Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons (Vinyl LP)
Capitol
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Vinyl LP pressing. Ernest Jennings Ford began his career singing country music on the radio later adopting the name Tennessee Ernie. Sixteen Tons was his biggest hit featured on this album, selling over one million copies and holding the #1 position on the Billboard Country Music charts for ten weeks. Now available as a single LP on standard weight vinyl in celebration of Capitol Records' 75th anniversary. Sixteen Tons is a sparsely arranged coal-miner's lament, that Merle Travis first recorded in 1946 reflecting his own family's experience in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The song's authorship has been claimed by both Travis and George S. Davis, although Travis is recognized as the sole author on the recording itself, by BMI and in virtually all reference works. Sixteen Tons, Mule Train, Cry of the Wild Goose, I LL Never Be Free, Ain't Nobody S Business But My Own, Shotgun Boogie, Mr and Mississippi, Ocean of Tears, You Re My Sugar, The Honeymoon S Over, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, River of No Return, Smokey Mountain Boogie, Cool Cool Kisses, Give Me Your Word, Kissin Bug Boogie, Sweet Temptation, Rock City Boogie, Stack-O-Lee, Hey Good Looking
Vinyl LP pressing. Ernest Jennings Ford began his career singing country music on the radio later adopting the name Tennessee Ernie. Sixteen Tons was his biggest hit featured on this album, selling over one million copies and holding the #1 position on the Billboard Country Music charts for ten weeks. Now available as a single LP on standard weight vinyl in celebration of Capitol Records' 75th anniversary. Sixteen Tons is a sparsely arranged coal-miner's lament, that Merle Travis first recorded in 1946 reflecting his own family's experience in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The song's authorship has been claimed by both Travis and George S. Davis, although Travis is recognized as the sole author on the recording itself, by BMI and in virtually all reference works. Sixteen Tons, Mule Train, Cry of the Wild Goose, I LL Never Be Free, Ain't Nobody S Business But My Own, Shotgun Boogie, Mr and Mississippi, Ocean of Tears, You Re My Sugar, The Honeymoon S Over, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, River of No Return, Smokey Mountain Boogie, Cool Cool Kisses, Give Me Your Word, Kissin Bug Boogie, Sweet Temptation, Rock City Boogie, Stack-O-Lee, Hey Good Looking