When I was 5 years, my mother played "Sixteen Tons" on our record player. I loved it and knew all the words. I am 71 years old now.

@pageribe2399

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I'm 69

@icosthop9998

2 жыл бұрын

Memories

@doctorprepologedyedeyadede3542

Жыл бұрын

Ya load 16 tons, whatta ya get?

@sandradent65

Жыл бұрын

I'm 66 and I love this song

@yesnt675

Жыл бұрын

@@doctorprepologedyedeyadede3542 Another day older and deeper in debt.

He had a fantastic voice and personality. Love Tennessee Ernie Ford.

His version of “Lord I’m coming home” always makes me cry. Fantastic voice.

@backalleycqc4790

Жыл бұрын

1:14 No kidding... I mean, "The United States Army Air Corpse" had rolling my eyes. Has the narrator heard of "air corpse" or "air corps"? If he told me he's heard of the "air corpse" before, I would really like to see a picture 🤣🤣

Remember a '..Good things from the Garden,' 'Green Giant pea picker' record from 1963 as a child. All along the way, since, easy to admire his golden, baritone voice and solid persona. Nobody really knew what went on behind his closed doors, years ago. Until it was too late.

This should be titled The Life and Ending of Ernie Ford. There's nothing tragic about living to the age of 72 and dying rich or well to do. His drinking was an unfortunate aspect of his life, but not exactly tragic in the formal sense.

@pageribe2399

2 жыл бұрын

Click Bait

@davidrichardson518

Жыл бұрын

His wife committed suicide and he drank himself to death, any time drugs or alcohol destroys life it’s a tragedy in my eyes. Making it to 72 while drinking heavily he probably would have lived to his 90s . Thank god Betty White didn’t do the same thing we would have missed almost 30 years of greatness if she died at 72

@philipwheeler7317

Ай бұрын

To me the tragedy is he song gospel songs yet never accepted the gospel himself. He never gained victory over his besetting sins. Something a born again Christian can and will overcome. At that point 72 or 172 is a drop on the bucket compared to eternity.

@jeremyhennessee6604

Ай бұрын

@@philipwheeler7317 that describes over half the entertainers of his time/era. (and virtually ALL of them now) Most of the ones who claimed they were * Christian or went to church merely did so to maintain a certain status within the eyes of the general public , or for Marketing reasons. At the end of the day they were still mostly drunks, addicts, adulterers, spousal abusers and cons. The highly subjective nature of making any form of spiritual claims and declarations is so fundamentally arbitrary that they may as well be written in AIR for all anyone actually knows. It's a delusion. Something a person convinces themself of for comfort or because they're indoctrinated into it and are repeating a vicious cycle of Monkey -See/Monkey Do. So. As for his sincerity concerning any particular gospel or religious observance, who knows. I know dying rich in your 70s isn't a tragedy at any rate. Whether or not you choose to repeat shit spouted from an ancient book of unknown authorship is just a social oddity really.

I love his civil war cover albums from 1961 my favorite is “Songs of the Union”. I’m 18 but love history and music.

@vivlee3840

2 жыл бұрын

So encouraging to hear...you have a good future ahead of you Im sure.

@dmpdagamer

2 жыл бұрын

Same I'm a history buff myself. A little older (22) than you, but keep it up history is one of the main subjects they teach us in school we actually take with us in the real world. You learn so many things through history good & bad I use them as advice sometimes and just because I love history I'll say something to someone and they won't even know what I'm talking about because they never heard of it or simply didn't pay attention. I research something new or you could say old everyday.

@AbalagajaraGladysKukeba-zh4gb

11 ай бұрын

Wow usic and history are my best friends too!

He was quite the character! ... and a great voice and soloist.🎯❗

@PandemoniumMeltDown

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@edhollingsworth2335

Жыл бұрын

Also not San Berandino. It's San Bernardino, Calif.

We all are going to die folks. He was an amazing singer and loved God.

