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Whatever Happened To Tennessee Ernie Ford? No, Tennessee was not his real first name. Ernest Jennings Ford was born in Bristol, Tennessee February 13, 1919.  Following his service in World War II, he got a radio disc jockey job and created the character of Tennessee Ernie , an exaggerated Hillbilly character, to differentiate himself from the other DJs. Get our free mobile app With the beginning of his musical career, Ford released nearly 50 country music singles through the first half of the 1950s, many of which charted, but few of which are remembered.  But then 1956 happened. Sixteen Tons was first recorded by Merle Travis in 1946, but it was Ford s 1956 version that became a smash hit and remains one of the biggest songs of the entire decade of the 1950s.

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