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Recorded at Capitol Studios, also Smile (Nat King Cole), A Blossom Fell (Nat King Cole) and Almost Like Being in Love (Nat King Cole)
Written by Merle Travis, also Dark as a Dungeon (Dolly Parton), Sie hieß Mary Ann (Freddy Quinn) and Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) (Tex Williams)
Released on CEMA Special Markets, also We Can Work It Out (The Beatles), Where Have All the Flowers Gone (The Kingston Trio) and Non dimenticar (Nat King Cole)
Part of Portrait of an Artist: 22 Legendary Hits, also Mule Train, Cry of the Wild Goose and Mister and Mississippi
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
84 other songs on fono were recorded at Capitol Studios, by The Nat King Cole Trio and Ella Fitzgerald and others
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, 8 years before this song
Credits
All 12 credits
- Written by
- Merle Travis
- Performed by
- Bobby Gibbons, Charles Parlato, Darol Rice, George Bruns, Red Mandel, Rolly Bundock, Roy Harte and Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Recorded at
- Capitol Studios
- Released on
- CEMA Special Markets
- Written by
- Merle Travis
- Performed by
- Bobby Gibbons, Charles Parlato, Darol Rice, George Bruns, Red Mandel, Rolly Bundock, Roy Harte and Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Recorded at
- Capitol Studios
- Released on
- CEMA Special Markets
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Merle Travis
Same studio: Capitol Studios
Same label: CEMA Special Markets
Same release: Portrait of an Artist: 22 Legendary Hits
Same writer: Merle Travis
Same studio: Capitol Studios
Same label: CEMA Special Markets
Same release: Portrait of an Artist: 22 Legendary Hits
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was performed by Bobby Gibbons
Sixteen Tons was performed by Bobby Gibbons
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was performed by Charles Parlato
Sixteen Tons was performed by Charles Parlato
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was performed by Darol Rice
Sixteen Tons was performed by Darol Rice
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was performed by George Bruns
Sixteen Tons was performed by George Bruns
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was performed by Red Mandel
Sixteen Tons was performed by Red Mandel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was performed by Rolly Bundock
Sixteen Tons was performed by Rolly Bundock
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was performed by Roy Harte
8MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Sixteen Tons was performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was written by Merle Travis
Sixteen Tons was written by Merle Travis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons is part of the release Portrait of an Artist: 22 Legendary Hits
Sixteen Tons is part of the release Portrait of an Artist: 22 Legendary Hits
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was recorded at Capitol Studios
Sixteen Tons was recorded at Capitol Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz CEMA Special Markets is the label of the song Sixteen Tons
CEMA Special Markets is the label of the song Sixteen Tons
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Sixteen Tons was released on 1955-10-17