Post by Platypus on Jan 10, 2021 2:19:40 GMT
Ernest Jennings Ford (13.02.1919 - 17.10.1991)
Vocal Range: B♭1 - E♭5
This Lusty Land (1956): D2 - B3
Hymns (1956): E2 - C4
Spirituals (1957): D2 - E♭4
Nearer The Cross (1958): E2 - C♯4
The Star Carol (1958): C2 - D4
A Friend We Have (1959): F2 - C4
Gather 'Round (1959): C2 - G4
Sing A Spiritual With Me (1960): D2 - B3
Sing A Hymn With Me (1960): E♭2 - C4
Invites You To The Fair (1960): F2 - C4
Ernie Looks At Love (1961): D2 - B3
Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings Civil War Songs Of The South (1961): F2 - C4
Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings Civil War Songs Of The North (1961): C♯2 - B♭3
Hymns At Home (1961): C♯2 - B♭3
Here Comes The Tennessee Ernie Ford Mississippi Showboat (1962): E♭2 - D4
I Love To Tell The Story (1962): D2 - B3
We Gather Together (1963): E♭2 - C4
Long, Long Ago (1963): D2 - B♭3
Great Gospel Songs (1964): B♭1 - A3
Country Hits...Feelin' Blue (1964): B♭1 - G♯3
Let Me Walk With Thee: Tennesse Ernie Ford Sings Songs For Quiet Worship (1965): C♯2 - B♭3
Sing We Now Of Christmas (1965): E2 - D4
My Favorite Things (1966): (Mostly Missing)
Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart! (1966): F2 - E♭4
Wonderful Peace (1966): (Missing)
Aloha From Tennessee Ernie Ford (1967): C♯2 - B3
Faith Of Our Fathers (1967): C♯2 - B♭3
O Come All Ye Faithful (1968):
World Of Pop And Country Hits (Missing)
Our Garden Of Hymns (Missing)
Songs I Like To Sing (Missing)
The New Wave (Missing)
Holy, Holy, Holy (Missing)
Significant High Notes:
E♭5 ("Smokey Mountain Boogie")
D5 ("Mule Train")
C5 ("My Hobby", "Smokey Mountain Boogie")
A4 ("Mule Train")
G4 ("Anticipation Blues", "Freight Train Blues", "I Don't Know", "This Must Be the Place")
F4 ("The Cry Of The Wild Goose", "Tailor Made Woman", "This Must Be the Place")
E4 ("Blackberry Boogie", "I Don't Know", "Milk 'em In The Mornin' Blues", "Shall We Gather At The River", "Sweet Temptation", "We're a-Growin'-Up")
E♭4 ("Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own", "Anticipation Blues", "Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker", "I'm Hog-Tied Over You", "The Lord's Lariat", "Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord", "The Rock, Roll Boogie", "This Must Be the Place")
D4 ("Angels We Have Heard On High", "Blackberry Boogie", "Catfish Boogie", "The Donkey Serenade", "Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod", "Fatback, Louisiana, U.S.A.", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "I Don't Know", "Kiss Me Big", "Kissin' Bug Boogie", "Milk 'em In The Mornin' Blues", "Mule Train", "My Hobby", "O Holy Night", "Ocean Of Tears", "Shotgun Boogie", "Smokey Mountain Boogie", "A Straw Hat and a Cane", "Tailor Made Woman", "Tennessee Border #1")
C♯4 ("Adeste Fideles", "False Hearted Girl", "God Be With You", "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", "The Honeymoon's Over", "I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More", "King Of The Road", "Kiss Me Big", "O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)", "Talk To The Animals", "You Don't Have To Be a Baby to Cry")
C4 ("Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own", "All Hail The Power", "Anticipation Blues", "The Band Played On", "Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women", "Call Me Darlin', Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear", "Christmas Dinner", "The Cry Of The Wild Goose", "The Donkey Serenade", "Eins Zwei Drei", "Glad Rags", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Goodnight And Good Morning", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker", "His Hands", "The Home Over There", "I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me", "I'll Never Be Free", "I'm Hog-Tied Over You", "Kissin' Bug Boogie", "Lead On O King Eternal", "Look Down", "The Lord's Lariat", "Losing You", "Love Makes The World Go 'Round", "Milk 'em In The Mornin' Blues", "Mister And Mississippi", "My Hobby", "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "River of No Return", "Shall We Gather At The River", "She's My Baby", "Silent Night", "Since You've Been Gone", "Sleepin' At THe Foot of the Bed", "Some Children See Him", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "The Southern Wagon", "The Star Carol", "The Strange Little Girl", "A Straw Hat and a Cane", "Sunday Barbeque", "Sweet Temptation", "Tennessee Border #1", "The Tennessee Local", "There Is A Beauty In Everything", "Three Things (A Man Must Do)", "Try a Little Tenderness", "We Gather Together", "We Three Kings", "What This Country Needs (Is A Good Old Fashioned Talk With The Lord)", "When God Dips His Love In My Heart", "When They Ring The Golden Bells")
