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Ernie Ford - 16 Tons

submitted by ctrlalt bleach

(ctrlaltbleach)
1 decade 4 years 10 months 4 weeks ago

15 Comments

holy shit this is the song from A Garfield Halloween ! ! ! !!!! ! !!!!!!!

Yeah I herd this on the radio the other night and I recorded on my phone so I would remember because when I herd it I thought this has the sift all over it.

The song was originally written Merle Travis: http://videosift.com/video/Merle-Travis-Sixteen-Tons

Tennessee Ernie Ford popularized the song; guess it's good to have a standard version of the song on here.

One more version, way after he jumped the shark: http://videosift.com/video/Tennessee-Ernie-Ford-16-Tons-Go-Go-Version

I likey the Platters' version:

He looks a lot different than he did on I Love Lucy, the only place from which I've ever known him, though I was aware he was something of a popular perform way back when.

He was Cousin Ernie Ford from Bent Fork, Tennessee who was afraid of painted up wicked city women.

Any time I hear this song I think of Joe Versus the Volcano because they play it during the opening credits.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Ernie Ford, 16 Tons' to 'Ernie Ford, 16 Tons, Sixteen Tons, coal, St Peter, de company sto' - edited by calvados

*dark *jazz?

Adding video to channels (Dark, Jazz) - requested by calvados.

aaand *livemusic innit

Adding video to channels (Livemusic) - requested by calvados.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'Ernie Ford, 16 Tons, Sixteen Tons, coal, St Peter, de company sto' to '50s, 1956, Ernie Ford, 16 Tons, Sixteen Tons, coal, St Peter, de company sto' - edited by calvados

and *blues

Adding video to channels (Blues) - requested by calvados.

*promote
in a mountain kind of mood 2 day

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Thursday, April 1st, 2010 11:27am PDT - promote requested by marinara.

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