What connects this song
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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Merle Travis, also Sixteen Tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford), Dark as a Dungeon (Dolly Parton) and Sie hieß Mary Ann (Freddy Quinn)
Part of Ride This Train, also Smiling Bill McCall, Going to Memphis and Second Honeymoon
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Merle Travis wrote 26 songs on fono
Merle Travis’s most frequent co-writer is Cliffie Stone (6 songs together)
Merle Travis first appears on fono in 1947, 13 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- Merle Travis
- Part of
- Ride This Train
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Merle Travis
- Part of
- Ride This Train
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Merle Travis
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Ride This Train
Same writer: Merle Travis
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Ride This Train
Same writer: Merle Travis
Same label: Columbia
Elsewhere
Sources (4)
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1MusicBrainz Loading Coal was written by Merle Travis
Loading Coal was written by Merle Travis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Loading Coal is part of the release Ride This Train
Loading Coal is part of the release Ride This Train
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Loading Coal
Columbia is the label of the song Loading Coal
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Loading Coal was released on 1960-08-01