The Life and Tragic Ending of Tennessee Ernie Ford
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- Mini bio of the life of actor Tennessee Ernie Ford who is probably most famous for singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, his hit recordings of The Shotgun Boogie and Sixteen Tons
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![What's My Line? - Tennessee Ernie Ford; Gig Young [panel] (May 4, 1958)](/img/n.gif)
When I was 5 years, my mother played "Sixteen Tons" on our record player. I loved it and knew all the words. I am 71 years old now.
Same here. I'm 69
Memories
Ya load 16 tons, whatta ya get?
I'm 66 and I love this song
@@doctorprepologedyedeyadede3542 Another day older and deeper in debt.
This should be titled The Life and Ending of Ernie Ford. There's nothing tragic about living to the age of 72 and dying rich or well to do.
His drinking was an unfortunate aspect of his life, but not exactly tragic in the formal sense.
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His wife committed suicide and he drank himself to death, any time drugs or alcohol destroys life it’s a tragedy in my eyes. Making it to 72 while drinking heavily he probably would have lived to his 90s . Thank god Betty White didn’t do the same thing we would have missed almost 30 years of greatness if she died at 72
To me the tragedy is he song gospel songs yet never accepted the gospel himself. He never gained victory over his besetting sins. Something a born again Christian can and will overcome. At that point 72 or 172 is a drop on the bucket compared to eternity.
@@philipwheeler7317 that describes over half the entertainers of his time/era. (and virtually ALL of them now)
Most of the ones who claimed they were * Christian or went to church merely did so to maintain a certain status within the eyes of the general public , or for Marketing reasons. At the end of the day they were still mostly drunks, addicts, adulterers, spousal abusers and cons.
The highly subjective nature of making any form of spiritual claims and declarations is so fundamentally arbitrary that they may as well be written in AIR for all anyone actually knows. It's a delusion. Something a person convinces themself of for comfort or because they're indoctrinated into it and are repeating a vicious cycle of Monkey -See/Monkey Do.
So. As for his sincerity concerning any particular gospel or religious observance, who knows.
I know dying rich in your 70s isn't a tragedy at any rate.
Whether or not you choose to repeat shit spouted from an ancient book of unknown authorship is just a social oddity really.
He had a fantastic voice and personality. Love Tennessee Ernie Ford.
His version of “Lord I’m coming home” always makes me cry. Fantastic voice.
1:14 No kidding... I mean, "The United States Army Air Corpse" had rolling my eyes. Has the narrator heard of "air corpse" or "air corps"? If he told me he's heard of the "air corpse" before, I would really like to see a picture 🤣🤣
Jeez Dude if you are going to insist on narrating everything yourself at least try to learn how to pronounce names of the places you are talking about!
1:14 No kidding... I mean, "The United States Army Air Corpse" had rolling my eyes. Has the narrator heard of "air corpse" or "air corps"? If he told me he's heard of the "air corpse" before, I would really like to see a picture 🤣🤣
@@backalleycqc4790 The Air Corpse only came along when Boeing made the first 737 MAX.
Corps is pronounced "Core" not corpse, Bombardier is pronounced "bom-ba-deer" not bom-bard-der. Sorry to nit pick but these kinds of mispronunciations are painful to hear.
Yes, among many others. Like San Ber-Na-DEEN-Oh.
Thats what happens when a computerized voice is used as opposed to a real narrator!
Funny on lucy
Yeah and I think the comment about his death should’ve been DULL-es Airport not dool-es.
@@mikecagle984 are you sure it's not a real narrator? It doesn't sound computerized to me.
We all are going to die folks. He was an amazing singer and loved God.
And your point is?
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That no one is perfect, surely, only Him.
“Loved God”…..unfortunately, he seemed to also love Cutty Sark.
Omg, I am just becoming aware of Ford's voice and persona and to find out about his drinking and death is so so sad. Rest in Peace you are fondly remembered, and his sons, I hope they did okay. I heard one died of cancer.
He’s up there with all the greats. From the og rat pack to Freddie Mercury.
I didn't know about the alcohol part till today, intriguing yet sad to learn , he was a true professional nevertheless, choosing to keep his public and personal life separate for most of his life.
