中文名：田纳西·厄尼·福特 外文名：Tennessee Ernie Ford 别名：欧内斯特·詹宁斯·福特、Ernest Jennings Ford 国籍：美国 出生地：美国田纳西州布里斯托尔 职业：演员 生日：1919年2月13日 性别：男 代表作品：黄金时代、被压迫的男人、Tab Hunter Confidential 简介：田纳西·厄尼·福特（Tennessee Ernie Ford），原名欧内斯特·詹宁斯·福特（Ernest Jennings Ford），1919年2月13日出生于美国田纳西州布里斯托尔，1991年10月17日逝世于美国弗吉尼亚州雷斯顿，美国录音艺术家、电视节目主持人，在乡村音乐、西部音乐、流行音乐、福音音乐等领域均享有成功。他以低音丰富的男中音和朴实的幽默而闻名，著名的唱片有《Shotgun Boogie》和《Sixteen Tons》等。 从艺历程：The booming baritone voice ofTennessee Ernie Ford was best knownfor his 1955 cover of Merle Travis' grim coal-mining song "Sixteen Tons.But there was more to Tennessee Ernie Ford than that. Over his longcareer, Ford sang everything from proto-rock & roll to gospel,recorded over 100 albums, and earned numerous honors and awardsincluding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highestcivilian award.His popularityand recognition transcended countrymusic, and he was among the earliest and most successful "crossoverartists to come out of country music, paving the way for such diversepopular culture figures as Johnny Cash, DollyParton, Willie Nelson,Waylon Jennings, Reba McEntire, and many more. Born Ernest Jennings Ford in 1919, he was a native of Bristol,Tennessee,a town that subsequentlycame to be regarded -- thanks tothe Ralph Peer field recording sessions (featuring Jimmie Rodgers andthe Carter Family) conducted there in 1927 -- as one of the birthplacesof modern country music. He started singing as a boy and, aftergraduating from high school, became a voice student at VirginiaIntermount College.The latter was officially a women's college butadmitted a limited number of male students to its daytime studyprogram, and it was with the help ofone of his teachers and herhusband that Ford, with his deep and resonant voice, broke into radio,as an announcer on WOPl in northeast Tennessee.By1939, he'drelocated to Cincinnati, Ohio and was studying at that city'sConservatoryof Music. He moved around the countryin the yearleading up to America's entryinto World War ll, holding announcerjobs in Atlanta, Georgia and Knoxville, Tennessee. Following the attackon Pearl Harbor, Ford enlisted in the United States Armyin early 1942and was assigned to the U.S.Army Air Corps, which kept him stateside,serving in Alabama and later in California, where he was posted to abomberdier school. His talent wasn't dormant during this period, as hewas able to participate in various special services entertainmentprograms.