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Sixteen Tons by Merle Travis
Merle Travis
Artist Biography For Merle Travis
Merle Robert Travis November 29 1917 – October 20 1983 Was An American Country And Western Singer Songwriter And Musician Born In Rosewood Kentucky. His Lyrics Often Discussed The Exploitation Of Coal Miners. Some Of The Songs He Wrote Or Performed Include "Sixteen Tons" "Dark As A Dungeon" "So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" And "Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette" However It Is His Masterful Guitar Playing That He Is Best Known For Today. "Travis Picking" A Style Of Guitar Picking Is Named After Him. He Was Inducted Into The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 1970 And Elected To The Country Music Hall Of Fame In 1977.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Sixteen Tons
Merle-Travis - Folk Songs Of The Hills
"Sixteen Tons" Is A Song About The Life Of A Coal Miner First Recorded In 1946 By American Country Singer Merle Travis And Released On His Box Set Album Folk Songs Of The Hills The Following Year.
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Biography - Merle Travis
Merle Robert Travis November 29 1917 – October 20 1983 Was An American Country And Western Singer Songwriter And Musician Born In Rosewood Kentucky. His Lyrics Often Discussed The Exploitation Of Coal Miners. Some Of The Songs He Wrote Or Performed Include "Sixteen Tons" "Dark As A Dungeon" "So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" And "Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette" However It Is His Masterful Guitar Playing That He Is Best Known For Today. "Travis Picking" A Style Of Guitar Picking Is Named After Him. He Was Inducted Into The Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame In 1970 And Elected To The Country Music Hall Of Fame In 1977.
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"Sixteen Tons" is a song about the life of a coal miner, first recorded in 1946 by American country singer Merle Travis and released on his box set album Folk Songs of the Hills the following year. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.