It wasn't as easy for people to be in your personal life back then. Nowadays we basically have 24-hour media on celebrities and even ourselves. But if your close friends or family members got in touch with the media or vice versa you were the talk of the month/year back then (depending on the topic of course)
I never knew either. Still love and miss him .
He seemed like he was so busy with EVERYTHING THAT HE DID, when did he have time to drink? Oh geez, his wife Betty drank before him, and then committed suicide, i wonder if she was the COZ of his drinking habits which eventually caught up to him.
More mispronounced words here than I could count.
I love his civil war cover albums from 1961 my favorite is “Songs of the Union”. I’m 18 but love history and music.
So encouraging to hear...you have a good future ahead of you Im sure.
Same I'm a history buff myself. A little older (22) than you, but keep it up history is one of the main subjects they teach us in school we actually take with us in the real world. You learn so many things through history good & bad I use them as advice sometimes and just because I love history I'll say something to someone and they won't even know what I'm talking about because they never heard of it or simply didn't pay attention. I research something new or you could say old everyday.
Wow usic and history are my best friends too!
He was quite the character! ... and a great voice and soloist.🎯❗
Indeed!
Also not San Berandino. It's San Bernardino, Calif.
To the narrator: "corps" is pronounced "core". A "corpse" is a dead body. ;)
...and drink a cup of coffee or something. You sound sleepy...or bored.
Just to add onto the whole butchered words thing, it’s San Bernardino and Victorville. As a native Californian, this dude’s making me cringe with his mispronunciations of city names.
He also mispronounced "bombardier" as "bombarder."
@@kyled8713 And Lubbock. . . and lament. . . and subsequently. . . and more
Thank you, too many blunders in here, couldn't stand it. Dulls I suppose was Dulles Airport.
Remember a '..Good things from the Garden,' 'Green Giant pea picker' record from 1963 as a child. All along the way, since, easy to admire his golden, baritone voice and solid persona. Nobody really knew what went on behind his closed doors, years ago. Until it was too late.
Well Minivan78, I will be one of those that choose to listen no further. After listening painfully to the gurdgetate of the Evlyn Woodhead Sped Redding Corse, I can take no more. Acceptance of ignorance is not my forte. What a friggin maroon.
Cheech & Chong: "Comprehension" becomes "Comprension"... humorous
Remembering Famous People: "Merle" becomes "Merlee;" "Corps" becomes "Corpse;" "Bombardier" becomes "Bombarder"...pathetic
Sixteen tons was one of my father's favourite songs, so it's such a pity that drink destroyed Ernie in the end.
I listen to that song at work when im doing physical work.
I loved listening to him.
Not to be confused with Tennessee Tuxedo.
@@homoerectus744 LOL!
It is weird how we say so sad he/she died...100 years if your lucky/unlucky, just enjoy life while you have it because it goes faster than we think
But not as fast as dogs' lives.
we? you got a mouse in your pocket comrade?
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He was great on I Love Lucy, and the Lucy Show plus Hee Haw and he had a wonderful voice I just loved to hear him sing act and his comedy skits
Great bass. great singer, love God, bless him.
Doesn't sound like a tragic ending to me. 72 is a respectable age to live to, and he enjoyed fame and fortune. The drinking was his choice.
I really enjoy reliving memories on this channel. However, it is a distraction to repeatedly hear mispronounced words and names throughout the program. Isn’t there someone who can read correctly or at least coach the reader to avoid these problems before posting the recording?
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Sadly as the years goes on, what you said becomes truer and truer 🥺
My god that was distracting. Where is this guy from? He seems to have never heard anyone utter the names of any US city.
Funny, I had just read the Wikipedia page so some of the wording in this video seemed familiar. Yes-he is reading the Wiki page aloud.
I saw him in the old tv show "THE MILLIONAIRE" this morning but cannot find any mention of it anywhere! Anyhow, I met him and loved his work.
Tennessee ernie Ford starred in the nbc prime time show the Tennessee ernie Ford show
1956 to 1961 as well the daytime tv show on ABC the Tennessee ernie ford show
1962 to 1965
This was interesting but the announcer should check the pronunciation of he words in the text.
