1949 HITS ARCHIVE: Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Mule Train (Lange-Heath-Glickman) by Tennessee Ernie with western band One of three “Mule Train” recordings released in competition to Frankie Laine’s #1 version that reached the pop top-ten sales chart (see Bing Crosby & Vaughn Monroe). Not yet including “Ford” in his professional name, Tennessee Ernie also saw his “Mule Train” achieve a #1 position on the country music radio airplay listings. THE 1949 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1949 (some were recorded in 1948). . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: @the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf