SINGER

Tennessee Ernie Ford

1919 - 1991

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Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tennessee Ernie Ford has received more than 2,003,521 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Tennessee Ernie Ford is the 1,683rd most popular singer (down from 1,547th in 2019), the 8,917th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,304th in 2019) and the 417th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tennessee Ernie Ford ranks 1,683 out of 4,381. Before him are Tina Karol, Violeta Urmana, Charles Bradley, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Sarit Hadad, and Diomedes Díaz. After him are Eddie Floyd, Anita Bryant, Heather Harper, Cristina Scabbia, Regina Resnik, and Candan Erçetin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Tennessee Ernie Ford ranks 301. Before him are Alexander Courage, Bill Nicholson, George E. P. Box, Kurt Wires, Alan Cottrell, and Chantal Chaudé de Silans. After him are Slim Pickens, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Naim Talu, Erik Elmsäter, Tim Holt, and Mary Midgley. Among people deceased in 1991, Tennessee Ernie Ford ranks 230. Before him are Sylvio Hoffmann, Cesare Merzagora, Nikola Radović, Tom Tryon, József Pálinkás, and Fritz Riess. After him are Eleanor Boardman, Antoine Blondin, Bohumil Kudrna, Maurice Huet, Aldo Ray, and Henri Louveau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tennessee Ernie Ford ranks 8,917 out of 20,380. Before him are John Paul Stevens (1920), Priscilla Dean (1896), Aubrey Plaza (1984), James Smith (1953), James Cotton (1935), and Marie Osborne Yeats (1911). After him are Robert S. Langer (1948), Alice Marble (1913), Eddie Floyd (1937), Daniel Pearl (1963), Dick Clark (1929), and Anita Bryant (1940).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Tennessee Ernie Ford ranks 417. Before him are Jackie DeShannon (1941), Kelly Rowland (1981), Jo Stafford (1917), Norman Greenbaum (1942), Loleatta Holloway (1946), and Charles Bradley (1948). After him are Eddie Floyd (1937), Anita Bryant (1940), Regina Resnik (1922), Ellen Greene (1951), Jack Teagarden (1905), and Billy Eckstine (1914).

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