Hymns (Tennessee Ernie Ford album)

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Hymns
Studio album by
Released1957
GenreGospel
LabelCapitol[1]
ProducerLee Gillette
Tennessee Ernie Ford chronology
This Lusty Land!
(1955)
Hymns
(1957)
Ol' Rockin' Ern
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Hymns is a 1956 studio album by Tennessee Ernie Ford, released in 1957.[3][4] 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.[5] 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.[1]

Track listing[edit]

Side 1[edit]

  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[edit]

  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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 538.
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 257–258.
  3. ^ "Tennessee Ernie Ford | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "On 'Portrait Of An American Singer,' Tennessee Ernie Ford's Early Songs Shine". NPR.org.
  5. ^ "Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns - Tennessee Ernie Ford | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.