Just say "Life and Death" with some of these celebrities. He lived a ripe good age!
An interesting but sad bio of a great singer. However, the mispronunciations of so many names and places were really annoying..
Oh no. He had a sad ending too? Does anyone ever die happy?
A brother from our church was dying from cancer, he was in excruciating pain in his last days but filled with inexpressible joy. Yes ppl do die happy 😊
Those who know Jesus Christ as their Reedemer and know their sins are forgiven enter into great joy.
MY GOD, GET YOUR PRONUNCIATION RIGHT!!! 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼
I enjoy you videos, but they have problems. First of all, you should read the script for someone else, before recording, be maybe they would correct some annoying mispronunciations like..."corps", as in the military, is pronounced "core"...not corpse.Merle Travis name, the final "e" is silent. It's not Merlee. The town is LUBock. Not Lub Ock. It goes on an on. On top of all that....Everyone you do a video about is the "Sad Ending" even though some had long happy life and, as awaits us all, the died..
Also, pretty sure this script was more or less reading word for word from the wiki article I read moments before clicking. Can't verify though, didn't finish the vid.
Near the end of his life, he came home to Bristol Tennessee for the reopening of the Paramount
Theater. He was the featured guest for the show and looked terrible. You could almost see in his eyes that he knew it was probably his last time in his hometown. He did his best to perform, but skin and bones he was a shadow of himself.
LOVE TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD HE IS BURIED IN HOUSTON TEXAS RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Good video and his son Brion looked very much like him and his voice spot on. His other son also successful in movie industry. Very sad about his wife and not long after he passed away also.
I knew Ernie Ford. A remarkable man indeed!
His wife, Betty Ford had a drink problem? Sad.
I’m in my mid 30s but still love his music. His singing Shenandoah gives me goose flesh every time.
CORRECTION: On September 28, 1991, he suffered severe liver failure at Dulles Airport, shortly after leaving a state dinner at the White House, hosted by then-President George H. W. Bush. Ford died in H. C. A. Reston Hospital Center, in Reston, Virginia, on October 17.[1][3] Ford was interred at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, California. (Wikipedia)
What is with all the mispronounced words. Some of them have been called out in this comment section. But I did not see one not called out. The AFB is not in Victoriaville, that is a town in Quebec. The town in California is called Victorville.
My grandmother worked at 20th Century Fox, and knew him well. She got me all of his albums and autographed to boot. I remember her saying his wife was “a bad alcoholic “ but never mentioned his drinking.
If you're going to read this verbatim from the Wikipedia page, you could at least try to not read it in a monotone drone and pronounce things correctly.
I find it very interesting that you plagiarize many of your words from Wikipedia to do your story.
Tennessee Ernie Ford, whom I knew and was in the hospital with him just as he was dying, with one of his sons. Ernie lived a very full life. He was a very generous man, who brought laughter and light into the lives of everyone he knew.
I noted that you mentioned Ernie's first wife Betty Heminger, but not his second wife. Her name was Beverly Ann Wood.
Ernie Ford was a remarkable man! I am very grateful that I knew him and equally so I remain friends with his family for 3 generations now.
There is nothing sad about his death, because he finally came face to face with his Savior.
And that makes us happy how?
Happy for Mr. Ford.
A good short bio, but please learn to pronounce the city names and other words....correctly.
I was always a fan of Tennessee Ernie Ford
Informative and fair presentation. However, the narrator NEEDS some diction lessons!
I, like many others, was surprised to learn (several years ago) of his alcohol abuse problems.
Fondly remember his radio and television programs. Tennessee Ernie was a great singer and hilarious country comedian! I have many of his recordings; and often perform "Sixteen Tons" with my Bluegrass band.
"Bless your little pea-pickin' heart!"
Agree. Nice voice, but could improve. Also, he said "Victoriaville, California." It's Victorville.
I lost count of the mispronounced words and place names. Kind of sad, really.
@@jeandoten1510 I was a speech teacher and voice coach for several years, decades ago. If this narrator/presenter had delivered a speech this abysmal --- no matter how informative the content --- I'd have failed him/her flat out! Or at best, I'd have stopped the presentation mid-stream and requested the person enroll in my diction and voice coaching class.
