It also became one of the first R&B hit records to be covered by a leading white artist, Tennessee Ernie Ford.

In a comedy skit, he gives Tennessee Ernie Ford a golf lesson.

February 13 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer and television star who enjoyed his greatest fame in the 1950s (d. 1991).

Hymns is an album recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford that was released in 1956.

Bristol is also the birthplace of Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Tennessee Ernie Ford made the charts with it in the late 1950s.

In 1960, Tennessee Ernie Ford starred in a television adaptation.

He and Tennessee Ernie Ford did a comedy skit from a foxhole.

Tennessee Ernie Ford once remarked, "Do you want to be successful? Nurture your talent."

Tennessee Ernie Ford was another act at Pipers during this period.