Tennessee Ernie Ford discography

The following is the discography of American singer Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Albums

Year	Album	Chart positions		Cert. (RIAA)	Label
		US Country	US
1956	This Lusty Land!		12		Capitol Records
	Hymns		2	Platinum
1957	Spirituals		5	Gold
	Ford Favorites
	Ol' Rockin' Ern'
1958	Nearer the Cross		5	Gold
	The Star Carol		4	Platinum
1959	Gather 'Round
	A Friend We Have
1960	Sing a Hymn with Me		23
	Sixteen Tons
	Sing a Spiritual with Me
	Come to the Fair
1961	Civil War Songs of the North
	Civil War Songs of the South
	Looks at Love
	Hymns at Home		67
1962	Mississippi Showboat		110
	I Love to Tell the Story		43
	Book of Favorite Hymns		71
1963	Long, Long Ago
	We Gather Together
	Story of Christmas		14
1964	Great Gospel Songs
	Country Hits Feelin' Blue
	World's Best Loved Hymns
1965	Let Me Walk with Thee
	Sing We Now of Christmas		31
1966	My Favorite Things
	Wonderful Peace
	God Lives
	Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart
1967	Aloha
	Faith of Our Fathers
1968	Our Garden of Hymns (w/ Marilyn Horne)
	World of Pop and Country Hits
	O Come All Ye Faithful
	The Best of Tennessee Ernie Ford Hymns
1969	Songs I Like to Sing
	New Wave
	Holy, Holy, Holy
1970	America the Beautiful		192
	Everything Is Beautiful
1971	Abide with Me
	C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
	Folk Album
1972	Mr. Words and Music
	Standin' in the Need of Prayer
1973	Country Morning	46
	Ernie Ford Sings About Jesus
1974	Make A Joyful Noise	35
1975	Ernie Sings & Glen Picks (w/ Glen Campbell)
1976	Sing His Great Love
	For the 83rd Time
1977	He Touched Me				Word Records
1978	Swing Wide Your Golden Gate
1979	Ramblin' Down Country Roads With Tennessee Ernie Ford
1980	Tell Me the Old, Old Story
1982	There's A Song In My Heart
1983	Sunday School Songs For Children of All Ages
1984	Keep Looking Up
2009	6000 Sunset Boulevard: Featuring The Billy Liebert Band				Sundazed Records
2014	Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns	19	159		Gaither Music

