# Tennessee Ernie Ford discography

The following is the discography of American singer Tennessee Ernie Ford.

## Albums

| Year | Album | Chart positions | Chart positions | Cert. (RIAA) | Label |
| Year | Album | US Country | US | Cert. (RIAA) | Label |
| 1956 | This Lusty Land! | | 12 | | Capitol Records |
| 1956 | Hymns | | 2 | Platinum | Capitol Records |
| 1957 | Spirituals | | 5 | Gold | Capitol Records |
| 1957 | Ford Favorites | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1957 | Ol' Rockin' Ern' | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1958 | Nearer the Cross | | 5 | Gold | Capitol Records |
| 1958 | The Star Carol | | 4 | Platinum | Capitol Records |
| 1959 | Gather 'Round | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1959 | A Friend We Have | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1960 | Sing a Hymn with Me | | 23 | | Capitol Records |
| 1960 | Sixteen Tons | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1960 | Sing a Spiritual with Me | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1960 | Come to the Fair | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1961 | Civil War Songs of the North | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1961 | Civil War Songs of the South | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1961 | Looks at Love | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1961 | Hymns at Home | | 67 | | Capitol Records |
| 1962 | Mississippi Showboat | | 110 | | Capitol Records |
| 1962 | I Love to Tell the Story | | 43 | | Capitol Records |
| 1962 | Book of Favorite Hymns | | 71 | | Capitol Records |
| 1963 | Long, Long Ago | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1963 | We Gather Together | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1963 | Story of Christmas | | 14 | | Capitol Records |
| 1964 | Great Gospel Songs | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1964 | Country Hits Feelin' Blue | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1964 | World's Best Loved Hymns | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1965 | Let Me Walk with Thee | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1965 | Sing We Now of Christmas | | 31 | | Capitol Records |
| 1966 | My Favorite Things | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1966 | Wonderful Peace | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1966 | God Lives | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1966 | Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1967 | Aloha | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1967 | Faith of Our Fathers | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1968 | Our Garden of Hymns (w/ Marilyn Horne) | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1968 | World of Pop and Country Hits | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1968 | O Come All Ye Faithful | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1968 | The Best of Tennessee Ernie Ford Hymns | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1969 | Songs I Like to Sing | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1969 | New Wave | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1969 | Holy, Holy, Holy | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1970 | America the Beautiful | | 192 | | Capitol Records |
| 1970 | Everything Is Beautiful | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1971 | Abide with Me | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1971 | C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1971 | Folk Album | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1972 | Mr. Words and Music | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1972 | Standin' in the Need of Prayer | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1973 | Country Morning | 46 | | | Capitol Records |
| 1973 | Ernie Ford Sings About Jesus | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1974 | Make A Joyful Noise | 35 | | | Capitol Records |
| 1975 | Ernie Sings & Glen Picks (w/ Glen Campbell) | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1976 | Sing His Great Love | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1976 | For the 83rd Time | | | | Capitol Records |
| 1977 | He Touched Me | | | | Word Records |
| 1978 | Swing Wide Your Golden Gate | | | | Word Records |
| 1979 | Ramblin' Down Country Roads With Tennessee Ernie Ford | | | | Word Records |
| 1980 | Tell Me the Old, Old Story | | | | Word Records |
| 1982 | There's A Song In My Heart | | | | Word Records |
| 1983 | Sunday School Songs For Children of All Ages | | | | Word Records |
| 1984 | Keep Looking Up | | | | Word Records |
| 2009 | 6000 Sunset Boulevard: Featuring The Billy Liebert Band | | | | Sundazed Music |
| 2014 | Amazing Grace: 14 Treasured Hymns | 19 | 159 | | Gaither Music |

