Ford,Tennessee Ernie Give Me Your Word: Very Best Of 1951-1961 CD

One of the biggest stars of the 1950s, Tennessee Ernie Ford was a singer and radio & TV host who enjoyed enormous success in the C&W, Pop and Gospel fields. Noted for his deep, rich, bass-baritone profundo, Tennessee Ernie is chiefly 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

1. Oceans of Tears (With Kay Starr) 2. Kissin' Bug Boogie 3. Hey Good Lookin' (With Helen O'Connell) 4. A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus 5. Rock City Boogie (With the Dinning Sisters) 6. Hambone (With Bucky Tibbs) 7. Everybody's Got a Girl But Me 8. Blackberry Boogie 9. Tennessee Local 10. I'm Hog-Tied Over You (With Ella Mae Morse) 11. False Hearted Girl (With Ella Mae Morse) 12. Hey Mr Cotton Picker 13. Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod (With Molly Bee) 14. Catfish Boogie 15. Kiss Me Big 16. The Honeymoon's Over (With Betty Hutton) 17. River of No Return 18. Give Me Your Word 19. The Ballad of Davy Crockett 20. His Hands 21. Sixteen Tons 22. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry 23. That's All 24. The Rovin' Gambler 25. Rock, Roll, Boogie 26. First Born 27. The Watermelon Song 28. One Suit 29. In the Middle of An Island 30. Ivy League 31. Sunday Barbecue 32. Glad Rags 33. Love Is the Only Thing 34. Dark As a Dungeon