Tennessee Ernie Ford - Give Me Your Word - The Very Best Of Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1951-1961

JASMINE RECORDS

£10.49

Cat. no: JASMCD3785
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988378528
Release Date: 02 Sep 2022
Genre: Country

One of the biggest stars of the 1950s, Tennessee Ernie Ford was a singer and radio & TV host who enjoyed enormous success in the country & estern, pop and gospel felds

Noted for his deep, rich, bass- baritone profundo, Tennessee Ernie is chiefy remembered for hairy-chested blockbusters like 'Kissin' Bug Boogie', 'Blackberry Boogie', 'Hey Mr Cotton Picker', 'The Honeymoon's Over', 'Give Me Your Word' (the latter a surprise UK #1) and his all- time biggest hit, the multi- million- selling 'Sixteen Tons'.

All are included on this 34-track collection, of which 22 of these sides made either the US pop, C&W or UK charts. These include a number of his celebrated duets, featuring Kay Starr, Helen O'Connell, The Dinning Sisters, Bucky Tibbs, Ella Mae Morse, Molly Bee and Betty Hutton.

This CD is complementary to a previous Jasmine release, 'Greatest Hits Vol.1' (JASMCD3553), which featured Ford's earliest hits between 1949 and early 1951.

Tracks: Oceans Of Tears (With Kay Starr) / Kissin' Bug Boogie / Hey Good Lookin' (With Helen O'connell) / A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus / Rock City Boogie (With The Dinning Sisters) / Hambone (With Bucky Tibbs) / Everybody's Got A Girl But Me / Blackberry Boogie / Tennessee Local / I'm Hog-Tied Over You (With Ella Mae Morse) / False Hearted Girl (With Ella Mae Morse) / Hey Mr Cotton Picker / Don't Start Courtin' In A Hot Rod (With Molly Bee) / Catfsh Boogie / Kiss Me Big / The Honeymoon's Over (With Betty Hutton) / River Of No Return / Give Me Your Word / The Ballad Of Davy Crockett / His Hands / Sixteen Tons / You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry / That's All / The Rovin' Gambler / Rock, Roll, Boogie / First Born / The Watermelon Song / One Suit / In The Middle Of An Island / Ivy League / Sunday Barbecue / Glad Rags / Love Is The Only Thing / Dark As A Dungeon

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