Hymns (Tennessee Ernie Ford album)

Hymns is an album recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford that was released in 1956. 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.

Hymns
Studio album by
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Released1957
GenreGospel
LabelCapitol
ProducerLee Gillette
Tennessee Ernie Ford chronology
This Lusty Land!
(1955)		 Hymns
(1957)		 Ol' Rockin' Ern
(1957)

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"

References


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