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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''', known as '''Tennessee Ernie Ford''' (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), was born in 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 unusual name of “Tennessee Ernie.” He hosted his own half-hour variety program on [[NBC]] from 1956 to 1961.

'''Ernest Jennings Ford''', known as '''Tennessee Ernie Ford''' (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), was born in 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 unusual name of “Tennessee Ernie.” He hosted his own half-hour variety program, ''The Ford Show,'' on [[NBC]] from 1956 to 1961.

In 1949, while doing the morning show at KXLA radio in Pasadena, California, Ford 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, California, Ford 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.”