@@michaelwascom62 I taught drama, music, and public speaking in addition to 1st grade. When I was in school I was an avid reader and often read and comprehended words that I didn't know how to pronounce. Since both my parents had large vocabularies I just didn't realize that the words I was reading were the same words that my parents used (crazy English spellings!) Still to me it's a sad thing that this young man apparently has never learned the proper pronunciation of so many everyday American words and place names. Maybe he can find a local Toastmaster's Club to get some support and advice.
@@jeandoten1510 Thank you for your response. I could not more agree with you.
But SO MANY creators/posters of TH-cam videos appear to be barely literate.
Some standards of etiquette and respect should be established.
It appears, evidentially, any half-witted dolt-head can produce a TH-cam video. A sorry footnote to the genuinely laud-worthy and commendable efforts presented on TH-cam.
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Unfortunately, everybody has a sad ending
I respectfully disagree. Some have a sad life and the end is a relief
Who is this goober that can't pronounce simple names?
Agreed, he is mispronouncing place names, simple words. Stress is placed in the wrong spot.
Such poor narration. Painful to listen too. Had to skip over parts, I couldn't take it all.
His album did not receive an Academy Award. That's for movies.
Get a narrator who can pronounce words.
He also had lots of gospel records. It was also reported when i was a teen that he had cancer of the blood,which he overcame.
I still have lots of his gospel songs,still listen to them.
Loved him on "I love Lucy".
It's not corpse, you dont say the S on Corps. Just thought you'd like to know.
Clever computer voice, but never clever enough.
This was read straight out if Wikipedia. Check it out
We all have our denins. He was the greaatest.
Tennessee Ernie’s alcoholism was one of the best kept secrets outside of Hollywood.
Wow, alcoholism, a well-kept secret! Still, a great personality and performer, a favorite of my mother's. A great hymn and gospel singer.
The only tragic about this episode is the narrator mispronouncing just about everything.
Exactly.
We all have a tragic ending...we all die.
I agree with the comments re pronunciation of places … Victoria Calif. …. Try Victorville. This mispronunciation detracts from otherwise a good video
I clean a house with my mother and he used to live here in treasure hills Harlingen Texas
Man there's a lot of people in this comment section that just like to bitch. So there were some mispronounced words. You were still able to watch and understand the video. And I'd venture to say that most people would agree that alcoholism is pretty sad. Dying from it is very sad. However, if you disagree then don't watch anymore of his videos titled "Sad Ending". No need to lash out about it. Granted, not all of the commenter's critiques were rude and unnecessary.
It is not rude to call out his mistakes. It is called self improvement. He might be in the wrong line of work.
Was just interested because used to like his performances when I was a kid. The ending of life is sad, anyway. I knew that. I've never yet read or heard a biography where everybody was happy somebody died. I figured alcohol would be in it, not the drugs the famous rock stars died of. Still found the information interesting, bet he was happy lots of times, bet he helped people to be happy.
This man, who is so FUCKING UNDERAPPRECIATED wrote the VERY GREATEST ANTI-CAPITALISTIC song ever written. "A man's made outta muscle and blood. - A mind that's weak and a back that's strong"
Merle Travis wrote 16 Tons
@@drvigg9083 Did not know that. Thanks for the correction.
Let those without sin cast the first stone. A lesson taught by Jesus our savior. Remember God loves the sinner not his sins. I still think he was a great singer!!!
For sure !!
Did you say Randy Travis or Merl-E Travis? Either way it’s not sounding quite right...Merle Travis wrote 16 tons and Merle is pronounced like pearl but with an M. Sorry to say something about, it I’m just a big fan! Great video generally!
1:10 its pronounced core, like apple core, and he was a 'bomb-a-deer' (the guy who aimed and dropped the bombs)
i couldnt watch anymore of this video after those utterly disrespectful mispronunciations
Narrator totally off.
Remember his enactment of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court.
San Berandino?? It's San Bernadino. Wow.
