In this 1955 hit Tennessee Ernie Ford owed his "soul to the company store"
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Sixteen Tons song history | The Pop History Dig  Oct 6, 2008 ... I owe my soul to the company store.'  ... His Sixteen Tons would be made famous by Tennessee Ernie Ford. Tennessee Ernie's Big Hit ... In July 1955, Ford performed the song again at the Indiana State Fair before a crowd...
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Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford  I owe my soul to the company store. ... song from working with Travis on Cliffie Stone's Hometown Jamboree, and revived it on his daily NBC show early in 1955.
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Sixteen Tons - Wikipedia  Tennessee Ernie Ford's version of "Sixteen Tons" was a number one hit in the United States. The chorus sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford. "Sixteen Tons" is a song about a coal miner, based on life in coal mines in Muhlenberg County, ... Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded "Sixteen Tons" in 1955 as the B-side of his cover of the...
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Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings 16 Tons - YouTube  Mar 20, 2008 - 3 min - Uploaded by curleyb3Category. Entertainment. License. Standard YouTube License. Music. "Sixteen  Tons" by ...
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Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford Songfacts  Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. ... Show in 1955, he was asked to play this, but performed his hit Bo Diddley instead, ... Hence the line, "owe my soul to the company store".
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Rock & Retailing More Tv Ads Strike With A Familiar Chord As They ...  Aug 18, 1987 ... Bruce Springsteen reportedly turned down an offer worth $12 million that included the use of "Born in the U.S.A." in a 1986 Chrysler ... Other artists who refuse to let their songs be used to flog ... After being deluged with inquiries from ad agencies, Jackson sat down this spring with the director of his...
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Marty: 1955 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Aug 8, 2014 ... MARLON BRANDO $1000: He took a gamble & made his musical debut in this 1955 film, & he did his own singing, too. MOVIE TEENS $300: In...
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Shelby Singleton Jr. | Sun Record Company  Oct 8, 2009 ... While promoting records by artists signed to the Mercury label, he was ... He was at a Nashville recording studio in the early 60's waiting for a session to be done ... More hit records by Riley and other artists followed and in 1969, the ... Initially, Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, approached Singleton about...
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Oldies Music -- News  Ron, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were on hand for the film, which chronicles ... Glenn Yarbrough, founding member and tenor with the Limeliters who had a long ... with "Baby The Rain Must Fall" (title song of the Steve McQueen/Lee Remick ..... his only Pop top 40 hit, he was a staple of the R&B charts from 1965-1984,...
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Flashback: See Tennessee Ernie Ford's Go-Go Take on 'Sixteen ...  Nov 19, 2015 ... Groovy take on Ford's signature hit includes a squad of backup dancers ... Ernie Ford performs a go-go version of his signature hit "Sixteen Tons" on ... over to the pop chart as well, logging eight weeks at Number One. ... Ford, nicknamed the "Old Pea Picker" for his familiar catchphrase, may have been the...
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The Motown Story - Both Sides Now Publications  Aug 8, 2012 ... United Artists signed Marv Johnson to a recording contract and Berry Gordy ... Anna Records was a Detroit-based company that was owned by Berry's ... In 1960, Gordy met singer Mary Wells at a club where she sang for him, and he .... The Four Tops were quickly switched to the Motown label and turned...
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Tennessee ernie Ford - 16 Tons - YouTube  Apr 5, 2008 - 3 min - Uploaded by LordEganTitle describes it all. ... Tennessee ernie Ford - 16 Tons. LordEgan. Subscribe ...
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Top Songs by Genre - DanRutledge.com  2000s Rock  100 Greatest Songs. .... Mule Train - Frankie Laine / Tennessee Ernie Ford / Bing Crosby / Vaughn Monroe. 97. ... Take The A Train - Duke Ellington (1941). 3. ..... Darktown Strutters Ball - Castle Jazz Band (I) (1949) // Turk Murphy's Jazz Band ... Day In Day Out - Artie Shaw Orchestra w/Helen Forrest (v) (1939).
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Elvis Presley 1953-1955 : The Hillbilly Cat - Elvis Presley Music  Elvis Presley 1953-1955 - Every concert, studio recording and important event in Elvis Presley's Life ... July 5, 1954 Sun Studio - Memphis, Tennessee .... 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' (Sun 209) - the first of five singles Elvis will release on the Sun label. ... August 7, Billboard reviews Sun 209 ... calling Elvis 'A strong new talent'.
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All Shook Up by Elvis Presley Songfacts  All Shook Up by Elvis Presley song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and ... the Mississippi-Alabama Fair & Dairy Show in his hometown of Tupelo, MS. ... Not surprisingly the next week it was at #1 and it stayed in the top spot for eight weeks. ... i love the starting lyrics "WELL A BLESS MY SOUL WHAT'S A WRONG WITH...
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Elvis Presley facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  Presley's very first RCA single, Heartbreak Hotel (co-written by Presley, ... for Crown Electric Company, Memphis, in the stockroom and as a delivery truck driver, 1953-54. .... the upstart musician gave performances that drove audiences mad. .... a bill was put before the U.S. Congress that advocated making the recording...
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'Portrait of an American Singer' Revives The Memory ... - NPR Illinois  Oct 22, 2015 ... You load 16 tons, what do you get? ... "Sixteen Tons," a number one hit on both the pop and country charts for Tennessee Ernie Ford ... his rural background never hiding his drawl and referring to himself as the old pea picker.
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Food and Drink in Songs | Interesting Facts | Page 13 - FunTrivia.com  Slim also received many awards for his services to country music in a career of more than 60 years. ... This popular song, written in the 1940s, was called 'The Coffee Song', followed by a bracketed subtitle ... They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil' Cream also recorded a tune called 'The Coffee Song' (no relation) which...
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50 - Forgotten Hits - rssing.com  Local group Anthony and the Sophomores make a five point leap within The Top ... Thanks for all the nice words as Forgotten Hits celebrates its 16th Anniversary. ... -live-tv-version-of-the-wiz-macys-the-store-the-star-the-story-book-and-more/ .... and early '60s songs that are largely lost on AM / FM radio ... but that would be...
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BLUES AND SOUL'S 40 ESSENTIAL SOUL SINGLES  BLUES AND SOUL TOP 40 SOUL SINGLES. ... Ruffin) and sensational players (the Funk Brothers) and you have recipe for an essential soul single. ... A hit first time out in 1961 and then number 1 in 1987? and it can still score. ... JAMES BROWN -   GET ON UP I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE PART 1   (King...
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Amazon.com: The Star Carol: Tennessee Ernie Ford: MP3 Downloads  Start your 30-day free trial of Unlimited to listen to this album plus tens of ..... It is still the first record that I play each Christmas season, and can't to this day ... Yes, I too at one time had a copy of the Star Carol on vinal years ago. ... good, old traditional hymns, you're sure to appreciate Tennessee Ernie Ford's The Star Carol.