@MS-lq2oq

2 жыл бұрын

And your point is?

@Billy-Mandalay

2 жыл бұрын

@@MS-lq2oq That no one is perfect, surely, only Him.

@georgesouthwick7000

7 күн бұрын

“Loved God”…..unfortunately, he seemed to also love Cutty Sark.

Omg, I am just becoming aware of Ford's voice and persona and to find out about his drinking and death is so so sad. Rest in Peace you are fondly remembered, and his sons, I hope they did okay. I heard one died of cancer.

@Dovah22

2 жыл бұрын

He’s up there with all the greats. From the og rat pack to Freddie Mercury.

He was great on I Love Lucy, and the Lucy Show plus Hee Haw and he had a wonderful voice I just loved to hear him sing act and his comedy skits

I didn't know about the alcohol part till today, intriguing yet sad to learn , he was a true professional nevertheless, choosing to keep his public and personal life separate for most of his life.

@dmpdagamer

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't as easy for people to be in your personal life back then. Nowadays we basically have 24-hour media on celebrities and even ourselves. But if your close friends or family members got in touch with the media or vice versa you were the talk of the month/year back then (depending on the topic of course)

@carolynyoung-jenkins7263

2 жыл бұрын

I never knew either. Still love and miss him .

@glenpolen5562

Жыл бұрын

He seemed like he was so busy with EVERYTHING THAT HE DID, when did he have time to drink? Oh geez, his wife Betty drank before him, and then committed suicide, i wonder if she was the COZ of his drinking habits which eventually caught up to him.

@bonniesims9224

4 ай бұрын

More mispronounced words here than I could count.

I loved listening to him.

@homoerectus744

3 жыл бұрын

Not to be confused with Tennessee Tuxedo.

@johndesade126

Жыл бұрын

@@homoerectus744 LOL!

Sixteen tons was one of my father's favourite songs, so it's such a pity that drink destroyed Ernie in the end.

@uptowndunker6346

Жыл бұрын

I listen to that song at work when im doing physical work.

Corps is pronounced "Core" not corpse, Bombardier is pronounced "bom-ba-deer" not bom-bard-der. Sorry to nit pick but these kinds of mispronunciations are painful to hear.

@evandegenfelder4554

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, among many others. Like San Ber-Na-DEEN-Oh.

@mikecagle984

3 жыл бұрын

Thats what happens when a computerized voice is used as opposed to a real narrator!

@bevcamren1316

3 жыл бұрын

Funny on lucy

@cmm2145

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah and I think the comment about his death should’ve been DULL-es Airport not dool-es.

@sherylpockrose4029

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikecagle984 are you sure it's not a real narrator? It doesn't sound computerized to me.

Great bass. great singer, love God, bless him.

Well Minivan78, I will be one of those that choose to listen no further. After listening painfully to the gurdgetate of the Evlyn Woodhead Sped Redding Corse, I can take no more. Acceptance of ignorance is not my forte. What a friggin maroon.

@drvigg9083

Жыл бұрын

Cheech & Chong: "Comprehension" becomes "Comprension"... humorous Remembering Famous People: "Merle" becomes "Merlee;" "Corps" becomes "Corpse;" "Bombardier" becomes "Bombarder"...pathetic

Jeez Dude if you are going to insist on narrating everything yourself at least try to learn how to pronounce names of the places you are talking about!

@backalleycqc4790

Жыл бұрын

1:14 No kidding... I mean, "The United States Army Air Corpse" had rolling my eyes. Has the narrator heard of "air corpse" or "air corps"? If he told me he's heard of the "air corpse" before, I would really like to see a picture 🤣🤣

I saw him in the old tv show "THE MILLIONAIRE" this morning but cannot find any mention of it anywhere! Anyhow, I met him and loved his work.

It is weird how we say so sad he/she died...100 years if your lucky/unlucky, just enjoy life while you have it because it goes faster than we think

@chuckster3629

Жыл бұрын

But not as fast as dogs' lives.

