Sixteen Tons

~ Recording by The Weavers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.14Sixteen Tons2:03The WeaversThe Weavers at Carnegie HallThe WeaversAlbum + Live
Vanguard (imprint of Vanguard Records)VRS-9010
1.14Sixteen Tons2:03The WeaversThe Weavers at Carnegie HallThe WeaversAlbum + Live
Vanguard (imprint of Vanguard Records)VMD-73101
1.14Sixteen Tons2:03The WeaversThe Weavers at Carnegie HallThe WeaversAlbum + Live
RevOla RecordsCR REV 165
1.14Sixteen Tons?:??The WeaversThe Story of Vanguard (First edition limited to 1000)The Weavers, Odetta, Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte‐Marie, Doc Watson & Skip JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2021-10-01
Vanguard (imprint of Vanguard Records), Vinyl Me, Please.VMP-A010
(unknown)
1.14Sixteen Tons2:03The WeaversThe Weavers at Carnegie HallThe WeaversAlbum + Live
Vanguard (imprint of Vanguard Records)VMCD 7302

Relationships

recorded at:Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1955-12-24)
recording of:Sixteen Tons (on 1955-12-24: cover, live)

Sixteen Tons

lyricist and composer:Merle Travis
publisher:American Music, Inc.
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
referred to in medleys:Way Out West (K-Tel mix/medley) (order: 6)
later parody versions:16 Months
Diamond Dog Hole
Sixteen Tons (Parody)
Sixteen Tons (yiddish parody)
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
adaptations:16 Tons