Hymns (Tennessee Ernie Ford album)

Hymns
Studio album by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Released	1957
Genre	Gospel
Label	Capitol [1]
Producer	Lee Gillette
Tennessee Ernie Ford chronology
This Lusty Land! (1955) Hymns (1957) Ol' Rockin' Ern (1957)

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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

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

1. 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.