Shenandoah | Tennessee Ernie Ford | March 9, 1961
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- Tennessee Ernie Ford sings the classic folk song, "Shenandoah" on The Ford Show, March, 9, 1961.
Many artists have covered the song, but Tennessee Ernie Ford released the most notable and popular version on his 1959 album, "Shenandoah". This live version from The Ford Show is heartfelt and inspiring.
This live recording appeared prominently in the popular video game "Fallout 76." The game also included the Ford's renditions of the miner's anthem "Dark as a Dungeon" and "Sixteen Tons." All three songs play on the game's Appalachia Radio
Ford's original recording also appeared prominently on "American Dad," Season 11, Episode 10, "The Two Hundred."
About Tennessee Ernie Ford
Born Ernest Jennings Ford on February 13th, 1919 in Bristol, Tennessee, Tennessee Ernie Ford has made an indelible impact on America and the world through his unparalleled accomplishments in radio, records and television.
Throughout his legendary career spanning over 50 years, Ernie Ford's early successes as a radio personality led to his signing with Capitol Records in 1949. Through 1976, he released a total of eighty-three albums on the label--and literally scores of single records, including his classic version of Merle Travis' timeless anthem to the working man, "Sixteen Tons"...at the time of its release, the fastest selling single in Capitol's history.
About The Ford Show
On Thursday night, October 4th, 1956, NBC premiered The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.
As prime-time's # 1 half-hour variety show for five years, The Ford Show featured all the ingredients of the top variety shows of the day; Hollywood's greatest guest stars, top-of-the-line production, and terrific music. But one simple element separated it from all others...Ernie closed virtually every show with a hymn, a spiritual or a song of faith. For the time, it was a bold and powerful statement for a popular entertainer of Ford's stature to be making on live television, especially in the face of the initial objections from Madison Avenue and the network. But it was a statement that would become the trademark of his career, and in many ways, the mark of his life. It would earn him the distinction of almost single-handedly bringing inspirational music into the mainstream of American entertainment...an enduring legacy of the lasting impact that one man's expression of faith can have on millions of people.
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The song originally is about a mountain man who falls in love with a Native American princess. Shenandoah is the name of her father the tribal leader. The mountain asks the princess to meet him on the bank of a river to run away together. Instead Shenandoah moves his entire tribe. The song is the mountain man calling to Shenandoah to please come back. The song evolved into a sailing song......."the topsails shiver"....it relates to every sailor who feels the loneliness and leaving at sea.
Hey thanks for that! Very important info.
Hey man, I REALLY Loved 1984 Great book. Only one thing though: it was supposed to be a fucking CAUTIONARY tale and now all these numbskulls seem to think its a Prescription for Utopia!
So in the end: bad book.
Finally someone who know the story of "The Wide Missouri"and correctly has Shenando as an Indian chief and not river in Virginia.
Thank you, George, you are very correct. Shenando is an Indian Chief and not a river. The river is "The Wide Missouri," The piano music of 50 years ago has a bass sound that reminds me of the roll of a river. Yes, I know the sound, I grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River and lived for 6 years on the banks of the Missouri. If you don't believe the Missouri can be wide, ask some of the Farmers who were flooded by it this year when the River flooded and found its own path, the one before man tried to control it.
George Orwell Thank you very much
Ernie Ford puts more soul into the first few phrases of this song than a lot of singers put into their entire career. Geez I am so glad to have found this.
Well said lad, well said!
Spot on!!
The right man for this beautiful song!
As am I!
That's because a lot of singers have sold their souls.
I was with Ernie and his wife when he died in VA. A Christian gentleman and faithful husband..Glory be to God for all things.
WHAT! AMEN! WOW!!! Thanks for sharing this! Hallelujah!
Aber als junger Mann warf er Bomben auf unschuldige Frauen und Kinder, die jämmerlich verbrennen mussten. Möge Gott seiner Seele gnädig sein.
You still with us ten years later?
Yeah right
@@TheTenthLeper
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One of my Papaw's favorite songs. He passed away this evening in his sleep at 91 years old in the house he was born in. He would sing this to my brothers and me when we were small. I will miss you, Papaw.
rest in peace papaw he lived a good life
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God bless you and your "Papaw".
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Rest Peacefully to your beloved papaw
Ernie Ford is honestly most underrated singer of the gold ages. He should’ve have bigger popularity.