@wrongfootmcgee

Жыл бұрын

we? you got a mouse in your pocket comrade?

@m0j0d84

Жыл бұрын

Mr jingles 🤣

I really enjoy reliving memories on this channel. However, it is a distraction to repeatedly hear mispronounced words and names throughout the program. Isn’t there someone who can read correctly or at least coach the reader to avoid these problems before posting the recording?

@pageribe2399

2 жыл бұрын

@Ben Chuft 😁😁😁😁😁😁

@icosthop9998

2 жыл бұрын

@Ben Chuft LoL Sadly as the years goes on, what you said becomes truer and truer 🥺

@garretmaki2564

Жыл бұрын

My god that was distracting. Where is this guy from? He seems to have never heard anyone utter the names of any US city.

Funny, I had just read the Wikipedia page so some of the wording in this video seemed familiar. Yes-he is reading the Wiki page aloud.

To the narrator: "corps" is pronounced "core". A "corpse" is a dead body. ;)

@richswww

2 жыл бұрын

...and drink a cup of coffee or something. You sound sleepy...or bored.

@kyled8713

2 жыл бұрын

Just to add onto the whole butchered words thing, it’s San Bernardino and Victorville. As a native Californian, this dude’s making me cringe with his mispronunciations of city names.

@Cory-M

2 жыл бұрын

He also mispronounced "bombardier" as "bombarder."

@Barboeosjam1

Жыл бұрын

@@kyled8713 And Lubbock. . . and lament. . . and subsequently. . . and more

@ZenaBlase

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, too many blunders in here, couldn't stand it. Dulls I suppose was Dulles Airport.

Good video and his son Brion looked very much like him and his voice spot on. His other son also successful in movie industry. Very sad about his wife and not long after he passed away also.

His wife, Betty Ford had a drink problem? Sad. I’m in my mid 30s but still love his music. His singing Shenandoah gives me goose flesh every time.

LOVE TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD HE IS BURIED IN HOUSTON TEXAS RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I was always a fan of Tennessee Ernie Ford

Near the end of his life, he came home to Bristol Tennessee for the reopening of the Paramount Theater. He was the featured guest for the show and looked terrible. You could almost see in his eyes that he knew it was probably his last time in his hometown. He did his best to perform, but skin and bones he was a shadow of himself.

My grandmother worked at 20th Century Fox, and knew him well. She got me all of his albums and autographed to boot. I remember her saying his wife was “a bad alcoholic “ but never mentioned his drinking.

This was interesting but the announcer should check the pronunciation of he words in the text.

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Tennessee Ernie’s alcoholism was one of the best kept secrets outside of Hollywood.

God. Bless. You. Mr. Tennessee. Ernie. Ford. My. Son. Randy,. My. Late. Passed. Wife. Miss. Marianne. And. I. Sir. Would. Have. Been. Proud. Too. Have. Met. You. Sir. Thank. You. For. All. You. Have. Contributed. Too. In. Your. Career. And. Thank. You. For. Your. Service. In. The. Army. Air. Force. I. Am. Also. A. Veteran. Of. The. United. States. Army. I. Was. Stationed. In. Hidelberg. Germany. In. 1966. Mr. Tennessee. Ernie. Ford,. You. Made. The. World. Laugh. And. Cry. With. Your. Wit. And. Humor. Randy. And. I. Will. Always. Be. Loyal. And. Devoted. Too. You. Sir. Say. Hello. Too. Miss. Marianne. Up. There. On. God's. Celestial,. Terrestrial. Golden. Shore. Of. Heaven. For. Ever. Great full. Respectfully. Dennis. Lee. Jensen. And. Randy. Lee. Jensen. ✝️✝️✝️🕎🔯✡️✝️✝️✝️✝️💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐐🐏🐑🐃🐂🐮🐐🐏🐑🐃🐂🐮🐑🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇨🇱🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸🇨🇱🇮🇱🇺🇦🇺🇸🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🔔🗽🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

An interesting but sad bio of a great singer. However, the mispronunciations of so many names and places were really annoying..

