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Sixteen Tons

Song

Creators (2)

Composer

  1. Merle Travis

Lyricist

  1. Merle Travis

Publisher

  1. Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
  2. American Music, Inc.

Related Works (11)

Later Versions

  1. Zestien ton translated
  2. Sie hieß Mary Ann translated
  3. 靜心等 translated
  4. Sixteen Tons parody
  5. Dieciséis toneladas translated
  6. 16 Months parody
  7. Sexton ton translated
  8. Sixteen Tons parody

Referred To In Medleys

  1. Way Out West

Is The Basis For

  1. נח היה איש צדיק ותמים
  2. Seize tonnes

Recordings (295)

  1. Sixteen Tons 2:50 by Merle Travis (1947)
  2. Sixteen Tons 2:37 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (17 Oct 1955)
  3. Sixteen Tons 2:50 cover by Johnny Desmond (Jan 1956)
  4. Sixteen Tons ?:?? by Frankie Laine (1956)
  5. Sixteen Tons 2:36 cover by "Tennessee" Ernie Ford (1956)
  6. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1957)
  7. Sixteen Tons 2:36 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1957)
  8. Sixteen Tons 2:03 live, cover by The Weavers (1957)
  9. Sixteen Tons 2:21 by Frankie Laine (1959)
  10. Sixteen Tons 2:45 cover by Rod McKuen (1959)
  11. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1960)
  12. Sixteen Tons 2:27 cover by Bo Diddley (Sep 1961)
  13. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by 4 Lads (1961)
  14. Sixteen Tons 2:34 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1961)
  15. Sixteen Tons 3:13 cover by Dave Dudley (Mar 1964)
  16. Sixteen Tons 2:29 cover by Harry Nilsson (Oct 1964)
  17. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (10 May 1965)
  18. Sixteen Tons 2:23 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1965)
  19. Sixteen Tons 2:23 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1965)
  20. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1965)
  21. Sixteen Tons 2:35 cover by The Platters (1965)
  22. Sixteen Tons 2:42 cover by Stevie Wonder (16 Nov 1966)
  23. Sixteen Tons 2:55 by Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra and His Chorus (1966)
  24. Sixteen Tons 2:29 cover by Nilsson (1966)
  25. Sixteen Tons 2:25 cover by Johnnie Taylor (02 Mar 1967)
  26. Sixteen Tons 3:09 cover by Tom Jones (1967)
  27. Sixteen Tons 2:52 by Merle Travis (1967)
  28. Sixteen Tons 2:34 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1968)
  29. Sixteen Tons 2:51 cover by The Platters (1968)
  30. Sixteen Tons 2:34 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (Feb 1969)
  31. Sixteen Tons 2:34 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1969)
  32. The Blacksmith's Blues / Sixteen Tons / Don’t Fence Me In 4:14 medley, instrumental by James Last (1969)
  33. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1970)
  34. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1971)
  35. Sixteen Tons 2:02 live, cover by The Weavers (1971)
  36. Sixteen Tons 2:35 cover by Jerry Reed (Dec 1972)
  37. Sixteen Tons 2:37 instrumental, cover by Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass (1972)
  38. Sixteen Tons 2:23 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1972)
  39. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by CCS (1972)
  40. Sixteen Tons 2:34 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1974)
  41. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1974)
  42. Sixteen Tons 2:35 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1974)
  43. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1974)
  44. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1975)
  45. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1977)
  46. Sixteen Tons 2:34 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1979)
  47. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1979)
  48. Sixteen Tons ?:?? cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1979)
  49. Sixteen Tons 2:34 cover by Tennessee Ernie Ford (1979)
  50. Sixteen Tons 3:51 cover by Chevy Chase (1980)
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  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1469232

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/work/26728