Wasn't he very famous in his lifetime?
Who told you he was underrated..
Well, yes and no. I certainly agree that Ernie Ford was an impressive singer. I enjoyed all of his artistry. But there were many impressive singers in that era. Some, like Ford, had their own TV shows. Some stuck to singing for records. We were lucky to have had them. We’re also lucky to have their recordings available to us today.
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Agreed. He has a beautiful voice.❤
Ernie was extremely popular...
My wife loved this song. She died of Breast Cancer in 2019. It's very sad and I can hardly hold back the tears when I listen to it. The song reminds me of the Civil War; I could picture some soldiers singing this around a campfire.
If you never watched the movie "Shenandoah" with Jimmy Stewart you may enjoy it as the theme is played throughout the the movie which takes place during the Civil War. It's not so sad if you look at all sides, and what the tune represents. Am sure your wife saw much beauty in this tune, musical or with lyrics.
Hope you’re doing well buddy
I am so sorry for your loss. As a widow who is battling kidney cancer for the second time, I understand your pain. And, yes, panic. The thought of never knowing someone like I knew, and loved, my husband tears at the fabric of my soul.
I will not tell you that the pain gets better but I will tell you that you will get used to it.
My son is a Civil War reenactment and they occasionally sing this around the campfire at night.
Stay strong and be well.
Reenactor, not reenactment. Stupid autocorrect!
Your story is touching and heartfelt and, yes, watch the Jimmy Stewart before the woke left cancells it. Thanks for sharing.
One of my dear father's favorite songs. Rest in peace, dad.
@@fistmedaddy6998 why you gotta do the man like that 5 years later
@@fistmedaddy6998 ignortant.
This comments are real assholes but, I’m not one of them and I hope your father rests in peace.
Rip 🙏🏼
And Ernie, a wonderful man.
gosh - you don't hear a voice like that very often.
I was taken aback when I first heard it, a very unique and powerful voice.
@@Sealed_Chamber Check out his song 16 tons.
@@rhiahlMT I will, thanks for the suggestion.
@adolf anne hitler frank my voice is much like his as well. I'm repeatedly told to start recording songs and been told I should be on the radio. If I ever do record something, this'll be one of the first ones I do.
@@rhiahlMT yes 16 tons is great song, Ford sang very well. Original is by Merel Travis..
He's got 16 tons of singing talent. Took me 50 yrs to look back and find this wonderful song. Now that I'm 61 I appreciate the music from back then even more. RIP Ernie Ford, Danny Williams and all the other great sincere singers.
+itschallenger Andy Williams I mean sorry
So sweet!
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Danny williams too EXCELLENT FABOULOUS AWESOME singer as was Andy Williams
Hell lots of younger generations love this dude as well due to his music being in Fallout 76
He had a great, deep, but soft voice. Although he was a big star, I always felt he was somewhat underrated. He was all class, though.
If he didn't have that pencil thin moustache he wouldn't look like a quintessential bad guy...maybe that was the one thing holding him back
I don't understand how people could think he was "underrated"? With a voice like his...❤
@@JDMatthias Looks doesn't amount to a hill of beans,compared to his magnificent voice!❤
@@Mike583 they mean he didn't get as much love and attention as they deserve.
He rarely gets mentioned amongst Country music‘s greatest ever, but he certainly had one of the finest male voices in the history of recorded music.
You know a great song when it instantly transports you to a place you've never been, but to which you desperately want to return.
Well said.
Ok Don Draper lol
Lovely saying
Beautiful comment!
Thank you American Dad for bringing us here ❤️
Yo same here
Same
Same
Just now yes exactly
Yup
One of the greatest voices we’ve ever had. What a gift.
I guess anyone who grew up by a river can identify with this. I did. My river was my playground for many many years. A Tom Sawyer and a Huck Finn I was and never wanted to grow up and probably never have. I still go back and look at those places from more than a half a century ago and still feel I'm there again. Hey... This is a beautiful song and is sung magnificently. Pardon me reminiscing to begin with. But isn't that one of the most wonderful qualities of great music and of beautiful song? That it can take you back and put joy in your heart and it can do it over an entire lifetime.
The name Shenandoah refers to an old Indian. It was a poem written by a young Indian for his new father-in-law after he had married the old mans daughter. supposedly the poem was a hit even then. It was not set to music till many years later.
Oh Reeni Longworth I long to see you.
Away, you dirty river.