Wow, alcoholism, a well-kept secret! Still, a great personality and performer, a favorite of my mother's. A great hymn and gospel singer.

Just say "Life and Death" with some of these celebrities. He lived a ripe good age!

Informative and fair presentation. However, the narrator NEEDS some diction lessons! I, like many others, was surprised to learn (several years ago) of his alcohol abuse problems. Fondly remember his radio and television programs. Tennessee Ernie was a great singer and hilarious country comedian! I have many of his recordings; and often perform "Sixteen Tons" with my Bluegrass band. "Bless your little pea-pickin' heart!"

@lrajic8281

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. Nice voice, but could improve. Also, he said "Victoriaville, California." It's Victorville.

@jeandoten1510

Жыл бұрын

I lost count of the mispronounced words and place names. Kind of sad, really.

@michaelwascom62

Жыл бұрын

@@jeandoten1510 I was a speech teacher and voice coach for several years, decades ago. If this narrator/presenter had delivered a speech this abysmal --- no matter how informative the content --- I'd have failed him/her flat out! Or at best, I'd have stopped the presentation mid-stream and requested the person enroll in my diction and voice coaching class.

@jeandoten1510

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelwascom62 I taught drama, music, and public speaking in addition to 1st grade. When I was in school I was an avid reader and often read and comprehended words that I didn't know how to pronounce. Since both my parents had large vocabularies I just didn't realize that the words I was reading were the same words that my parents used (crazy English spellings!) Still to me it's a sad thing that this young man apparently has never learned the proper pronunciation of so many everyday American words and place names. Maybe he can find a local Toastmaster's Club to get some support and advice.

@michaelwascom62

Жыл бұрын

@@jeandoten1510 Thank you for your response. I could not more agree with you. But SO MANY creators/posters of KZread videos appear to be barely literate. Some standards of etiquette and respect should be established. It appears, evidentially, any half-witted dolt-head can produce a KZread video. A sorry footnote to the genuinely laud-worthy and commendable efforts presented on KZread.

I enjoy you videos, but they have problems. First of all, you should read the script for someone else, before recording, be maybe they would correct some annoying mispronunciations like..."corps", as in the military, is pronounced "core"...not corpse.Merle Travis name, the final "e" is silent. It's not Merlee. The town is LUBock. Not Lub Ock. It goes on an on. On top of all that....Everyone you do a video about is the "Sad Ending" even though some had long happy life and, as awaits us all, the died..

@Tiresias55

2 жыл бұрын

Also, pretty sure this script was more or less reading word for word from the wiki article I read moments before clicking. Can't verify though, didn't finish the vid.

Doesn't sound like a tragic ending to me. 72 is a respectable age to live to, and he enjoyed fame and fortune. The drinking was his choice.

We all have a tragic ending...we all die.

Oh no. He had a sad ending too? Does anyone ever die happy?

@sergekreshchuk

2 жыл бұрын

A brother from our church was dying from cancer, he was in excruciating pain in his last days but filled with inexpressible joy. Yes ppl do die happy 😊

@donnawilcock998

Жыл бұрын

Those who know Jesus Christ as their Reedemer and know their sins are forgiven enter into great joy.

Unfortunately, everybody has a sad ending

@georgealderson4424

3 жыл бұрын

I respectfully disagree. Some have a sad life and the end is a relief

CORRECTION: On September 28, 1991, he suffered severe liver failure at Dulles Airport, shortly after leaving a state dinner at the White House, hosted by then-President George H. W. Bush. Ford died in H. C. A. Reston Hospital Center, in Reston, Virginia, on October 17.[1][3] Ford was interred at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, California. (Wikipedia)

We all have our denins. He was the greaatest.

For sure !!