B3 ("Away In A Manger", "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett", "Blessed Assurance", "Bright Lights and Blonde-Haired Women", "Bringing In The Sheaves", "Caroling, Caroling", "The Church In The Wildwood", "Country Junction", "The Donkey Serenade", "Fatback, Louisiana, U.S.A.", "Give Me Your Word", "Higher Ground", "I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)", "I Know The Lord's Laid His Hands On Me", "If I Can Help Somebody", "Ivory Palaces", "John Henry", "Joshua Fit The Battle", "Joy To The World", "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "Love Makes The World Go 'Round", "Love Song Of Kalua", "Molly Darling", "O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)", "O Harken Ye", "The Old Rugged Cross", "One Suit", "Others", "Peace, Wonderful Peace", "Pearly Shells", "The Rock, Roll Boogie", "Sixteen Tons", "Sleepin' At THe Foot of the Bed", "Sunday Barbecue", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "There Is Power In The Blood", "Three Things (A Man Must Do)", "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee", "What A Friend", "Whispering Hope", "Work Song")
B♭3 ("All Hail The Power", "Amazing Grace", ""Are Ye Able" Said The Master", "Asleep In Jesus", "Blest Be The Tie That Binds", "The Bonnie Blue Flag", "Break Thou The Bread Of Life", "Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women", "Brighten The Corner Where You Are", "Brown's Ferry Blues", "A Child of the King", "Come Thou Fount", "Count Your Blessings", "The Cry Of The Wild Goose", "Day Is Dying In The West", "Eins Zwei Drei", "Face To Face", "Fairest Lord Jesus", "Farewell", "The First Noel", "Flight Of Doodles", "Get On Board, Little Children", "Give Me Your Word", "God Of Our Fathers", "Goodnight And Good Morning", "His Hands", "Hold To God's Unchanging Hand", "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide", "The Home Over There", "Home, Sweet Home", "I Am A Pilgrim", "I Don't Know", "I Gotta Have My Baby Back", "I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me", "I Love To Tell The Story", "I Would Be True", "I'm Hog-Tied Over You","In The Middle of an Island", "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear", "It Is Well With My Soul", "Ivy League", "Jesus Loves Me", "Kiss Me Big", "Left My Gal In The Mountains", "My Faith Looks Up To Thee", "My Task", "O Holy Night", "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "O Worship The King", "Old Time Religion", "One Suit", "Paddlin' Madelin' Home", "Peace, Wonderful Peace", "Rags and Old Iron", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "The Rebel Soldier", "River of No Return", "She's My Baby", "Since You've Been Gone", "Smokey Mountain Boogie", "Soft Shoe Song", "Stand By Me", "Sweet Hour Of Prayer" 1961 version, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", "That's All", "There'll Be No New Tunes on This Old Piano", "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", "Virginia's Bloody Soil", "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee", "The Watermelon Song", "When God Dips His Love In My Heart", "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder", "Whiter Than Snow", "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry", "You're My Sugar")
A3 ("Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own", "Angels We Have Heard On High", "Away In A Manger", "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere", "Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair", "Blessed Assurance", "Born To Lose", "Break Thou The Bread Of Life", "Caroling, Caroling", "Christmas Dinner", "Cold, Cold Heart", "Crown Him With Many Crowns", "Dark As A Dungeon", "Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind", "Dixie", "Face To Face", "Faith Of Our Fathers", "The Fall Of Charleston", "Floatin' Down to Cotton Town", "Freight Train Blues", "The Girl I Left Behind Me", "Glad Rags", "Goober Peas", "The Hawaiian Wedding Song", "He Alone Can Save Me", "Higher