• "Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Travis first recorded the...
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  • "Sixteen Tons" is a 1947 song by Merle Travis which was also recorded by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Sixteen Tons or 16 Tons may also refer to: Sixteen Tons...
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    he is remembered for his hit recordings of "The Shotgun Boogie" and "Sixteen Tons". Ford was born in Fordtown, Tennessee, United States, to Maud (née Long)...
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    their second, Sixteen Tons, in 2003, both albums were released via their first record label Berserker Records. After the release of Sixteen Tons in 2003, the...
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    Sixteen Tons Entertainment is a German computer game developer company based in Tübingen and Berlin, which emerged from the brand label of the Tübingen...
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  • Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (2000), Electro-Shock Blues Show (2002), Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs) (2005), and Live and in Person! London 2006 (2008). The band...
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  • Sixteen Tons of Bluegrass is an album by Pete Stanley and Wizz Jones produced by Chas McDevitt, and originally released in the UK1966 on Columbia Records...
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  • to February 1960. Several tracks of interest [citation needed] are "Sixteen Tons" which Bo was supposed to perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, [citation...
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  • series of real-time strategy simulation video games by German developer Sixteen Tons Entertainment, designed by Ralph Stock. In the games, players control...
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    American coal miners. Among his many well-known songs and recordings are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues", "I am a Pilgrim" and "Dark as a Dungeon". However...
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  • Sampliner Produced by Edward Norton Production companies Class 5 Films Sixteen Tons Productions Distributed by Netflix Release date December 31, 2014 (2014-12-31)...
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    "Sixteen Tons". Ericzimmerman.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014. IndieCade 2010 Finalist: Sixteen Tons by...
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  • Jack Fascinato "Sixteen Tons" December 3 "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie...
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    Pretender", "Twilight Time", and "My Prayer". He is the lead vocalist on "Sixteen Tons", "Singin' in the Rain", "In a Little Spanish Town", "Sleepy Time Gal"...
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  • Emergency 4: Global Fighters for Life (category Sixteen Tons Entertainment games)
    North America) is a simulation video game developed by German studio Sixteen Tons Entertainment allowing users to manage emergency services on a variety...
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  • and debuted with a cover version of Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 hit "Sixteen Tons", which featured Hugh Cregg (later better known as Huey Lewis) on harmonica...
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    legend, when someone on the show's staff overheard him casually singing "Sixteen Tons" in the dressing room, he was asked to perform the song on the show....
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    the requirements was a weight limit of 15.5 long tons (15.7 t), which led to the nickname "16-tonners". Other specifications included that it could transported...
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    the most important German game titles to this day″. Under the label Sixteen Tons Entertainment, Ralph Stock developed several other games in Tübingen...
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  • Platinum 1959 Gather 'Round A Friend We Have 1960 Sing a Hymn with Me 23 Sixteen Tons Sing a Spiritual with Me Come to the Fair 1961 Civil War Songs of the...
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    "Sixteen Tons of Hardware" and "Voodoo Magic" were both hit singles in Finland. Two singles off the album, "Living in a Fantasy" and "Sixteen Tons of...
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    was a monopoly. The songs Fishback mentions include the popular song "Sixteen Tons", which contains such lines as "Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cuz...
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    band from North Carolina, paid tribute to Earnhardt on their 2003 album Sixteen Tons, with the song "No. 3". The song is played with audio clips from television...
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  • Three Italian Bears / Come Prima* 1961 − A Good Man is Hard to Find / Sixteen Tons 1961 − Oh! My Pa−Pa, O Mio Papa / Tici Ti Tici To Tici Ta 1961 − The...
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    Crazy Otto Medley" Johnny Maddox 12 "Melody of Love" Billy Vaughn 13 "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford 14 "Learnin' the Blues" Frank Sinatra 15 "Hearts...
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  • was re-released in 2003, paired with Boom Chicka Boom on a single CD. "Sixteen Tons" was previously a hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford, "The Big Light" is an...
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  • Niles) — — — — — — "Stand Up and Holler" (Foto-Fi Four) — — — — — — "Sixteen Tons" — — — — — — 1965 "You Can't Take Your Love Away from Me" — — — — — —...
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    Emergency 2: The Ultimate Fight for Life Microsoft Windows April 8, 2002 Sixteen Tons Entertainment Take-Two Interactive Big Bass Fishing PlayStation May 3...
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  • conducted by Dick Stabile "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Fascinato "Sixteen Tons" "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie Ford...
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    Malibu, in the United States. In 1990, Eric Burdon's cover version of "Sixteen Tons" was used for the film Joe Versus the Volcano. The song, which played...
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