Eight Classic Albums

~ Release by Tennessee Ernie Ford (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1John Henry
cover recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
2:54
2Trouble in Mind
cover recording of:
Trouble in Mind
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
2:17
3Dark as a Dungeon
cover recording of:
Dark as a Dungeon
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
2:48
4False Hearted Girl
cover recording of:
False Hearted Girl
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
2:22
5Chicken Road
2:38
6Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot
3:10
7The Rovin’ Gambler
2:11
8In the Pines
cover recording of:
In the Pines (Black Girl)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3421)
2:50
9I Gave My Love a Cherry
recording engineer:
Dave Hassinger
producer:
Jack Fascinato
conductor:
Mike Deasy
arranger:
Jack Fascinato
recorded at:
The Sound Factory (1969–1980) in Los Angeles, California, United States
3:29
10Nine Pound Hammer
cover recording of:
Nine Pound Hammer
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Elvis Presley Music and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
2:03
11Gaily the Troubadour
1:58
12The Last Letter
3:53
13Who at the Door Is Standing
cover recording of:
Who at My Door Is Standing
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Arnold
3:17
14Rock of Ages
cover recording of:
Rock of Ages
publisher:
Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady (in 1775)
additional lyricist:
Reverend Augustus Montague Toplady (in 1763)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1745)
additional composer:
Thomas Hastings (in 1830)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:25
15Softly and Tenderly
cover recording of:
Softly and Tenderly (Praise Hymn)
lyricist and composer:
William L. Thompson
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), James Hendricks and Will Lamartine Thompson
2:42
16Sweet Hour of Prayer
cover recording of:
Sweet Hour of Prayer (Religious song)
lyricist:
William Walford (Congrgational minister)
composer:
William B. Bradbury (composer of popular hymns)
2:49
17My Task
2:14
18Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
cover recording of:
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
lyricist and composer:
Philip Paul Bliss (Composer, hymn writer and gospel singer) (in 1871)
2:00
19The Ninety and Nine
2:33
20The Old Rugged Cross
cover recording of:
The Old Rugged Cross
lyricist and composer:
George Bennard (in 1912)
additional composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
Patterdale Music Ltd.
premiered at:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon (AKA the Old Rugged Cross Church) in Michigan, United States (on 1913-06-07)
written at:
Friends Community Church (Historic church located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States (from 1912-12-29 until 1913-01-12)
2:38
21When They Ring the Golden Bells
cover recording of:
When They Ring the Golden Bells
lyricist and composer:
Dion de Marbelle
3:32
22In the Garden
cover recording of:
In the Garden
lyricist and composer:
Charles Austin Miles (in 1912)
2:43
23Ivory Palaces
3:00
24Others
2:42
▼ CD 2
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1Sixteen Tons
acoustic guitar:
Bobby Gibbons (on 1955-09-20)
bass clarinet:
Darol Rice (on 1955-09-20)
clarinet:
Red Mandel (on 1955-09-20)
double bass [bass]:
Rolly Bundock (on 1955-09-20)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Roy Harte (drummer and Pacific Jazz founder) (on 1955-09-20)
finger snaps and lead vocals:
Tennessee Ernie Ford (on 1955-09-20)
trombone:
George Bruns (on 1955-09-20)
trumpet:
Charlie Parlato (on 1955-09-20)
conductor:
Jack Fascinato (on 1955-09-20)
arranger:
Jack Fascinato
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bacci Bros Records (in 2010) and Lucky Vintage (in 2014)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-09-20)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1955 (number: 12)
cover recording of:
Sixteen Tons (on 1955-09-20)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
52:36
2River of No Return
cover recording of:
River of No Return
writer:
Ken Darby and Lionel Newman
2:31
3You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry
cover recording of:
You Don’t Have to Be a Baby to Cry
lyricist:
Bob Merrill (songwriter, and lyricist of the hit musical Funny Girl)
composer:
Terry Shand (jazz pianist/composer)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp.
