Explore the life of multifaceted singer, actor and humanitarian Tennessee Ernie Ford with this absorbing biography featuring archival footage, performances from Ford's Emmy-nominated television series ...

The Monkees‘ Micky Dolenz said the earliest songs someone hears could greatly affect them. During an interview, he discussed hearing a Tennessee Ernie Ford song as a child. He said the song was one of ...

Bristol, TN — The Anderson Street Methodist Church in Bristol Tennessee had something to celebrate today as they remember Tennessee Ernie Ford. The sound of Ernie Ford's music rang throughout the ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Tennessee Ernie Ford’s spirit inhabits the sanctuary and hallways of Anderson Street United Methodist Church through friends who cherish and preserve his memory. Ford, a world-class ...

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Every once in a while, it’s told, “The Ol’ Peapicker” would pop back on the porch. And then, according to Brenda Otis, the one-and-only Ernest Jennings “Tennessee Ernie” Ford — known ...

Bristol, Va. – Last week, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum unveiled the special exhibit "Tennessee Ernie Ford: A Life on Stage," which will continue until Feb. 14, 2016.

Legendary entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday, February 13th. Ford’s hometown of Bristol, Tennessee was the sight of a special birthday party. “We ...

A handsome country-music vocalist came along in the 1950s with a strong, winning personality and rugged physical presence, admired by men but especially attractive to women. Starting “down home,” he ...

Jeffrey Buckner Ford, son of legendary entertainer Tennessee Ernie Ford, has penned his debut book, “River of No Return: Tennessee Ernie Ford and The Woman He Loved,” a memoir and intimate portrait of ...

Whoever it was that thought it would be a good idea to take a hugely popular country-folk song about a Kentucky coal miner from 1955 and a decade later re-work it into a groovy dance tune, complete ...

Tennessee Ernie Ford was fed up with the trappings of fame and the demands of the music business. It was 1955 and his label, Capitol Records, had threatened to sue him if he didn't make another record ...