Did you say Randy Travis or Merl-E Travis? Either way it’s not sounding quite right...Merle Travis wrote 16 tons and Merle is pronounced like pearl but with an M. Sorry to say something about, it I’m just a big fan! Great video generally!

I clean a house with my mother and he used to live here in treasure hills Harlingen Texas

He also had lots of gospel records. It was also reported when i was a teen that he had cancer of the blood,which he overcame.

@user-kk8gf9ul4j

3 ай бұрын

I still have lots of his gospel songs,still listen to them.

I find it very interesting that you plagiarize many of your words from Wikipedia to do your story. Tennessee Ernie Ford, whom I knew and was in the hospital with him just as he was dying, with one of his sons. Ernie lived a very full life. He was a very generous man, who brought laughter and light into the lives of everyone he knew. I noted that you mentioned Ernie's first wife Betty Heminger, but not his second wife. Her name was Beverly Ann Wood. Ernie Ford was a remarkable man! I am very grateful that I knew him and equally so I remain friends with his family for 3 generations now.

A good short bio, but please learn to pronounce the city names and other words....correctly.

Ernie lived during a time when it wasn't productive to admit any POC heritage, but I think he has black or melungeon ancestry. Today he'd be right to be proud of that. What do others think?

There is nothing sad about his death, because he finally came face to face with his Savior.

@MS-lq2oq

2 жыл бұрын

And that makes us happy how?

@andreegross

Жыл бұрын

Happy for Mr. Ford.

San Berandino?? It's San Bernadino. Wow.

I agree with the comments re pronunciation of places … Victoria Calif. …. Try Victorville. This mispronunciation detracts from otherwise a good video

What is with all the mispronounced words. Some of them have been called out in this comment section. But I did not see one not called out. The AFB is not in Victoriaville, that is a town in Quebec. The town in California is called Victorville.

This was read straight out if Wikipedia. Check it out

You left off the best part at the end where he was commended by YHWH: "Well done, you good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of YHWH!"

MY GOD, GET YOUR PRONUNCIATION RIGHT!!! 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼

This man, who is so FUCKING UNDERAPPRECIATED wrote the VERY GREATEST ANTI-CAPITALISTIC song ever written. "A man's made outta muscle and blood. - A mind that's weak and a back that's strong"

@drvigg9083

Жыл бұрын

Merle Travis wrote 16 Tons

@fri814

Жыл бұрын

@@drvigg9083 Did not know that. Thanks for the correction.

Man there's a lot of people in this comment section that just like to bitch. So there were some mispronounced words. You were still able to watch and understand the video. And I'd venture to say that most people would agree that alcoholism is pretty sad. Dying from it is very sad. However, if you disagree then don't watch anymore of his videos titled "Sad Ending". No need to lash out about it. Granted, not all of the commenter's critiques were rude and unnecessary.

@thomashom7514

2 жыл бұрын

It is not rude to call out his mistakes. It is called self improvement. He might be in the wrong line of work.

@paulaschroen3954

2 жыл бұрын

Was just interested because used to like his performances when I was a kid. The ending of life is sad, anyway. I knew that. I've never yet read or heard a biography where everybody was happy somebody died. I figured alcohol would be in it, not the drugs the famous rock stars died of. Still found the information interesting, bet he was happy lots of times, bet he helped people to be happy.

He appears to have African blood, which you could also say of Elvis Presley and George Wallace, also from that region (AL, TN, MS), but perhaps just Italian like Elvis (you know what they say about Southern Italians). Wallace is said to have been of northern UK origin but looked like some coffee in that blondie cream, though didn't stop him being a leader of segregation. Elvis sure leveraged the Mississippi Delta Black music, as did many entertainers of the 1950's.

Clever computer voice, but never clever enough.

Victoriaville, California should have been Victorville, CA

It's not corpse, you dont say the S on Corps. Just thought you'd like to know.

