Sixteen Tons
Released on Folk Songs of the Hills (1947)
Covered by
(181 artists)
- Aliases
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Merle Travis and His Guitar
Merle Travis with Cowboy Band
- Real name
- Merle Robert Travis
- Born
- November 29, 1917
- Died
- October 20, 1983
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00030988962
39 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist. Travis is particularly regarded for his guitar style, a form of fingerpicking, which is widely called "Travis picking" after him. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977 and in 2002 into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
- Member of
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Brown's Ferry Four
Tin Ear Tanner and His Back Room Boys
- Family
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Tex Ann Wife
Thom Bresh Son
Judy Hayden Wife