God. Bless. You. Mr. Tennessee. Ernie. Ford. My. Son. Randy,. My. Late. Passed. Wife. Miss. Marianne. And. I. Sir. Would. Have. Been. Proud. Too. Have. Met. You. Sir. Thank. You. For. All. You. Have. Contributed. Too. In. Your. Career. And. Thank. You. For. Your. Service. In. The. Army. Air. Force. I. Am. Also. A. Veteran. Of. The. United. States. Army. I. Was. Stationed. In. Hidelberg. Germany. In. 1966. Mr. Tennessee. Ernie. Ford,. You. Made. The. World. Laugh. And. Cry. With. Your. Wit. And. Humor. Randy. And. I. Will. Always. Be. Loyal. And. Devoted. Too. You. Sir. Say. Hello. Too. Miss. Marianne. Up. There. On. God's. Celestial,. Terrestrial. Golden. Shore. Of. Heaven. For. Ever. Great full. Respectfully. Dennis. Lee. Jensen. And. Randy. Lee. Jensen. ✝️✝️✝️🕎🔯✡️✝️✝️✝️✝️💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐐🐏🐑🐃🐂🐮🐐🐏🐑🐃🐂🐮🐑🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇨🇱🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱
You left off the best part at the end where he was commended by YHWH: "Well done, you good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of YHWH!"
please whoever is speaking this learn the words lol
The narration is suspiciously similar to Wikipedia's bio of Ford.
Ernie lived during a time when it wasn't productive to admit any POC heritage, but I think he has black or melungeon ancestry. Today he'd be right to be proud of that. What do others think?
Do the life and sad ending of hugh downs
He appears to have African blood, which you could also say of Elvis Presley and George Wallace, also from that region (AL, TN, MS), but perhaps just Italian like Elvis (you know what they say about Southern Italians). Wallace is said to have been of northern UK origin but looked like some coffee in that blondie cream, though didn't stop him being a leader of segregation. Elvis sure leveraged the Mississippi Delta Black music, as did many entertainers of the 1950's.
It's not Bare-adeno- it's Burn-ah-deno
Wait did he meet Elvis?
I was surprised too!
This guy is just reading the wiki page.
Are you simply reading the Wikipedia entry? “San Burr-narr-Dee-no” please
Some mistakes in this narration obviously spoken by someone with little familiarity with Tennessee Eenie Ford.
Victoriaville, California should have been Victorville, CA
It's "Victorville' not Victoriaville. San Bernardino was another city you mispronounced. You're obviously not from Southern California, or just don't care about how you pronounce words. Other than that, this was interesting. Thank you!
BURN-A-DINO
My momma grew up with him. Out
Shutup with criticism already!!!! Geez aren't you all perfect!!!!
You know how it is, right. Sorry to know this is true.
You never know anybody
Announcer: "Corps" is promounced "C-o-r-p". No "s"....
San Beran-dino? Victoria-ville? Where the fug are they?
I love how he says Marley Travis 😂 it’s pronounced merl Travis
Content script excellent. But young "readers" like this kid seriously need to learn proper pronunciation as well as diction. The high-school quality of this reader was a serious distraction from the excellent script. Thumbs down on the "reader". He's no announcer or narrator.
Damn, alcohol again !!! Glad I do not drink alcohol !!!!
Proper spelling has gone out of styleas we all know, but now pronunciation ALSO doesn't count? Gonna get real challenging understanding each other. GFL all you'll. Lolz.
Sand, bear, and Dino? Is that near San BERN-ardino? One of California's best known cities? I wouldn't say anything but half a dozen times means you lack experience and don't want to be accurate, spreading disinformation is not too cool
Now, come on! US Army Air Corpse!!?? I can't let that pass. You pronounce it like "core" not corpse as in a dead body. Also, he was a bombardier in that he aimed the bombs and dropped them. By that time, it was the US ARMY AIR FORCE. After the war in 1947, I think, it became the US AIR FORCE independent from the US ARMY.
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You should research the pronunciation of the words that you don't know. Google is your friend. San Bernardino, Lament, and Dulles International Airport are a few.
I’m repeating what the others say. Don’t post a video if you can’t pronounce the script. You should be embarrassed
Had to stop in the middle. The narrator's mispronunciations and flow were too distracting.
Lub bock. Good grief man, you mispronounced more than you got right.