I love how he says Marley Travis 😂 it’s pronounced merl Travis

Let those without sin cast the first stone. A lesson taught by Jesus our savior. Remember God loves the sinner not his sins. I still think he was a great singer!!!

If you're going to read this verbatim from the Wikipedia page, you could at least try to not read it in a monotone drone and pronounce things correctly.

Get a narrator who can pronounce words.

The narration is suspiciously similar to Wikipedia's bio of Ford.

It's "Victorville' not Victoriaville. San Bernardino was another city you mispronounced. You're obviously not from Southern California, or just don't care about how you pronounce words. Other than that, this was interesting. Thank you!

Do the life and sad ending of hugh downs

Damn, alcohol again !!! Glad I do not drink alcohol !!!!

The only tragic about this episode is the narrator mispronouncing just about everything.

@audreyricci6383

10 ай бұрын

Exactly.

This guy is just reading the wiki page.

BURN-A-DINO

Who is this goober that can't pronounce simple names?

@thomashom7514

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, he is mispronouncing place names, simple words. Stress is placed in the wrong spot.

@George-ip7cw

2 жыл бұрын

Such poor narration. Painful to listen too. Had to skip over parts, I couldn't take it all.

@feltonite

2 жыл бұрын

His album did not receive an Academy Award. That's for movies.

My momma grew up with him. Out

please whoever is speaking this learn the words lol

You never know anybody

Wait did he meet Elvis?

@liamnoname6662

3 жыл бұрын

I was surprised too!

You know how it is, right. Sorry to know this is true.

Shutup with criticism already!!!! Geez aren't you all perfect!!!!

San Beran-dino? Victoria-ville? Where the fug are they?

Sanbarrandino ?? LOL 1:35

Are you simply reading the Wikipedia entry? “San Burr-narr-Dee-no” please

977 like

LuhBOCk. 😂😂 Dools airport. Ha!

It's not Bare-adeno- it's Burn-ah-deno

Lubboooock? 😂😂😂

Narrator totally off.

Content script excellent. But young "readers" like this kid seriously need to learn proper pronunciation as well as diction. The high-school quality of this reader was a serious distraction from the excellent script. Thumbs down on the "reader". He's no announcer or narrator.

Some mistakes in this narration obviously spoken by someone with little familiarity with Tennessee Eenie Ford.

I liked his music, although I'm not much of a C&W fan. I hope this video was voiced by a computer program ... the pronunciation of some of the words - bombardier and lament are laughable.

Had to stop in the middle. The narrator's mispronunciations and flow were too distracting.

1:10 its pronounced core, like apple core, and he was a 'bomb-a-deer' (the guy who aimed and dropped the bombs) i couldnt watch anymore of this video after those utterly disrespectful mispronunciations

Lub bock. Good grief man, you mispronounced more than you got right.

Dude you need an editor and coach. I don’t know who wrote this for you, but you clearly did not write it yourself. And clearly you don’t know what certain words mean. The mispronunciation of names destroys your credibility. You don’t even need to be from California to recognize and pronounce the names of the cities mentioned here. I am not just being mean. Just letting you know that your presentation needs a lot of work. In the end I’d be willing to bet that you haven’t even heard nor appreciate the man’s music. So the question is why in the world should we listen to you talk about him?

PLEASE hire a professional announcer, one who can pronounce English words. This guy is just reading (poorly) a weak script .

Proper spelling has gone out of styleas we all know, but now pronunciation ALSO doesn't count? Gonna get real challenging understanding each other. GFL all you'll. Lolz.

@wardmckee7407

3 жыл бұрын

Sand, bear, and Dino? Is that near San BERN-ardino? One of California's best known cities? I wouldn't say anything but half a dozen times means you lack experience and don't want to be accurate, spreading disinformation is not too cool

I’m repeating what the others say. Don’t post a video if you can’t pronounce the script. You should be embarrassed

Announcer: "Corps" is promounced "C-o-r-p". No "s"....