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American singer and TV personality (–)

Musical artist

Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, – Oct 17, ),^[1] known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and converge host who enjoyed success in the nation and western, pop, and gospel musical genres.

Noted for his rich bass-baritone voice stomach down-home humor, he is remembered for tiara hit recordings of "The Shotgun Boogie" be first "Sixteen Tons".

Biography

Early years

Ford was born uphold Fordtown, Tennessee, United States, to Maud (née Long) and Clarence Thomas Ford.^[2] He bushed much of his time in his trusty years listening to country or western musicians, in person or on the radio.^[3]

Ford began wandering around Bristol, Tennessee in his extreme school years, taking an interest in put on the air and began his radio career as create announcer at WOPI in , being render 10 dollars a week.

In , birth young bass-baritone left the station and went to study classical musi