## Singles

| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | Chart positions | Chart positions | Album |
| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated | US Country | US | Album |
| 1949 | "Tennessee Border" | 8 | | Non-album track |
| 1949 | "Milk 'Em in the Morning Blues" | 15 | | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1949 | "Country Junction" | 14 | | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1949 | "Philadelphia Lawyer" | | | Sixteen Tons |
| 1949 | "Smokey Mountain Boogie" b/w "You'll Find Her Name Written There" (non-album track) | 8 | | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1949 | "Mule Train" | 1 | 9 | Sixteen Tons |
| 1949 | "Anticipation Blues" | 3 | | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1950 | "The Cry of the Wild Goose" b/w "The Donkey Serenade" | 2 | 15 | Sixteen Tons |
| 1950 | "My Hobby" b/w "I've Got to Feed 'em in the Morning" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1950 | "Ain't Nobody's Business but My Own" (with Kay Starr) | 5 | 22 | Non-album tracks |
| 1950 | "I'll Never Be Free" (with Kay Starr) | 2 | 3 | Non-album tracks |
| 1950 | "What This Country Needs" b/w "The Lord's Lariat" (from Ol' Rockin' Ern) | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1950 | "Cincinnati Dancing Pig" b/w "Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women" Both sides with The Starlighters | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1950 | "Little Juan Pedro" b/w "Bryant's Boogie" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1950 | "The Shotgun Boogie" | 1 | 14 | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1950 | "I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen (No More)" | flip | | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1951 | "Tailor Made Woman" (with Joe "Fingers" Carr) | 8 | | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "Stack-O-Lee" (with Joe "Fingers" Carr) | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "Ocean of Tears" (with Kay Starr) | | 15 | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "You're My Sugar" (with Kay Starr) | | 22 | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "Mr. and Mississippi" b/w "She's My Baby" (from Ol' Rockin' Ern) | 2 | 18 | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "The Strange Little Girl" | 9 | | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "Kentucky Waltz" | flip | | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "Kissin' Bug Boogie" b/w "Woman Is a Five Letter Word" | 12 | | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "Hey Good Lookin'" b/w "Cool, Cool Kisses" Both sides with Helen O'Connell | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "Rock City Boogie" b/w "Streamlined Cannonball" Both sides with The Dinning Sisters | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1951 | "Christmas Dinner" b/w "A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1952 | "Hambone" (with Bucky Tibbs) b/w "The Gandy Dancer's Ball" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1952 | "Everybody's Got a Girl but Me" b/w "Put Your Arms Around Me" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1952 | "Snowshoe Thompson" b/w "Fatback Louisiana USA" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1952 | "Blackberry Boogie" b/w "Tennessee Local" (non-album track) | 6 | | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1952 | "Hog-Tied over You" b/w "False Hearted Girl" Both sides with Ella Mae Morse | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1953 | "I Don't Know" b/w "Sweet Temptation" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1953 | "Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker" b/w "Three Things (A Man Must Do)" | 8 | | Non-album tracks |
| 1953 | "Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod Ford" b/w "We're a-Growin' Up" Both sides with Molly Bee | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1953 | "Kiss Me Big" | | | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1953 | "Catfish Boogie" | | flip | Ol' Rockin' Ern |
| 1954 | "Honeymoon's Over" b/w "This Must Be the Place" Both sides with Betty Hutton | | 16 | Non-album tracks |
| 1954 | "River of No Return" b/w "Give Me Your Word" | 9 | | Ford Favorites |
| 1954 | "Ein Zwei Drei" b/w "Losing You" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1954 | "Somebody Bigger Than You or I" b/w "There Is Beauty in Everything" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1955 | "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" b/w "Farewell" | 4 | 5 | Non-album tracks |
| 1955 | "His Hands" b/w "I Am a Pilgrim" | 13 | | Spirituals |
| 1955 | "Sixteen Tons" | 1 | 1 | Ford Favorites |
| 1956 | "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" | | 78 | Ford Favorites |
