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text-decoration:none; font-size:8px; margin-left:5px;vertical-align:10px;white-space:nowrap;\"><span>by <\/span><img style=\"display: inline;margin:0;padding:0;width:16px;height:16px;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"feather\" src=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/icon.png\" \/><\/a><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RRh0QiXyZSk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/stories\/tennessee-ernie-ford-sixteen-tons-song\/\">Story from: UDiscoverMusic.Com<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Tennessee Ernie Ford wasn\u2019t the first artist to record \u201cSixteen Tons,\u201d but he made it his signature. The song, inspired by the travails of the real-life coal miners of Kentucky, was first recorded by one of his forerunners on the Capitol label, Merle Travis, in 1947.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That popular version, of a song that bore Travis\u2019 songwriting credit from then on, didn\u2019t show up on the Billboard charts on the day, even though Travis was emerging with other hits at the time. By 1955, it was ripe for a remake \u2013 and would later become the title of one of Ford\u2019s Capitol albums.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/stories\/tennessee-ernie-ford-sixteen-tons-song\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tennessee Ernie Ford wasn\u2019t the first artist to record \u201cSixteen Tons,\u201d but he made it his signature. 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