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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. Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording.
Sep 27, 2012 · Video version of Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford. It went to #1 on November 26, 1955 on the Billboard Top 100 and stayed on top for seven weeks.
REMASTERED IN HD!Music video by Johnny Cash performing Sixteen Tons. (C) Mercury Records#JohnnyCash #SixteenTons #Remastered.
Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons (original version) from 1947. Yessir, there's a-many a Kentucky coal miner that pretty near owes his soul to the company store. He gets so far in debt to the coal ...
Sixteen Tons Lyrics: Some people say a man is made out of mud / A poor man's made out of muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bones / A mind that's weak and a back that's strong / You...
Nov 21, 2022 · Tennessee Ford’s rendition of “Sixteen Tons” topped the Billboard Hot 100, as well as Billboard’s Hot Country Songs list and the UK Singles Chart. With that type of showing, “Sixteen Tons” proved to be Ernie Ford’s most successful song and one of his signature tunes, alongside 1950’s “The Shotgun Boogie”.
Tennessee Ernie Ford gave a more powerful rendition than Merle Travis' original. Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Sixteen Tons (Remastered 1988) · Tennessee Ernie Ford Old Country Hits ℗ 1988 Capitol Records Nashville Rele...
May 10, 2023 · Tennessee Ernie Ford wasn’t the first to record 'Sixteen Tons,' but he made it his signature song in 1955, and the title track of a 1960 LP.
Sixteen Tons Lyrics: Some people say a man is made outta mud / A poor man's made outta muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bone / A mind that's a-weak and a back...