| 1956 | "That's All" b/w "Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women" (from Sixteen Tons) | 12 | 17 | Ford Favorites |
| 1956 | "Rovin' Gambler" b/w "John Henry" | | 60 | This Lusty Land! |
| 1956 | "Rock and Roll Boogie" b/w "Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart" (from Ford Favorites) | | | Non-album track |
| 1956 | "First Born" b/w "Have You Seen Her" | | 46 | Ford Favorites |
| 1957 | "Watermelon Song" | | 87 | Ford Favorites |
| 1957 | "One Suit" | | 93 | Ford Favorites |
| 1957 | "False Hearted Girl" b/w "Lonely Man" (from Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart!) | | | This Lusty Land! |
| 1957 | "In the Middle of an Island" | | 23 | Non-album track |
| 1957 | "Ivy League" | | | Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart! |
| 1958 | "Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart" b/w "Down Deep" | | | Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart! |
| 1958 | "Sunday Barbeque" b/w "Love Makes the World Go Round" | | 97 | Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart! |
| 1958 | "Glad Rags" b/w "Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed" (non-album track) | | 100 | Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart! |
| 1959 | "Black-Eyed Susie" b/w "Code of the Mountains" | | | I Love You So Much It Hurts Me |
| 1959 | "Love Is the Only Thing" b/w "Sunny Side of Heaven" | | | Non-album track |
| 1960 | "O Mary Don't You Weep" b/w "Joshua Fit the Battle" | | | Sing a Spiritual with Me |
| 1960 | "Little Klinker" b/w "Jingle-o-the-Brownie" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1960 | "Bless This Land" b/w "Lord of All Creation" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1961 | "Dark as a Dungeon" b/w "His Love (Makes the World Go Round)" (non-album track) | | | This Lusty Land! |
| 1961 | "Little Red Rockin' Hood" b/w "I Gotta Have My Baby Back" (from Ernie Looks at Love) | | | Non-album track |
| 1962 | "Take Your Girlie to the Movies" b/w "There'll Be No New Piano Tunes on This Old Piano" | | | Here Comes the Tennessee Ernie Ford Mississippi Showboat |
| 1962 | "Work Song" b/w "Rags and Old Iron" (from I Love You So Much It Hurts Me) | | | Everything Is Beautiful |
| 1962 | "How Great Thou Art" b/w "Eternal Life" (from God Lives!) | | | I Love to Tell the Story |
| 1965 | "Hicktown" b/w "Sixteen Tons" (from Sixteen Tons) | 9 | | Non-album tracks |
| 1965 | "Girl Don't You Know" b/w "Now It's All Over" (from I Love You So Much It Hurts Me) | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1965 | "Sing We Now of Christmas" b/w "The Little Drummer Boy" | | | Sing We Now of Christmas |
| 1966 | "God Lives" b/w "How Great Thou Art" | | | God Lives |
| 1967 | "Lahaina Luna" b/w "Pearly Shells" | | | Aloha from Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 1967 | "The Road" b/w "Hand-Me-Down Things" | | | Non-album tracks |
| 1968 | "Talk to the Animals" b/w "What a Wonderful World" | | | World of Pop and Country Hits |
| 1969 | "Honey-Eyed Girl (That's You That's You)" b/w "Good Morning, Dear" | 54 | | The New Wave |
| 1970 | "Rainy Night In Georgia" b/w "Let the Lovelight in Your Eyes Lead Me On" | | | Everything Is Beautiful |
| 1971 | "Happy Songs of Love" b/w "Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By" (from 25th Anniversary Yesterday–Today) | 58 | | Non-album track |
| 1972 | "Pea-Pickin' Cook" b/w "The Song" (non-album track) | | | It's a Ford |
| 1973 | "Printers Alley Stars" b/w "Baby" | 66 | | Country Morning |
| 1973 | "Farther Down the River (Where the Fishin's Good)" b/w "You've Still Got Love All Over You" | 73 | | Country Morning |
| 1973 | "Colorado Country Morning" b/w "Daddy Usta Say" | 70 | | Country Morning |
| 1974 | "Sweet Child of Sunshine" b/w "She Picked Up the Pieces" (non-album track) | | | Country Morning |
| 1974 | "I've Got Confidence" b/w "I'd Like to Be" (from Country Morning) | | | Make a Joyful Noise |
| 1975 | "Come On Down" b/w "Bits and Pieces of Life" (non-album track) | 52 | | Make a Joyful Noise |
| 1975 | "Baby" b/w "I'd Like to Be" Both sides with Andra Willis | 63 | | Country Morning |
| 1975 | "The Devil Ain't a Lonely Woman's Friend" b/w "Smokey Taverns, Bar Room Girls" | 96 | | Non-album tracks |
| 1976 | "I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train" b/w "Baby's Home" (non-album track) | 95 | | For the 83rd Time |
| 1976 | "Sweet Feelins" b/w "Dogs and Sheriff John" | | | For the 83rd Time |
* ↑ "Everybody's Got a Girl But Me" peaked at No. 2 on the Capitol Records' "Top Country & Hillbilly" best sellers list in 1952
* ↑ "Sing We Now of Christmas" peaked at No. 2 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada
* ↑ "Colorado Country Morning" peaked at No. 85 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada