Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings the World’s Best-Loved Hymns

~ Release by Tennessee Ernie Ford (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl
2▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
C1What a Friend We Have in Jesus
cover recording of:
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
lyricist:
Joseph Medlicott Scriven (in 1855)
composer:
Charles Crozat Converse (in 1868)
3:50
C2Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
cover recording of:
Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
lyricist:
Edward Hopper (lyricist of "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me") (in 1871)
composer:
John Edgar Gould (in 1871)
3:50
C3His Eye Is on the Sparrow
cover recording of:
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
lyricist:
Civilla Durfee Martin (Canadian‐American hymn and gospel song writer)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
KSmithMusic1234 (ASCAP-affiliated)
3:12
C4Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
cover recording of:
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere (Hymn)
lyricist:
Jessie Pounds (American librettist)
composer:
John Fearis (American composer)
2:40
C5Now the Day Is Over
cover recording of:
Now the Day Is Over (Hymn)
lyricist:
Sabine Baring‐Gould
composer:
Sir Joseph Barnby (English composer and conductor) (in 1868)
2:29
C6Nearer, My God to Thee
cover recording of:
Nearer, My God, to Thee (Bethany)
lyricist:
Sarah Flower Adams (English poet, and notably lyricist of the hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee") (in 1841)
composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1856)
publisher:
TCF Music Publishing, Inc. (Twentieth Century Fox Music Publishing, Inc.; ASCAP) and Skyhill Music (in 1971)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 28881)
3:27
D1The Ninety and Nine
3:02
D2The Old Rugged Cross
cover recording of:
The Old Rugged Cross
lyricist and composer:
George Bennard (in 1912)
additional composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
publisher:
Patterdale Music Ltd.
premiered at:
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon (AKA the Old Rugged Cross Church) in Michigan, United States (on 1913-06-07)
written at:
Friends Community Church (Historic church located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States (from 1912-12-29 until 1913-01-12)
2:52
D3When They Ring the Golden Bells
cover recording of:
When They Ring the Golden Bells
lyricist and composer:
Dion de Marbelle
3:43
D4In the Garden
cover recording of:
In the Garden
lyricist and composer:
Charles Austin Miles (in 1912)
2:47
D5Ivory Palaces
3:27
D6Others
2:48