Oh Reeni Longworth I long to see you, away, I'm bound away, cross the filthy Irwell...
Doesn't have the same ring as the Mighty Missouri does it!!!.
Tom Tee Totally agree with you Tom. What a remarkable voice TEF has. God I miss Missouri my native state. Blessings and peace!
Jay Bohringer You can have Misery. This place sucks.
Tom Tee Oh so beautiful.xx
What a voice full of mourning, rejoicing, pain, and song all at once...so beautiful.
You described it splendidly.
Awesome.
There are times when the mind takes a journey to That Place that fills the senses. To a place that holds all those things that are precious. A place that leaves all the trials and troubles that follow me. Listening to the words, feeling the Music and understanding what it means to cross over that Wide Missouri. And to Cross Over, there are those to be left behind, sadly. A choice that can't be undone, O' Shenandoah.... I Long...Blessings, As Always...
The 218 people who thought this song rated a thumbs down must be deaf!
He had a TV show in the 1950s and I always loved it.
I really miss some of these old entertainers. You never know what you have lost until it is gone. I am glad that we are able to save their talent on recordings and video. Think how much was lost before this technology came along.
amen to that brother
Many of these performers of that era, were sincere, honest, moral, ethical, people. Unheard of today.
@@Forevertrue not true, not unheard of today just not easy to find
Were really lucky to be able to listen to this
Jennie Lind was a famous Swedish opera singer with a legendary voice during the 19th century. Sadly, sound recording was unavailable at the time, so no one can hear her today. Well into the 20th century, there were people who had heard her, and they swore that none could sound like her. She undertook an extraordinarily popular concert tour of the USA in 1850.
I came for an American dad episode. I stayed for Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Same bro
thanks for visiting
As soon as i saw the opening of the episode i had to look for this.
Seth MacFarlane has the best taste in music
Same
No hype, no big band, no glitter, no gold,
just sheer voice and a from the heart performance.
Nothing better.
He was a classy guy. My girlfriend was waitress in a restaurant where Ford and his friends were having dinner. Dinner ran way overtime, and our date was pretty well ruined. He came over and apologized to me and he tipped her $50 when that was a couple of days wages.
Adjusted for inflation that is about 300-400 dollars for anyone curious.
That’s cool to hear! What year was that? I’m related to him!
@@tank2449 1970 or so. A LONG time ago!
Oh Shenandoah, I hear you calling, Hi-o, you rolling river. Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Hi-o, I'm bound away. 'Cross the wide, Mis-sou-ri. Mis-sou-ri, She's a mighty river, Hi-o, you rolling river. When she rolls down, her topsails shiver,
Hi-o, I'm bound away,
'Cross the wide, Mis-sou-ri .Farewell my dearest, I'm bound to leave you, Hi-o, you rolling river. Oh Shenandoah, I'll not deceive you, Hi-o, I'm bound away. 'Cross the wide Mis-sou-ri.
Thank you so much XD
Thanks so much because I had no idea what he was saying 😂
Shenandoah Valley is in Iowa
@@charlesnickerson4812 also in Virginia
Donald Zahnke and Pennsylvania Shenandoah pa. Pronounced Shendo.
I'm so happy Fallout included so many of these old gems!! The only game I ever mention anything about the music!
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Which fallout game was this song in again?
@wolverine3219 its in FO76 along with his other song "16 tons"
American Dad brought me here
+TheSouthern4501 Same Here. Lol
Hands down one of their best episodes!!!! Ricky Spanish 👽.......
Omfg, me too. I was trying to figure out which version of the song it was for days 😂
I heard this on AD and had to find out this song so I could be at peace
Vietnam brought me here
Tennessee Ernie Ford proves that talent is ageless and forever.
My mama used to sing this song to me when I couldn’t sleep or was sick or woke up from a nightmare. We had our differences, but she had the voice of angel for this song.
His voice just moves me in my soul. What a Womderful talent and a good man by all accounts.
The Real Deal, Ernest Jennings Ford was an American Original, whose likes we might never see again. Possessed of a phenomenal bass-baritone voice, he became an American icon with the release of his famous "Sixteen Tons" in 1955, which I played on the juke box as a young sailor. In the year 1965 Ii had the pleasure of seeing the live telecasts of his daily San Francisco production on local television station KGO-TV. In one particularly delightful presentation, he performed several arias with his old voice teacher from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Opera, and ---- MYGOD! ---- what a powerful voice this man projected! He will never be replaced, either on the music scene or in the hearts of those who were privileged to hear him sing.
