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Feb 13, 1919Bless his little pea-pickin' heart: Tennessee Ernie Ford is born in Bristol, Tennessee. His 1955 hit "Sixteen Tons" is the musical high point of a career that includes radio, recording, his own network TV show, and a spot in the Country Music Hall of FameDec 7, 1941The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Tennessee Ernie Ford, working as a disc jockey at WORL, is the first person to inform Knoxville of the tragedySep 18, 1942Bombardier instructor Tennessee Ernie Ford marries his first wife, Betty HemingerJan 21, 1949At his first Capitol recording session, held the same day he signs a contract with the firm, Tennessee Ernie Ford records his first hit, "Tennessee Border," at the label's studios on Melrose in HollywoodFeb 18, 1949Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Country Junction" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood. Playing piano is Moon MullicanFeb 28, 1949Capitol releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's first hit, "Tennessee Border"Jun 21, 1949Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Smokey Mountain Boogie" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in HollywoodAug 8, 1949Capitol releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Smokey Mountain Boogie," with Merle Travis on guitarOct 10, 1949Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Anticipation Blues" with Merle Travis on guitar at the Capitol Studios on Melrose Avenue in HollywoodOct 18, 1949Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Mule Train" at Capitol's Melrose studios in Los Angeles, with Merle Travis mimicking the sound of a whip by running a quasi-whistle through an echo chamber
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