Hymns (Tennessee Ernie Ford album) explained

Hymns
Type:Album
Artist:Tennessee Ernie Ford
Cover:Hymns (Tennessee Ernie Ford album).jpeg
Released:1957
Genre:Gospel
Label:Capitol
Producer:Lee Gillette
Prev Title:This Lusty Land!
Prev Year:1955
Next Title:Ol' Rockin' Ern
Next Year:1957

Hymns is a 1956 studio album by Tennessee Ernie Ford, released in 1957.[1] [2] It was the second-best-selling record in the United States in 1957. The album is one of the best selling of all time, and spent 277 weeks on the Billboard 200.[3] The album was re-recorded in stereo in 1962 and assigned the catalog number ST 756, while the original 1957 mono recording remained in the Capitol catalog as T 756.

The album appeared the same year that Ford launched his 5-year NBC television series, The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. He closed each episode with a hymn.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "Who At My Door Is Standing"
  2. "Rock of Ages"
  3. "Softly and Tenderly"
  4. "Sweet Hour of Prayer"
  5. "My Task"
  6. "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning"

Side 2

  1. "The Ninety and Nine"
  2. "The Old Rugged Cross"
  3. "When They Ring the Golden Bells"
  4. "In the Garden"
  5. "Ivory Palaces"
  6. "Others"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tennessee Ernie Ford | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: On 'Portrait Of An American Singer,' Tennessee Ernie Ford's Early Songs Shine. NPR.org.
  3. Web site: Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns - Tennessee Ernie Ford | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. www.allmusic.com.

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