The sole authorship of "Sixteen Tons" is attributed to Merle Travis on all recordings beginning with Travis's own 1946 record and is registered with BMI as a Merle Travis composition. JSTOR ( April 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).
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In the mid-1920s, a miner tended to haul eight to ten tons per day, whereas for new miners, other miners would slack off so the new miner could "make sixteen tons on very first day." Authorship I owe my soul to the company store." The titular "sixteen tons" refers to a practice of initiating new miners. Another line came from their father, a coal miner, who would say: "I can't afford to die. The line "You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt" came from a letter written by Travis's brother John. It was first released in July 1947 by Capitol on Travis's album Folk Songs of the Hills. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording. Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California, on August 8, 1946. On From Elvis In Nashville, Presley’s studio tracks from the 1970 marathon sessions are presented in pristine audio, newly mixed by acclaimed engineer Matt Ross-Spring (John Prine, Jason Isbell) without the added overdubs or orchestration appearing on earlier releases." Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Now, for the first time, the master recordings from the 1970 Studio B sessions may be enjoyed together as a single official Elvis album. Recorded live in RCA’s Studio B in Nashville over the course of an epic five day/night run in June 1970 (with an additional session on September 22), Elvis’ performances from those sessions formed the core of three of his most successful studio album releases from the 1970s: Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old) and Love Letters from Elvis.
A highlights package will be available in a 2LP 12″ vinyl pressing. From Elvis In Nashville is a 4CD/digital collection presenting the long-awaited definitive chronicle of Elvis Presley’s mythic 1970 marathon sessions with the “Nashville Cats” including two bonus discs of rare and/or unreleased outtakes from the 1970 sessions (also available digitally).
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