Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991

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Ernest Jennings Ford was born on Feb. 13, 1919 in Bristol, TN; attended Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, 1939; became a headliner at the London Palladium, beginning in 1953; hosted The Tennessee Ernie Ford television show, 1955-61, and later had a daytime television program, 1962-65; as a singer, was a recording artist for Capitol Records, 1949-76; received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1984; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990; died on Oct. 17, 1991.

From the description of Collection of musical arrangements for the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, ca. 1956-1961. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41345196
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creatorOf Collection of musical arrangements for the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, ca. 1956-1961 University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection Artist Name File, 1940-2005 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
referencedIn Kern County Local History Photograph Collection, 1853-2001 Kern County Library
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection transcription discs, 1940-1968. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991. Collection of musical arrangements for the Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, ca. 1956-1961. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Ford, Tennessee Ernie, 1919-1991. WCYB Radio tapes [sound recording], 1947-1949. East Tennessee State University, TET
referencedIn Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards. 1893 - 2008. Photographs and Sound Recordings Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Southern Folklife Collection artist name files, 1940-2005 (artists D-K). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Death 1991-10-17

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