1961
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Collection 1941-1961
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tennessee Ernie Ford was a radio DJ and singer in California in the post-war years who signed to Capitol and over the next decade scored a string of 30 country and pop hits in the USA as well as becoming extremely popular in the UK, becoming a ubiquitous figure on American radio and TV over subsequent decades. He achieved three memorable country No. 1s in the USA with "Mule Train", "Shotgun Boogie" and the iconic "Sixteen Tons" which was a pop No. 1 in both the USA and UK, as well as making the pop Top 3 on both sides of the Atlantic with "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett". This great value 58-track 2-CD set comprises all his charting A and B sides released from his 1951 debut through to 1962, by which time he had scored his last pop chart entry, along with most of his other A sides and selected B sides, and it brings together the boogie-flavoured material from his early years with the crossover hits from mid-decade and some of the later releases where he moved towards gospel styles, as well as his duets with top female artists like Kay Starr, Helen O'Connell, Betty Hutton and Ella Mae Morse. It's an excellent showcase for his distinctive voice as well as his the versatility which enabled him to span the breadth of country styles and achieve major international popularity
.. COLLECTION 1949-61
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 2 |
Released | September 11, 2015 |
EAN/UPC | 0824046314224 |
Label | ACROBAT ADDCD3142 |
Genre | Easy Listening Middle Of The Road |
Dimensions | 124 × 142 × 10 mm · 112 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Tennessee Border (Capitol 15400) 1949
- Country Junction (Capitol 15430) 1949
- Smokey Mountain Boogie (Capitol 57-40212) 1949
- Blues Stay Away from Me (With Merle Travis) (Capitol 57-402
- Mule Train (Capitol 57-40258) 1949
- Anticipation Blues (Capitol 57-40258) 1949
- The Cry of the Wild Goose (Capitol F40280) 1950
- Feed 'em in the Morning (Capitol F985) 1950
- Ain't Nobody's Business but My Own (With Kay Starr) (Capito
- I'll Never Be Free (With Kay Starr) (Capitol F1124) 1950
- Cincinnati Dancing Pig (With the Starlighters) (Capitol F11
- The Shotgun Boogie (Capitol F1295) 1951
- Tailor Made Woman (With Joe Fingers Carr) (Capitol F1349) 1
- Stack-o-lee (Capitol F1349) 1951
- Ocean of Tears (With Kay Starr) (Capitol F1567) 1951
- You're My Sugar (With Kay Starr) (Capitol F1567) 1951
- Mr. and Mississippi (Capitol F1521) 1951
- The Strange Little Girl (Capitol F1470) 1951
- Kentucky Waltz (Capitol F1470) 1951
- Kissin' Bug Boogie (Capitol F1775) 1951
- Hey Good Lookin' (With Helen O'connell) (Capitol F1809) 195
- Cool Cool Kisses (Capitol F1809) 1951
- Rock City Boogie (With the Dinning Sisters) (Capitol F1911)
- Hambone (With Bucky Tibbs) (Capitol F2017) 1952
- Everybody's Got a Girl but Me (Capitol F2042) 1952
- Snowshoe Thompson (Capitol F2066) 1952
- Blackberry Boogie (Capitol F2170) 1952
- The Tennessee Local (Capitol F2170) 1952
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2. CD
- False Hearted Girl (With Ella Mae Morse) (Capitol F2215) 195
- I Don't Know (Capitol F2388) 1953
- Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker (Capitol F2443) 1953
- Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod (With Molly Bee) (Capitol
- Kiss Me Big (Capitol F2602) 1953
- Honeymoon's over (With Betty Hutton) (Capitol F2809) 1954
- River of No Return (Capitol F2810) 1954
- Give Me Your Word (Capitol F2810) 1954
- Eins Zwei Drei (Capitol F2876) 1954
- Somebody Bigger Than You and I (Capitol F2939) 1954
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett (Capitol F3058) 1955
- His Hands (Capitol F3135) 1955
- Sixteen Tons (Capitol F3262) 1955
- You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry (Capitol F3262) 1956
- That's All (Capitol F3343) 1956
- Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women (Capitol F3343) 1956
- John Henry (Capitol F3421) 1956
- Rovin' Gambler (Capitol F3421) 1956
- Rock, Roll, Boogie (Capitol F3474) 1956
- First Born (Capitol F3553) 1956
- Watermelon Song (Capitol F3649) 1957
- One Suit (Capitol F3649) 1957
- In the Middle of an Island (Capitol F3762) 1957
- Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart (Capitol 3868) 1958
- Sunday Barbeque (Capitol F3997) 1958
- Glad Rags (Capitol F4107) 1958
- Black-eyed Susie (Capitol 4173) 1959
- Sunny Side of Heaven (Capitol 4302) 1959
- O Mary Don't You Weep (Capitol 4416) 1960
- Dark As a Dungeon (Capitol 4531) 1961
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