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Bookmark or Share- Alex Hassilev, last surviving member of the Limeliters, dies - Los ...Commercials for Folger’s coffee, L&M cigarettes, Ford Motor Co. and Coca-Cola followed, which irked folk purists but gave the group immense exposure. ... with Ernie Sheldon replacing Yarbrough ...
- Tennessee Ernie Ford Dies at 72; Folksy Singer Recorded '16 Tons'Tennessee Ernie Ford, the homespun television host and country and Western crooner whose 1955 recording of "16 Tons" became one of the biggest-selling records of all time, died yesterday at H. C ...
- Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Video Version) - YouTubeVideo version of Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford. It went to #1 on November 26, 1955 on the Billboard Top 100 and stayed on top for seven weeks. The s...
- Season One | Tennessee Ernie FordCast: Ernie Ford, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Gil Stratton. Show # 4 October 25, 1956. Ernie's Guest: Mickey Spillane. Script notes: Ernie gets the inside dope on hard-boiled pulp-noir, from the original hard-boiled guy himself, writer Mickey Spillane, the creator of Mike Hammer. The first of only 18 Ford Shows in five years to close without an ...
- Tennessee Ernie Ford - Country Music Hall of Fame and MuseumBristol, Tennessee. Ernest Jennings “Tennessee Ernie” Ford, a resonant-voiced baritone and master of good-natured corn, rose to great popularity during the 1950s and 1960s. Ford’s first spiritual album, Hymns, was certified gold in 1959; by 1963 it was the biggest-selling album in Capitol’s catalogue. Ford ultimately recorded 81 sacred LPs.
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