Who are you?
Oh what lovely back story to add, I thank you most sincerely for sharing those memories with us.
Your shared memories of TEF, his daily San Francisco broadcast program and the episode w/ his former operatic teacher will forever be a part of my thoughts that come to mind when I think of this great voice in a fine and talented man.
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No autotuning, no overproduction, no gimicks. Just a great song and a great singer. Thanks for posting.
I wouldn't mind an EDM version of this song.
yeah it was recorded before autotune was really popular and back then this was just the set bar for big studio production. get over yourself
@@rarecandy3445 this was broadcast live performed before a studio audience. Autotune didn't exist. All that could be tweaked by a sound engineer was generally volume in this situation. The great performers of his era had to be genuinely great.
@@RobinaDunstan yeah i said this was recorded before autotune was popular
@@rarecandy3445 dude are you ten? Lmao
I grew up listening to Ernie Ford. He had an amazing voice.
what a beautiful voice...
Him and Jim Neighbors' voice, magnificent.
I grew up on black lake bayou in the back woods of Louisiana, in every southern boy's mind is a Shenandoah, a body of water that takes us back to those days of skipping stones and fish caught on a line with a pole.... years later, in the Army, freezing on the DMZ in Korea or covered with mud in Hohenfels, Germany as the rain drizzled cold into my bones this song brought the misty Bayou back to me... I thank the Lord God for Tennessee Ernie Ford. We all loved him.
In every girl's too. I'm sitting here bawling like a baby listening to him. It just evokes memories of simpler times and love of family and home.
@@k.c.843 Amen
I just heard this song as part of a video game soundtrack. It was playing when I was running alongside a river , picking mutated plants and it was absolutely beautiful with that song
I'm here for the same reason
Nothing like this song playing as you’re walking down Appalachia especially in the forest and savage divide
@@1CE. it's actually become one of my very favorite tracks in the entire game.
@@ThommyofThenn Same, it's always so nice whenever it comes on in the radio
I learned it from American dad season 11 episode 10, the intro combined with the song stuck with me
This performance harkens back to a time when people who couldn't sing didn't.
Added to the end of the world soundtrack.
here's another one for that : th-cam.com/video/OjLSf8y94fU/w-d-xo.html
Can we get a link to that soundtrack on Spotify?
two thumbs up here.
Ironic, as this song is now in fallout 76.
wow I never knew I needed this soundtrack but you've shown me that I do lol
you can never get it out of your head. love it.
Thanks, American Dad! One of the best uses of any song ever.
+Caleb Donovan The fact that it would easily fit in Fallout, but was original enough that it hadn't just blows my mind. Perfect choice. Gave it that awesome familiar feel but new.
Well ya see about this being in Fallout...
@@sman20052 lmao
Just watched that episode now I'm here
One of the outstanding this about Ford's performance was not only the humanity, but that the performance was recorded in one take, done live on his show. There was no post-production sweetening. It was Ernie at his wonderful best. We all miss him a lot.
This wonderful song beautifully sung by Ford takes me back 30 years to a day when my son and I canoed down the Shenandoah and for more than an hour never saw another human being or any sign of so called civilization. It must have been like that for thousands of years, a fantastic memory.
I just uploaded a TH-cam video about the history of this song, which includes several recordings sung by actual sailors as early as 1906! Feel free to have a look and subscribe to my channel if you're interested in this kind of thing.
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June 29th, 2024. A beautiful rendition of a really special composition. Love to All. ❤
Thank you Bethesda for introducing me to this beautiful rendition of this classic American folk song.
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About the only thing Bethesda had right about that game in the beginning.
@@TheFolkRevivalProject awesome! Subbed, I'll be sure to check you out soon
You'd look far and wide to find a better version of this song, and you know what, you wont! Tennessee Ernie along with Bing Crosby, the two greatest voices of the 20th. Century. no one can or ever will replace either of them!
Girvan Paterson I so agree Girvan. it brings tears to my eyes
Girvan Paterson Yes those were two of the all time best!! I am partial to Tennessee Ernie Ford myself!!
jackie k Vetter Nice to know there's still some of us around with good taste Jackie, good on you!
OdinX316 Seems they all came and went in the one era, who's around now that comes close?
