Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons

[Blue Tick]

[video=youtube;jIfu2A0ezq0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIfu2A0ezq0&feature=related[/video]


[video=youtube;NU7nFAEdnZE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU7nFAEdnZE&feature=related[/video]

 

[Ivan]

Ernie was one of my favorites!

 

[toddpedlar]

I actually like the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins a lot better than that of Davy Crockett.

[video=youtube;gnqqdZZddFE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnqqdZZddFE[/video]

 

[Fly Caster]

I was at a Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers concert in Nashville on the evening of his death. TP performed 16 Tons in his honor.

That's about the closest I've came to witnessing a momentuos event in Rock & Roll history.

 

[cbryant]

I actually like the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins a lot better than that of Davy Crockett.

YouTube - Leonard Nimoy - Ballad of Bilbo Baggins

I've seen this before actually

Since I am currently at work and cannot look things up on youtube, there is a video of William Shatner singing Elton John's Rocket Man.

 

[bookslover]

Ernest Jennings "Tennessee Ernie" Ford (Thursday, February 13, 1919 - Thursday, October 17, 1991). Lived to be 72.

Nathaniel Adams "Nat King" Cole was born a little over a month later (March 17, 1919). Died at 45 (lung cancer)

Must have been a good year for singers.

 

[Christusregnat]

My daddy used to sing "King of the Road" to us when we were growing up.

I just picked up Tennessee Ernie Ford on vinyl recently, and my daughters love for me to sing along with Tennessee to King of the Road. Good times!