Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons - 1955 " Sixteen Tons…
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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons - 1955
" Sixteen Tons " is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Rosewood, 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. It was first released in July 1947 by Capitol on Travis's album Folk Songs of the Hills . The song became a gold record.
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. It hit Billboard 's country music chart in November and held the No. 1 position for 10 weeks, then crossed over and held the No. 1 position on the pop music chart for eight weeks… and spent four weeks at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January and February 1956. On March 25, 2015, Ford's version of the song was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry .
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" Sixteen Tons " is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Rosewood, 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. It was first released in July 1947 by Capitol on Travis's album Folk Songs of the Hills . The song became a gold record.
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. It hit Billboard 's country music chart in November and held the No. 1 position for 10 weeks, then crossed over and held the No. 1 position on the pop music chart for eight weeks… and spent four weeks at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January and February 1956. On March 25, 2015, Ford's version of the song was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry .
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