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    • Feb 13, 1919
    Bless 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 Fame
    Dec 7, 1941
    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Tennessee Ernie Ford, working as a disc jockey at WORL, is the first person to inform Knoxville of the tragedy
    Sep 18, 1942
    Bombardier instructor Tennessee Ernie Ford marries his first wife, Betty Heminger
    Jan 21, 1949
    At 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 Hollywood
    Feb 18, 1949
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Country Junction" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood. Playing piano is Moon Mullican
    Feb 28, 1949
    Capitol releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's first hit, "Tennessee Border"
    Jun 21, 1949
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Smokey Mountain Boogie" at Capitol's Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood
    Aug 8, 1949
    Capitol releases Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Smokey Mountain Boogie," with Merle Travis on guitar
    Oct 10, 1949
    Tennessee Ernie Ford records "Anticipation Blues" with Merle Travis on guitar at the Capitol Studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood
    Oct 18, 1949
    Tennessee 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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