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Jul 6, 2025 30 min

Volume 236: Tennessee Tons

from Spinning My Dad’s Vinyl Hosted by Frank Vaccariello

We are going to have a ton of fun with this episode. Well 16 tons. Ah. That was too easy. This is the only album my dad has of this great singer. But, it’s obviously the most important one from his releases. This artist was really a radio personality at heart, but when producers discovered that deep voice of his, well, the rest is history. So get ready to hear one of the truly great voices of pop music from the mid 20th century in Volume 236: Tennessee Tons. For more information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it. Credits and copyrights Tennessee Ernie Ford – Sixteen Tons Label: Pickwick/33 Records – SPC-3268 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo Released: Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Country This is an abridged reissue of Tennessee Ernie Ford - Favorites We will hear 6 of the 9 songs on this album. Sixteen Tons Written-By – Merle Travis First Born Written-By – Johnny Lehman One Suit Written-By – Charles Singleton and Larry Coleman Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear Written-By – Bert Reisfield, Dorothy Dick, Mart Fryberg, and Rolf Marbot The Watermelon Song Written-By – Bill (Roy) Eustrom That's All Written-By – Merle Travis I do not own the rights to this music. ASCAP, BMI licenses provided by third-party platforms for music that is not under Public Domain. #tennesseeernieford #musichistory #vinylcollecting #vinylrecords #musicalmemories #fyp

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