2:13
4First Born
recording of:
First Born
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Lehmann
2:10
5Give Me Your Word
recording of:
Give Me Your Word
writer:
Irving Taylor and George Wyle
3:07
6The Watermelon Song
2:11
7One Suit
2:04
8Have You Seen Her
2:27
9Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear
cover recording of:
Call Me Darling
lyricist:
Bert Reisfeld
writer:
Albrecht Marcuse (composer, lyricist & pianist), Dorothy Dick and Mart Fryberg
2:32
10That’s All
cover recording of:
That’s All
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
Hill & Range (publisher)
2:46
11Milk ‘em in the Mornin’ Blues
recording of:
Milk ‘Em in the Mornin’ Blues
lyricist and composer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
2:21
12Catfish Boogie
2:13
13Anticipation Blues
2:09
14Country Junction
2:10
15Shot‐Gun Boogie
acoustic guitar:
Eddie Kirk (US country singer/songwriter) (on 1950-07-27)
double bass [bass]:
Cliffie Stone (on 1950-07-27)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Roy Harte (drummer and Pacific Jazz founder) (on 1950-07-27)
electric guitar:
Jimmy Bryant (country music guitarist & composer) (on 1950-07-27)
fiddle:
Harold Hensley (on 1950-07-27)
piano:
Billy Liebert (on 1950-07-27)
steel guitar:
Wesley Speedy West (on 1950-07-27)
vocals:
Tennessee Ernie Ford (on 1950-07-27)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1951)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1950-07-27)
recording of:
Shotgun Boogie (on 1950-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
2:12
16She’s My Baby
lead vocals:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
recording of:
She's My Baby
lyricist and composer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
2:12
17Blackberry Boogie
recording of:
Blackberry Boogie
writer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford (in 1952)
1:51
18Kiss Me Big
lead vocals:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
recording of:
Kiss Me Big
lyricist and composer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
2:13
19Aint Nobody’s Business but My Own
lead vocals:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own
lyricist and composer:
Irving Taylor
1:56
20Smokey Mountain Boogie
2:17
21I Ain’t A‐Gonna Let It Happen No More
2:26
22The Lord’s Lariat
2:33
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1Just a Closer Walk With Thee
cover recording of:
Just a Closer Walk With Thee
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
All of Me (1984 film)
2:18
2I Want to Be Ready
cover recording of:
I Want to Be Ready
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:30
3Take My Hand, Precious Lord
cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
3:14
4Stand by Me
cover recording of:
Stand by Me
writer:
Charles Albert Tindley
3:11
5When God Dips His Live in My Heart
cover recording of:
When God Dips His Love in My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Cleavant Derricks (pastor, choir director, and songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Cleavant Derricks (pastor, choir director, and songwriter)
2:14
6Get on Board, Little Children
cover recording of:
Get on Board, Little Children
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:45
7Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
cover recording of:
Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
lyricist and composer:
Robert Watson Schmertz (songwriter)
2:17
8Were You There
cover recording of:
Were You There
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11409)
3:38
9Peace in the Valley
cover recording of:
There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me
publisher:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1939-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Rightsong Music, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:13
10I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me
recording of:
I Know the Lord Laid His Hands on Me
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:44
11Wayfaring Pilgrim
cover recording of:
Wayfaring Pilgrim
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:34
12He’ll Understand and “Say Well Done”
cover recording of:
He’ll Understand and Say “Well Done”
lyricist and composer:
Lucie E. Campbell (Music director of the US National Baptist Convention)
2:36
13Joy to the World
cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
1:46
14O Little Town of Bethlehem
cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
lyricist:
Phillips Brooks (in 1868)
composer:
Lewis Henry Redner (in 1868)
is based on:
St. Louis (hymn tune)
1:51
15O Holy Night
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
1:51
16The Star Carol
recording of:
The Star Carol
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
2:26
17Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
cover recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
additional composer:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
1:27
18Some Children See Him
recording of:
Some Children See Him
lyricist:
Wihla Hutson
composer:
Alfred S. Burt (composer of Christmas carols)
publisher:
Hollis Music, Inc.