These are what you call good Classic Country songs, not this crud now days. I grew up with this music and will love it till the day I die. Thanks for posting.
There was a marvelous Jimmy Stewart film on TV called Shenandoah. It was a sad CIVIL WAR movie, but every time I hear this song, I remember that movie. Of course NO ONE can sing like Ernie Ford did. He was just great!!
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I have also seen that movie with James Stewart … seen it several times … have it on DVD.
Thank God we live in a time where shows like American Dad use the perfect music music for the prefect moments, and thank god for apps like Shazam that help me figure out what the hell that song is, otherwise I'd have never known this beautiful music. Such a haunting song and voice.
KEVIN RAMAGE
That's exactly how I got here. American Dad, Shazam, TH-cam. 👍
Fallout 76...
Yep that was the same sequence for me too!
I thank Seth MacFarlane, "god" has nothing to do with it.
the voice and talent to use it the right way.. and all the humility to go with it... aahh, love Tennessee earnie ford...
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Unbelievable song. Back when America had pride in music and did it like no one else. Thank you Tennessee Ernie Ford.
First heard this song on American Dad episode "The 200".. The song resonates sadness and remorse. Great vocals by Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Thanks captain obvious for giving every last detail!
This totally belongs in a fallout game lol
hulmad 2 years later here I am congratulating and informing you that you were right. It is in Fallout 76!
hulmad congratulations
congrts it is in the newest fallout game
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well i've got news for you, buddy
What a beautiful deep voice he has. ❤❤❤
Oh so this is why my great grandmother loved Ernie. Ernie Ford was a true American.
a beautiful example of our great american musical heritage interpreted by a master.
What a BEAUTIFUL song!!!
There are a number of songs that no matter how talented you are, you will not covey the message and delivery that the song deserves unless you truly feel the lyrics. You may be the best singer in the world, but you will never capture the emotion of a song. You may hit every note perfectly, but someone singing a song such as this imperfectly will put anyone to shame that is pitch perfect if they feel the words and emotions that the song conveys. Very few songs such as this nowadays that can be applicable.
I am 17 years old and I will always find this man amazing.
25 now huh still a good song
I desperately miss my days as a merchant sailor. This captures how I feel so well
omg no words. so much soul!
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Thank you fallout 76 for introducing me to this song
Agreed! Fallout 76 and the Fallout series as a whole has introduced me to so many songs that I've totally fallen in love with. :')
Fallout 76 Skyline Valley led me here! 3 Days! 6/12. Get your Power Armor ready, Dwellers!
Love exploring Appalachia to this.....
What can someone say that will do this man and this performance justice? Just thrilling and incredibly moving. If you want to see what really made this giant of a man tick, watch the documentary, Amazing Grace, put out by Bill Gaither. Ernie Ford was one of the few true stars in the history of the entertainment industry that stood up for his Christian faith and wouldn't compromise. God blessed him for it. A true hero.
Love Paul Robeson. One of the greatest figures of the twentieth century. And a phenomenal singer. But a question! Isn't THIS performances by Tennessee Ernie Ford one of the greatest bass vocals you have ever heard? This performance is thrilling to me. Why then is Ford not recognized as a great talent also? Cause he was a Country Music star, and an entertainer? Because he did comedy? I think this performance needs to be recognized and that Ford is a greatly underappreciated singer! Love this!!
People who appreciated outstanding voices knew how good Ford's serious singing voice was. That's why opera divas such as Lily Pons and Marilyn Horne were more than pleased to sing with him. By the way, as good as this is, I think Ford's rendition of Wayfaring Stranger on You-tube is even more impressive.
What do you mean? Ernie Ford is recognized for his talents. He has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, two of which are music-related (radio and records). He was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1974, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990, and posthumously inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1994. What more can they do to recognize his incredible talents?
Phillip White
I think perhaps what lIschnitz had in mind was a lack of recognition by classical aficionados that Ford had one of the great singing voices of his era.
Don R Good point.
Don R Yet he was primarliy known for his talent as a comedic actor such as his guest appearances as Cousin Ernie on I Love Lucy that overshadowed his great singing talent. ☺
I have listen to many great artist sing this beautiful song. No one matches this rendition. This is Ernie’s song even in 2023.
I'm Russian but I love this perfect song.
Congratulations for this, im sure that Russia also have great songs that us 'westerns' don't know ant it's a shame for us an not for you.
Спасибо, Thank You!)))
