Sixteen Tons
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original song written, composed, and performed by Merle Travis
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Vinony's link graph records 400 inbound references to Sixteen Tons, and connects out to country music, YouTube and Elvis Presley.
It sits within the topics 1947 songs, 1955 singles and Billboard Top 100 number-one singles.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Genre
- folk music
- Composer
- Merle Travis
- Performer
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Tonality
- E minor
- Lyrics by
- Merle Travis
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- language of work or name
- English language
- publication date
- 1946-00-00
- title
- Sixteen Tons
- first line
- Some people say a man is made outta mud
- form of creative work
- song
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Available in 14 languages
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- Azerbaijani
- Hebrew
- Nederlands
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polski
- Romanian
- Serbian (Latin)
- Ukrainian
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Categories
1947 songs1955 singlesBillboard Top 100 number-one singlesCapitol Records singlesEric Burdon songsFrankie Laine songsJames & Bobby Purify songsMerle Travis songsMuhlenberg County, KentuckyNumber-one singles in AustraliaSongs about laborSongs about miningSongs written by Merle TravisTennessee Ernie Ford songsThe Platters songsUnited States National Recording Registry recordings