Ground", "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide", "Home of the Soul", "I Can Tell You The Time", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I Know The Lord's Laid His Hands On Me", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I Need Thee Every Hour", "I Really Don't Want To Know", "I Want To Be Ready", "If I Can Help Somebody", "In The Garden", "In The Gloaming", "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree", "Ivory Palaces", "Jealous Heart", "Jesus, I Come", "Jesus Paid It All", "Juanita", "Just A Closer Walk With Thee", "King Of The Road", "Little Boy King", "Little Gray Donkey", "Long, Long Ago", "Love's Old Sweet Song", "Marching Song", "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", "Mister And Mississippi", "Molly Darling", "My Granfather's Clock", "My Jesus, I Love Thee", "Nearer, My God To Thee", "The New York Volunteers", "Nine Pound Hammer", "The Ninety And Nine", "O Christmas Tree!", "The Old Piano Roll Blues", "Onward, Christian Soldiers", "Pass Me Not", "Rock Of Ages", "The Rovin Gambler", "Saved By Grace", "Silent Night", "Sing We Now Of Christmas", "Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus", "The Solid Rock", "Somebody Bigger Than You And I", "Somebody Did A Golden Deed", "The Southern Wagon", "A Straw Hat and a Cane", "Sun Of My Soul", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Tailor Made Woman", "Take Time To Be Holy", "Take Your Girlie to the Movies", "Talk To The Animals", "There Is A Beauty In Everything", "Try Me One More Time", "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", "Twenty-One Years", "Union Dixie", "Wayfaring Pilgrim", "What A Wonderful World", "When I Reach That City", "When They Ring The Golden Bells", "Where Could I Go", "Who At My Door Is Standing")
Significant Low Notes:
A2 ("Away In A Manger", "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett", "Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere", "Beyond The Reef", "Bouquet Of Flowers", "Bright Lights and Blonde-Haired Women", "Bringing In The Sheaves", "Caroling, Caroling", "Christmas Dinner", "Crown Him With Many Crowns", "Day Is Dying In The West", "Dear Lord And Father Of Mankind", "Eins Zwei Drei", "First Born", "God Be With You", "God Of Our Fathers", "Goober Peas", "Good King Wenceslas", "He Alone Can Save Me", "He'll Understand And Say Well Done", "Higher Ground", "His Eye Is On The Sparrow", "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide", "Home of the Soul", "In The Gloaming", "I Need Thee Every Hour", "I Want To Be Ready", "Jesus, I Come", "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me", "Little Gray Donkey", "Lorena", "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", "Molly Darling", "Maryland, My Maryland", "My Jesus, I Love Thee", "Nine Pound Hammer", "O God, Our Help In Ages Past", "O Harken Ye", "Ocean Of Tears", "The Old Rugged Cross", "Pass Me Not", "Pearly Shells", "Rock Of Ages", "The Rovin Gambler", "Softly And Tenderly", "Somebody Did A Golden Deed", "Sweet And Low", "Sweet Leilani", "Sweet Temptation", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Take Your Girlie to the Movies", "Three Things (A Man Must Do)", "Try a Little Tenderness", "Wayfaring Pilgrim", "What A Friend", "Who At My Door Is Standing", "Wondrous Love")
G♯2 ("The Army Of The Free", "A Beautiful Life", "Beneath The Cross Of Jesus", "Black-Eyed Susie", "Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart", "Blest Be The Tie That Binds", "Blessed Assurance", "Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women", "Code of the Mountains", "Darby's Ram", "Drifting Too Far From The Shore", "An Empty Mansion", "Give Me Your Word", "Give to the Winds Thy Fears", "The Hawaiian Wedding Song", "Hold To God's Unchanging Hand", "Home, Sweet Home", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "In The Pines", "Juanita", "Just A Little Talk With Jesus", "Just Over In Gloryland", "Lahaina Luna", "Lead On O King Eternal", "Left My Gal In The Mountains", "The Little Drummer Boy", "Love Song Of Kalua", "My Father's World", "My Jesus As Thou Wilt", "My Task", "O For A Thousand Tongues", "O Little Town Of Bethlehem", "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go", "Old Time Religion", "Paddlin' Madelin' Home", "Precious Memories", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "Riding A Raid", "Saviour, Again To Thy Dear Name", "Sleepin' At THe Foot of the Bed", "Some Children See Him", "Still, Still With Thee", "Sweet Hour Of Prayer", "Sweet Someone", "This Must Be the Place", "Turn Around", "Virginia's Bloody Soil", "The Virgin's Slumber Song", "Waiting For The Robert E. Lee", "We'll Soon Be Done With Troubles")