3:53
19God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
cover recording of:
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (traditional, no arrangement credits here)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 394)
2:10
20O Harken Ye
2:24
21Adeste Fideles
2:31
22The First Noel
cover recording of:
The First Nowell
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:00
23Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus
3:07
24We Three Kings
cover recording of:
We Three Kings
lyricist and composer:
John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (composer, “We Three Kings”)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 24751)
2:14
25It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
cover recording of:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
lyricist:
Edmund Sears
composer:
Richard Storrs Willis
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 29)
is based on:
CAROL (hymn tune)
is based on:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem)
3:06
26Silent Night
cover recording of:
Silent Night (Christmas carol, English translation)
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
translator:
John Freeman Young (in 1859)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 27088)
translated version of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
2:38
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1What a Friend We Have in Jesus
cover recording of:
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
lyricist:
Joseph Medlicott Scriven (in 1855)
composer:
Charles Crozat Converse (in 1868)
3:52
2Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
recording of:
Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
lyricist:
Edward Hopper (lyricist of "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me") (in 1871)
composer:
John Edgar Gould (in 1871)
2:22
3His Eye in on the Sparrow
cover recording of:
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
lyricist:
Civilla Durfee Martin (Canadian‐American hymn and gospel song writer)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
KSmithMusic1234 (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:15
4Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
cover recording of:
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere (Hymn)
lyricist:
Jessie Pounds (American librettist)
composer:
John Fearis (American composer)
2:40
5Now the Day Is Over
cover recording of:
Now the Day Is Over (Hymn)
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
composer:
Sir Joseph Barnby (Composer and conductor) (in 1868)
2:31
6Nearer, My God to Thee
cover recording of:
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Bethany)
lyricist:
Sarah Flower Adams (English poet, and notably lyricist of the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee") (in 1841)
composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1856)
publisher:
TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP) and Skyhill Music (in 1971)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 28881)
3:27
7Sweet Peace the Gift of God’s Love
recording of:
Sweet Peace the Gift of God’s Love
writer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford and Harry Geller
3:30
8Whispering Hope
cover recording of:
Whispering Hope
lyricist and composer:
Septimus Winner (in 1868)
2:27
9Lord, I’m Coming Home
cover recording of:
Lord I’m Coming Home
lyricist and composer:
William James Kirkpatrick (hymn-writer)
2:55
10I Need Thee Every Hour
cover recording of:
I Need Thee Every Hour
lyricist:
Annie S. Hawks (American poet and gospel hymnist) (in 1872)
composer:
Robert Lowry (1826-1899)
2:57
11Take Time to Be Holy
recording of:
Take Time to Be Holy
lyricist:
William D. Longstaff
composer:
George Coles Stebbins
3:05
12God Be With You
cover recording of:
God Be With You
lyricist:
Jeremiah Rankin (American hymn writer)
composer:
William G. Tomer
is based on:
God Be With You Till We Meet Again (parent work for arrangements)
2:06
13Onward, Christian Soldiers
cover recording of:
Onward, Christian Soldiers
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould (in 1865)
composer:
Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer) (in 1871)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: V26738)
2:58
14Oh How I Love Jesus
cover recording of:
Oh, How I Love Jesus
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Frederick Whitfield
2:15
15The Church in the Wildwood
cover recording of:
The Church in the Wildwood
lyricist and composer:
William S. Pitts
2:10
16I Love to Tell the Story
cover recording of:
I Love to Tell the Story (Hymn)
lyricist:
Katherine Hankey (English hymn writer)
composer:
William G. Fischer (American music teacher and composer)
2:57
17The Home Over There
cover recording of:
The Home over There
writer:
DeWitt Huntington and Tullius O’Kane
2:06
18Count Your Blessings
cover recording of:
Count Your Blessings
writer:
Edwin Othello Excell and Johnson Oatman, Jr. (Gospel Lyricist)
2:04
19All Hail the Power
1:54
20There Is Power in the Blood
1:52
21When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
cover recording of:
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (1893 hymn)
lyricist and composer:
James Milton Black (American hymn writer)
2:04
22Shall We Gather at the River
cover recording of:
Shall We Gather at the River (gospel song)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Lowry (1826-1899) (in 1864)
1:59
23Bringing in the Sheaves
cover recording of:
Bringing in the Sheaves (Gospel song)
lyricist:
Knowles Shaw (American author and composer)
composer:
George Minor (American composer)
1:58
24Brighten the Corner Where You Are
cover recording of:
Brighten the Corner Where You Are
writer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel and Ina Duley Ogdon
2:07
25Jesus Loves Me
cover recording of:
Jesus Loves Me (original hymn)
lyricist:
Anna Warner
composer:
William B. Bradbury (composer of popular hymns)
1:54
26What a Friend We Have in Jesus
cover recording of:
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
lyricist:
Joseph Medlicott Scriven (in 1855)
composer:
Charles Crozat Converse (in 1868)
3:16

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ASIN:US: B016VKBJWU [info]