Stand By Me (Tennessee Ernie Ford)

Here is a spiritual sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford, originally broadcast during his weekly variety show which ran on television from 1956 to 1961. He closed almost every show with a hymn or a spiritual. "Stand By Me" was written by the Rev. Charles Albert Tinney, born in Maryland in 1851. His father was a slave and his mother was free. His mother died when he was a child and he was sent to live with his mother's family so he could remain free.

   

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