G2 ("Aloha Oe", "Angels We Have Heard On High", ""Are Ye Able" Said The Master", "Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair", "Born To Lose", "Bright Lights and Blonde-Haired Women", "Call Me Darlin', Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear", "Caroling, Caroling", "Chicken Road", "The Church In The Wildwood", "Code of the Mountains", "Cold, Cold Heart", "The Cradle Song", "The Cry Of The Wild Goose", "Daniel Prayed", "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle", "The Donkey Serenade", "Down Deep", "The Faded Coat Of Blue", "The Fall Of Charleston", "Farewell", "Flow Gently, Sweet Afton", "For The Beauty Of The Earth", "Gaily The Troubadour", "Get On Board, Little Children", "Go Down, Moses", "Goober Peas", "Half As Much", "Hide Me, Rock Of Ages", "Higher Ground", "His Hands", "Hold On, Keep Your Hand On The Plow", "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide", "Home of the Soul", "How Great Thou Art", "I Don't Know", "I Gotta Have My Baby Back", "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know", "I Know The Lord's Laid His Hands On Me", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I'll Never Be Free", "If I Can Help Somebody", "In The Gloaming", "In The Middle of an Island", "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree", "Ivory Palaces", "Jealous Heart", "Life's Railway To Heaven", "Little Boy King", "Little Gray Donkey", "Long, Long Ago", "Lord, I'm Coming Home", "Losing You", "Love's Old Sweet Song", "Marching Through Georgia", "Mary's a Grand Old Name", "Mister And Mississippi", "Molly Darling", "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone?", "My Grandfather's Clock", "Nearer, My God To Thee", "The Ninety And Nine", "Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord", "Now It's All Over", "O Christmas Tree!", "O Come Angel Band", "Old Blue", "The Old Piano Roll Blues", "One Suit", "One Sweetly Solemn Thought", "Paddlin' Madelin' Home", "Peace In The Valley", "Peace, Wonderful Peace", "The Rebel Soldier", "Row, Row, Row", "Saved By Grace", "Silent Night", "Since You've Been Gone", "Sing We Now Of Christmas", "Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus", "Smilin' Through", "Soft Shoe Song", "The Solid Rock", "Stand By Me", "The Star Carol", "Stonewall Jackson's Way", "The Strange Little Girl", "A Straw Hat and a Cane", "Sunday Barbecue", "Sweet Peace The Gift Of God's Love", "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", "Talk To The Animals", "The Tennessee Local", "To You Sweetheart, Aloha", "Try Me One More Time", "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", "Twenty-One Years", "The Vacant Chair", "The Valiant Conscript", "Wayfaring Pilgrim", "We're a-Growin'-Up", "What A Wonderful World", "When They Ring The Golden Bells", "White Christmas", "Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot", "Wondrous Love", "Work Song")
F♯2 ("Bless Your Pea Pickin' Heart", "Bouquet Of Flowers", "Gaily The Troubadour", "The Girl I Left Behind Me", "Hawaiian Paradise", "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide", "I'll Remember You", "Joshua Fit The Battle", "Just Before The Battle, Mother", "King Of The Road", "Lahaina Luna", "Let Me Walk With Thee", "Love Song Of Kalua", "Love's Old Sweet Song", "The New York Volunteers", "One Suit", "Pearly Shells", "Pretty Little Pink", "Silver Threads Among The Gold", "Sixteen Tons", "Sweet And Low", "That's All", "Trouble In Mind", "White Christmas", "The Why And The Wherefore")
