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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]
Tennessee Ernie Ford's song "Sixteen Tons" ended the year at number one on two of the three charts.. In 1955, Billboard magazine published three charts covering the best-performing country music songs in the United States: Most Played in Juke Boxes, Best Sellers in Stores, and Most Played By Jockeys.
Here Comes the Tennessee Ernie Ford Mississippi Showboat "Work Song" b/w "Rags and Old Iron" (from I Love You So Much It Hurts Me) Everything Is Beautiful "How Great Thou Art" b/w "Eternal Life" (from God Lives!) I Love to Tell the Story: 1965 "Hicktown" b/w "Sixteen Tons" (from Sixteen Tons) 9 Non-album tracks "Girl Don't You Know"
The album, with Travis accompanied only by his guitar, contains his two most enduring songs, both centered on the lives of coal miners: "Sixteen Tons" and "Dark as a Dungeon". [1] "Sixteen Tons" became a No. 1 Billboard country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955 [3] and has been recorded many times over
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
Pages in category "Tennessee Ernie Ford songs" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Sixteen Tons; Y. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
There is a recording of a performance of Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis before a live audience. At the beginning of this track, he rambles a bit about how he hated this song from the time he wrote it until the Tennessee Ernie Ford version sold 2 million copies, then Merle LOVED it!