Sixteen Tons (1955)
~ Recording by B.B. King
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Country/Date | ||||
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| 5.13 | Sixteen Tons (1955) | 2:34 | B.B. King | Milestones of a Blues Legend |
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Relationships
| recording of: | Sixteen Tons (cover) |
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Related works
Sixteen Tons
| lyricist and composer: | Merle Travis |
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| publisher: | American Music, Inc. Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. |
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| referred to in medleys: | Way Out West (order: 6) |
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| later parody versions: | 16 Months Diamond Dog Hole Sixteen Tons Sixteen Tons |
| later translated versions: | Dieciséis toneladas Seksten tonn Sexton ton Sie hieß Mary Ann Zestien ton 靜心等 |
| is the basis for: | Seize tonnes נח היה איש צדיק ותמים |