F2 ("Barbara Allen", "Black-Eyed Susie", "Born To Lose", "Brown's Ferry Blues", "The Cradle Song", "Dark As A Dungeon", "Dixie", "Fairest Lord Jesus", "The Fall Of Charleston", "False Hearted Girl", "Farewell", "First Born", "Flight Of Doodles", "Floatin' Down to Cotton Town", "Freight Train Blues", "Glad Rags", "Goodnight And Good Morning", "Have You Seen Her", "He Knows What I Need", "He'll Understand And Say Well Done", "The Home Over There", "I Can Tell You The Time", "I Can Whip The Scoundrel", "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I Gave My Love A Cherry", "I Gotta Have My Baby Back", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "I Really Don't Want To Know", "I Would Be True", "I'll Have A New Life", "Ivy League", "The Last Letter", "The Lonely Man", "Look Down", "Marching Song", "Mary's a Grand Old Name", "Maryland, My Maryland", "My Favorite Things", "The Night Herding Song", "Now It's All Over", "O Christmas Tree!", "On The Jericho Road", "Others", "Rags and Old Iron", "The Rebel Soldier", "Saved By Grace", "The Solid Rock", "The Southern Wagon", "Stand By Me", "Still, Still With Thee", "Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me", "Talk To The Animals", "The Twelve Days Of Christmas", "Twenty-One Years", "Union Dixie", "The Watermelon Song", "We Gather Together", "Were You There?", "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", "When You And I Were Young, Maggie", "The Why And The Wherefore", "Work Song", "Yesterday", "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry")
E2 ("Beyond The Reef", "Born To Lose", "Bouquet Of Flowers", "Call Me Darlin', Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear", "Cold, Cold Heart", "Daniel Prayed", "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle", "Faith Of Our Fathers", "Farther Along", "The Girl I Left Behind Me", "Good King Wenceslas", "Hawaiian Paradise", "The Hawaiian Wedding Song", "Hide Me, Rock Of Ages", "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "I'll Remember You", "If I Can Help Somebody", "Juanita", "Little Gray Donkey", "May You Never Walk Alone", "My Task", "No One Will Ever Know", "One Sweetly Solemn Thought", "Others", "Peace, Wonderful Peace", "Sweet Dreams", "Sweet Leilani", "Sweet Peace The Gift Of God's Love", "Tears On My Pillow", "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight", "Wayfaring Pilgrim", "Whispering Hope", "Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot", "Worried Mind")
E♭2 ("Ain't Gonna Study War No More", "A Beautiful Life", "Break Thou The Bread Of Life", "Cold, Cold Heart", "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle", "Give The World A Smile", "I Am A Pilgrim", "I Can't Stop Loving You", "I Know The Lord Laid His Hands On Me", "I Love To Tell The Story", "I Love You So Much It Hurts", "In The Pines", "It Is Well With My Soul", "John Henry", "Just A Little Talk With Jesus", "Just Over In Gloryland", "The Last Letter", "Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone?", "My Father's World", "No Letter Today", "O, Mary, Don't You Weep", "Old Time Religion", "On The Jericho Road", "Peace Like A River", "Rags and Old Iron", "Row, Row, Row", "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight", "Virginia's Bloody Soil", "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry")
D2 ("The Ballad Of Davy Crockett", "Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair", "Chicken Road", "The Cry Of The Wild Goose", "The Donkey Serenade", "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle", "Fairest Lord Jesus", "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Get On Board, Little Children", "Half As Much", "Hawaiian Paradise", "I Can Tell You The Time", "Jealous Heart", "Mule Train", "Nine Pound Hammer", "No One Will Ever Know", "Others", "Peace Like A River", "Pearly Shells", "Sweet And Low", "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", "Tears On My Pillow", "Try Me One More Time", "The Why And The Wherefore", "Work Song", "Yesterday")
C♯2 ("Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" live with Johnny Cash, "Almost Persuaded", "Blest Be The Tie That Binds", "I'll Remember You", "King Of The Road", "No One Will Ever Know", "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go", "Rainy Night In Georgia", "Sweet Dreams", "Virginia's Bloody Soil", "Worried Mind")
C2 ("Beneath The Cross Of Jesus", "Born To Lose", "Brown's Ferry Blues", "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Sleep, My Little Lord Jesus", "Try Me One More Time")
B1 ("I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Tears On My Pillow", "Worried Mind")
B♭1 ("He Knows What I Need", "No Letter Today")
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[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
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[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
