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[[Image:Tennessee Ernie Ford.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Ford in 1957]]

[[Image:Tennessee Ernie Ford.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Ford in 1957]]

'''Ernest Jennings Ford''' was born February 13, 1919 at Bristol, [[Tennessee]] where he first began a career in [[radio]] before serving in the [[military]] during [[World War II]]. After the war, Ford returned to radio in [[California]] with the name “Tennessee Ernie.”  

'''Ernest Jennings Ford', known as '''Tennessee Ernie Ford''' (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), at Bristol, [[Tennessee]] where he first began a career in [[radio]] before serving in the [[military]] during [[World War II]]. After the war, Ford returned to radio in [[California]] with the name “Tennessee Ernie.”  

In 1949 while doing the morning show at KXLA radio in Pasadena, Ernie signed to a recording contract with Capitol Records in [[Hollywood]] and immediately landed on the country music Hit Parade with three hits before topping the chart with “Mule Train.”  

In 1949 while doing the morning show at KXLA radio in Pasadena, Ernie signed to a recording contract with Capitol Records in [[Hollywood]] and immediately landed on the country music Hit Parade with three hits before topping the chart with “Mule Train.”  

One of the most popular and beloved entertainers America and the world have ever known, he would almost single-handedly bringing inspirational music into the mainstream of American entertainment.  

One of the most popular and beloved entertainers America and the world have ever known, he would almost single-handedly bringing inspirational music into the mainstream of American entertainment.  

At 72 years of age and with his sons at his bedside, Tennessee Ernie Ford died on October 17, 1991.

Ford died at the age of seventy-two with his sons at his bedside.

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[[Category:Country Singers]]

[[Category:Country Singers]]

[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]

[[Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom award winners]]