You should see the Shenandoah River Valley. I live not too far away. It is a beauty to behold but then, so is Russia. Not enough words to describe Russia as it is so large and so varied.
Maureen I do agree with you about this.
MAUREEN E Donovan Don't compare, just enjoy the good things that each culture has to offer and thank for the difference1
Dude ,
This song is electrical
It never fails to make my hair stand up and. Get goosebumps
The wind is a nice touch but Ernie makes you feel the cold bitter wind as if he was still alive very haunting
Excellent beautiful song
Such depth of emotion and. Peace and. Sorrow mixed together
He was one of my parents' favorite singer. I grew to love his voice just listening to my mom's records.
So glad this music is still available on utube, for those who appreciate it.
The best rendition I have heard. He was a very versatile actor and a one in a million singer. My ancestors lived in the Shenandoah Valley and I would love to go there one day.
Best version of this song ever.
Ernie Ford gives this song such a deep sense of longing and melancholy that no other voice could capture, it's just perfect
Nobody has a rich, powerful bass voice like Tennessee Ernie Ford.
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American Dad actually brought me to this version. I've heard a few different versions, but this one tops them all. Also, I'm originally from the Shenandoah Valley so it makes this song extra special for me :)
Same here I love my old town in the blue ridge mountains
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i love this man's voice
I'm 54 and I remember when I was in the 4th grade, the music teacher introduced us(the class) to this song and we sang it. It'd such a BEAUTIFUL song.
So many of the versions of this song have people really over-singing it. This one is perfect. Simple, mournful and beautiful without overdoing it.
WE MAKING IT TO SKYLINE VALLEY WITH THIS ONE 🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
This song is so beautiful, I weep, thank you Ernie you're a legend!
He had such a beautiful voice.
American Dad Brought me here, beware the 200!
Wow what voice!!!! I watched some comedy I Love Lucy episode with Tennessee Ernie but I have no idea how wonderful he could sing. God Bless Him!
+youfilha Yes, based on the kind of "singing" he did on I Love Lucy, which was strictly for laughs, you would not know that when he sang seriously, as he does here, Ford was pretty much peerless.
+Don R Sounds almost like some of the songs Elvis Presley sang once or twice. (do bear in mind he didn't sing like that all the time -Elvis- but it sounds like it to me at least)
Another day older and deeper in love with this song.
Am I the only one who discovered this song through the American Dad episode "The Two Hundred "? Gorgeous song
Nope, same here. Great episode btw.
The first time I watched this, my jaw dropped. I was blown away by his talent and the simple beauty of this song. Thank you for posting this.
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what a voice, Mr. ford sings Shenandoah with such feeling makes you wish you were there when he ssang it.
The Shanandoah and the song have spell bound this northerner and world traveler for decades. To me this is the most heartfelt and soulful of any rendition
So nice to hear a bass voice get some attention. RIP ernie.
I’ve listened to this many, many times. His voice is magnificent and fills me with peace.
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Its 2019 and i cry everytime this song plays
One of my childhood heroes….
Beautiful song god bless America and all the great country artist she’s produced none like the greats from back in the day
I grew up with the Shenandoah family's on the Onondaga Tribal Nation. I remember singing this in grade school music class. Many of that family still alive today.
beautiful love it
Such a rich deep voice…wish men had such voices today
Always enjoyed him. RIP Ernie.....
reminds me of my father,fishing pole in hand and beagle by his side.xxoo
Such talent! never goes out of style!!
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absolutely beautiful
I wish I had it on DVD too. It was such a good movie, very moving.
I wish we had truly great singers today like Tennessee Ernie Ford, singing songs so beautifully done as he, as well others great singers that have passed on.
+franglen1 I think there may well be some good ones out there, but they're drowned out by the pop idol sh*t that swamps the airwaves. more likely to find a good artist playing at the local bar or hall.
Pure talent. No Auto-Tune. Amazing!
I think you are right about that. My Dad had many 8 track tapes and some would play at a higher pitch than others.
Beautiful and mournful ..brings tears to my eyes
Today I played a bit of Fallout 76 for the first time in maybe a year and the song came on the in-game radio while I was going through a field of dead grass... Me and my girlfriend used to play the game together, we broke up about half a year ago, never thought a game would make me tear up... 😥
I am from Virginia, but have been away six years with the Navy. This song brings a tear to my eye. Beautiful.
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