Ford Ernie,Tennessee Collection 1949-61 CD

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

1. Tennessee Border 2. Country Junction 3. Smokey Mountain Boogie 4. Blues Stay Away from Me (W/ Merle Travis) 5. Mule Train 6. Anticipation Blues 7. The Cry of the Wild Goose 8. Feed 'Em in the Morning 9. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own 10. I'll Never Be Free 11. Cincinnati Dancing Pig 12. The Shotgun Boogie 13. Tailor Made Woman 14. Stack-O-Lee 15. Ocean of Tears 16. You're My Sugar 17. Mr. And Mississippi 18. The Strange Little Girl 19. Kentucky Waltz 20. Kissin' Bug Boogie 21. Hey Good Lookin' 22. Cool Cool Kisses 23. Rock City Boogie 24. Hambone 25. Everybody's Got Girl But Me 26. Snowshoe Thompson 27. Blackberry Boogie 28. The Tennessee Local 29. False Hearted Girl 30. I Don't Know 31. Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker 32. Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod Ford (W/ Molly Bee) 33. Kiss Me Big 34. Honeymoon's Over 35. River of No Return 36. Give Me Your Word 37. Ein Zwei Drei 38. Somebody Bigger Than You or I 39. The Ballad of Davy Crockett 40. His Hands 41. Sixteen Tons 42. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry 43. That's All 44. Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women 45. John Henry 46. Rovin' Gambler 47. Rock and Roll Boogie 48. First Born 49. Watermelon Song 50. One Suit 51. In the Middle of An Island 52. Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart 53. Sunday Barbeque 54. Glad Rags 55. Black-Eyed Susie 56. Sunny Side of Heaven 57. O Mary Don't You Weep 58. Dark As a Dungeon