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"Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [2] Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California , on August 8, 1946.
Sixteen Tons album cover. Ford scored an unexpected hit on the pop chart in 1955 with his rendering of "Sixteen Tons", a sparsely arranged coal-miner's lament. Merle Travis had first recorded it in 1946. It reflected experiences of the Travis family in the mines at Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [12]
The songs for Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger were recorded from October 1959 to February 1960. [2] Several tracks of interest [ citation needed ] are " Sixteen Tons " which Bo was supposed to perform on The Ed Sullivan Show , [ citation needed ] the title track, and "Diddling" (an instrumental between guitar and saxophone ).
E Works is the vanity label set up exclusively to release Eels live albums. These self-released albums include Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (2000), Electro-Shock Blues Show (2002), Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs) (2005), and Live and in Person! London 2006 (2008). The band has only sold these albums at live shows and later online.
"Sixteen Tons" was previously a hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford, "The Big Light" is an Elvis Costello song from his album King of America, released the previous year and "Let Him Roll" is from Guy Clark's debut, Old No. 1.
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Sixteen Tons" is a 1947 song by Merle Travis which was also recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Sixteen Tons or 16 Tons may also refer to: Music
ZZ Top's 1999 release XXX on the track "Hey Mr. Millionaire" Beverley Craven's 2007 album Love Scenes (3 tracks) ZZ Top's 2016 live album Live: Greatest Hits from Around the World on the songs "Rough Boy" and "Sixteen Tons" Joe Cocker's Heart & Soul album on the track "I (Who Have Nothing)" Brian May's song "The Guv'nor" from the album Another ...