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Tennessee Ernie Ford is a Country and Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Willie Mabon, Ferlin Husky, Dinah Shore, Ethel Waters and Merle Travis. Those roots explain a lot about how Tennessee Ernie Ford arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roger Miller, The Statler Brothers, Hank Thompson, Buck Owens and Conway Twitty, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Buck Owens, Anita Bryant, Steve Howe, Kay Starr and Ella Mae Morse, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 20 connections around Tennessee Ernie Ford, reaching back through Willie Mabon and forward to Buck Owens. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Tennessee Ernie Ford connections
Tennessee Ernie Ford grew out of Willie Mabon, Ferlin Husky, Dinah Shore and Ethel Waters, shares an orbit with Roger Miller, The Statler Brothers, Hank Thompson and Buck Owens, went on to shape Buck Owens, Anita Bryant, Steve Howe and Kay Starr. 20 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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