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Sixteen Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Sixteen Tons
Genres: Country, Pop, Christian & Gospel
 
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Tennessee Ernie was a fixture of the country music scene in Los Angeles when he recorded these tracks between 1949 and 1959. This is a collector's choice sweep through Ernie's groundbreaking uptempo sides that featured not...  more »

     
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All Artists: Tennessee Ernie Ford
Title: Sixteen Tons
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 6/27/1994
Genres: Country, Pop, Christian & Gospel
Styles: Outlaw Country, Classic Country, Southern, Country & Bluegrass
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 790051154875

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Tennessee Ernie was a fixture of the country music scene in Los Angeles when he recorded these tracks between 1949 and 1959. This is a collector's choice sweep through Ernie's groundbreaking uptempo sides that featured not only his unique window-rattling baritone but instrumental contributions from Merle Travis, Speedy West, Moon Mullican, and Jimmy Bryant. 25 tracks include "Milk 'em in the Morning Blues," "Country Junction," "Anticipation Blues," "Mule Train," "Shot Gun Boogie," "Rock City Boogie," "Hambone," "Blackberry Boogie," "Davy Crockett," "Sixteen Tons," and "Catfish Boogie."

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Sixteen Tons
Cappy2006 | Prosser, WA United States | 02/21/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have heard this song from the time I was just a youngster. Ernie Ford is the greatest singer of this song with his deep resonating voice, his other secular songs, as well as his spirital songs. Sixteen Tons is the classic song of all time."