Singles

Year	Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated	Chart positions		Album
		US Country	US
1949	"Tennessee Border"	8		Non-album track
	"Milk 'Em in the Morning Blues"	15		Ol' Rockin' Ern
	"Country Junction"	14
	"Philadelphia Lawyer"			Sixteen Tons
	"Smokey Mountain Boogie" b/w "You'll Find Her Name Written There" (non-album track)	8		Ol' Rockin' Ern
	"Mule Train"	1	9	Sixteen Tons
	"Anticipation Blues"	3		Ol' Rockin' Ern
1950	"The Cry of the Wild Goose" b/w "The Donkey Serenade"	2	15	Sixteen Tons
	"My Hobby" b/w "I've Got to Feed 'em in the Morning"			Non-album tracks
	"Ain't Nobody's Business but My Own" (with Kay Starr)	5	22
	"I'll Never Be Free" (with Kay Starr)	2	3
	"What This Country Needs" b/w "The Lord's Lariat" (from Ol' Rockin' Ern)
	"Cincinnati Dancing Pig" b/w "Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women" Both sides with The Starlighters
	"Little Juan Pedro" b/w "Bryant's Boogie"
	"The Shotgun Boogie"	1	14	Ol' Rockin' Ern
	"I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen (No More)"	flip
1951	"Tailor Made Woman" (with Joe "Fingers" Carr)	8		Non-album tracks
	"Stack-O-Lee" (with Joe "Fingers" Carr)
	"Ocean of Tears" (with Kay Starr)		15
	"You're My Sugar" (with Kay Starr)		22
	"Mr. and Mississippi" b/w "She's My Baby" (from Ol' Rockin' Ern)	2	18
	"The Strange Little Girl"	9
	"Kentucky Waltz"	flip
	"Kissin' Bug Boogie" b/w "Woman Is a Five Letter Word"	12
	"Hey Good Lookin'" b/w "Cool, Cool Kisses" Both sides with Helen O'Connell
	"Rock City Boogie" b/w "Streamlined Cannonball" Both sides with The Dinning Sisters
	"Christmas Dinner" b/w "A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus"
1952	"Hambone" (with Bucky Tibbs) b/w "The Gandy Dancer's Ball"
	"Everybody's Got a Girl but Me" b/w "Put Your Arms Around Me"
	"Snowshoe Thompson" b/w "Fatback Louisiana USA"
	"Blackberry Boogie" b/w "Tennessee Local" (non-album track)	6		Ol' Rockin' Ern
	"Hog-Tied over You" b/w "False Hearted Girl" Both sides with Ella Mae Morse			Non-album tracks
1953	"I Don't Know" b/w "Sweet Temptation"
	"Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker" b/w "Three Things (A Man Must Do)"	8
	"Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod Ford" b/w "We're a-Growin' Up" Both sides with Molly Bee
	"Kiss Me Big"			Ol' Rockin' Ern
	"Catfish Boogie"		flip
1954	"Honeymoon's Over" b/w "This Must Be the Place" Both sides with Betty Hutton		16	Non-album tracks
	"River of No Return" b/w "Give Me Your Word"	9		Ford Favorites
	"Ein Zwei Drei" b/w "Losing You"			Non-album tracks
	"Somebody Bigger Than You or I" b/w "There Is Beauty in Everything"
1955	"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" b/w "Farewell"	4	5
	"His Hands" b/w "I Am a Pilgrim"	13		Spirituals
	"Sixteen Tons"	1	1	Ford Favorites
1956	"You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry"		78
	"That's All" b/w "Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women" (from Sixteen Tons)	12	17
	"Rovin' Gambler" b/w "John Henry"		60	This Lusty Land!
	"Rock and Roll Boogie" b/w "Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart" (from Ford Favorites)			Non-album track
	"First Born" b/w "Have You Seen Her"		46	Ford Favorites
1957	"Watermelon Song"		87
	"One Suit"		93
	"False Hearted Girl" b/w "Lonely Man" (from Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart!)			This Lusty Land!
	"In the Middle of an Island"		23	Non-album track
	"Ivy League"			Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart!
1958	"Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart" b/w "Down Deep"
	"Sunday Barbeque" b/w "Love Makes the World Go Round"		97
	"Glad Rags" b/w "Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed" (non-album track)		100
1959	"Black-Eyed Susie" b/w "Code of the Mountains"			I Love You So Much It Hurts Me
	"Love Is the Only Thing" b/w "Sunny Side of Heaven"			Non-album track
1960	"O Mary Don't You Weep" b/w "Joshua Fit the Battle"			Sing a Spiritual with Me
	"Little Klinker" b/w "Jingle-o-the-Brownie"			Non-album tracks
	"Bless This Land" b/w "Lord of All Creation"
1961	"Dark as a Dungeon" b/w "His Love (Makes the World Go Round)" (non-album track)			This Lusty Land!
	"Little Red Rockin' Hood" b/w "I Gotta Have My Baby Back" (from Ernie Looks at Love)			Non-album track
1962	"Take Your Girlie to the Movies" b/w "There'll Be No New Piano Tunes on This Old Piano"			Here Comes the Tennessee Ernie Ford Mississippi Showboat
	"Work Song" b/w "Rags and Old Iron" (from I Love You So Much It Hurts Me)			Everything Is Beautiful
	"How Great Thou Art" b/w "Eternal Life" (from God Lives!)			I Love to Tell the Story
1965	"Hicktown" b/w "Sixteen Tons" (from Sixteen Tons)	9		Non-album tracks
	"Girl Don't You Know" b/w "Now It's All Over" (from I Love You So Much It Hurts Me)
	"Sing We Now of Christmas" b/w "The Little Drummer Boy"			Sing We Now of Christmas
1966	"God Lives" b/w "How Great Thou Art"			God Lives
1967	"Lahaina Luna" b/w "Pearly Shells"			Aloha from Tennessee Ernie Ford
	"The Road" b/w "Hand-Me-Down Things"			Non-album tracks
1968	"Talk to the Animals" b/w "What a Wonderful World"			World of Pop and Country Hits
1969	"Honey-Eyed Girl (That's You That's You)" b/w "Good Morning, Dear"	54		The New Wave
1970	"Rainy Night In Georgia" b/w "Let the Lovelight in Your Eyes Lead Me On"			Everything Is Beautiful
1971	"Happy Songs of Love" b/w "Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By" (from 25th Anniversary Yesterday–Today)	58		Non-album track
1972	"Pea-Pickin' Cook" b/w "The Song" (non-album track)			It's a Ford
1973	"Printers Alley Stars" b/w "Baby"	66		Country Morning
	"Farther Down the River (Where the Fishin's Good)" b/w "You've Still Got Love All Over You"	73
	"Colorado Country Morning" b/w "Daddy Usta Say"	70
1974	"Sweet Child of Sunshine" b/w "She Picked Up the Pieces" (non-album track)
	"I've Got Confidence" b/w "I'd Like to Be" (from Country Morning)			Make a Joyful Noise
1975	"Come On Down" b/w "Bits and Pieces of Life" (non-album track)	52
	"Baby" b/w "I'd Like to Be" Both sides with Andra Willis	63		Country Morning
	"The Devil Ain't a Lonely Woman's Friend" b/w "Smokey Taverns, Bar Room Girls"	96		Non-album tracks
1976	"I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" b/w "Baby's Home" (non-album track)	95		For the 83rd Time
	"Sweet Feelins" b/w "Dogs and Sheriff John"