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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.
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I do not own the rights to this recording. It is intended for promotional purposes only.
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Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 October 17, 1991), better known as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American recording artist and television host who en...
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Ernie's performs Merle Travis's timeless anthem to the working man Sixteen Tons on The Ford Show, October 18, 1956. This was the first time he performed this...
In Twenty-four days, over one million records were sold, and "Sixteen Tons" became the fastest-selling single in Capitol's history. By November, it had captured the top spot on every major record chart in the country, and by December 15 (less than two months after it's release) more than 2,000,000 copies were sold, making it the most successful ...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Sixteen Tons · Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons ℗ 2000 Capitol Records, LLC Released on: 1955-04-10 Associ...
Tennessee Ernie Ford version. Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded "Sixteen Tons" in 1955 as the B-side of his cover of the Moon Mullican standard "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry". With Ford's snapping fingers and a unique clarinet -driven pop arrangement, it quickly became a million seller. [4]
