A Salute to Tennessee Ernie Ford
On this date in 1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford passed away. In honor of his memory here are a couple of covers of his most famous song as well as a couple other of his songs that he was known for.
We start in Italia with my paisan Lou Monte's Italiano version (sedici tonnellate?):
Next up Johnny Cash
The Platters
Frankie Laine
Jimmy Dean
Lorne Green
OK, I could go on & on, but why not get to the 1 & only original:
However I defy anyone to tell me Tennessee Ernie wasn't hip.
Next up Johnny Cash
The Platters
Frankie Laine
Jimmy Dean
Lorne Green
OK, I could go on & on, but why not get to the 1 & only original:
However I defy anyone to tell me Tennessee Ernie wasn't hip.
& now for something completely different:
As Long as the Ol' Pea-Picker is cooking:
posted by Al @ 4:44 AM
1 Comments:
At 19/10/09 11:54 PM ,
TH2 said...
Lorne Greene was a Canadian.
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