Song info

Adaptation tree

• Sixteen Tons written by Merle Travis - English
  • Mary Ann written by Jarno Sarjanen - Finnish
  • Sie hieß Mary-Ann written by Peter Moesser - German
  • L'ascensore written by Depsa - Italian
  • Seize tonnes written by Jacques Larue - French
  • Miseria nera written by Miki Del Prete, Luciano Beretta - Italian

Versions

Sixteen Tons written by Merle Travis - English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		Sixteen Tons	Merle Travis	1947
2		Sixteen Tons	"Tennessee" Ernie Ford	October 17, 1955
3		Sixteen Tons	Red Sovine	November 1955
4		Sixteen Tons	Larry Cross Accompanied by Johnny Gregory and His Band	December 1955
5		16 Tons	B.B. King	1955
6		Sixteen Tons	Eddy Arnold	October 1956
7		Sixteen Tons	The Weavers	December 1956
8		Sixteen Tons	Homer & Jethro	1956
9		16 toneladas	Alberto Vazquez	1960
10		Sixteen Tons	John Charles	1960
11		Sixteen Tons	The Platters	1960
12		Sixteen Tons	Kate Smith with Bill Stegmeyer and His Orchestra	1960
13		Sixteen Tons	Jimmy Dean	November 1961
14		Sixteen Tons	Bo Diddley	1961
15		Sixteen Tons	Dave Dudley	March 1964
16		Sixteen Tons	Louis Neefs	1964
17		Sixteen Tons	Lorne Greene	1965
18		Sixteen Tons	Stevie Wonder	November 1966
19		Sixteen Tons	Tom Jones	March 24, 1967
20		Sixteen Tons	The Robert DeCormier Singers	1967
21		Sixteen Tons	Johnnie Taylor	1967
22		16 Tons	Pacific Ocean	1969
23		Sixteen Tons	Jerry Reed	December 1972
24		Sixteen Tons	Lester "Roadhog" Moran and His Cadillac Cowboys	1974
25		Sixteen Tons	Eddy Smets	1974
26		Sixteen Tons	The Sparrows Quartette	1975
27		Sixteen Tons	Rohdes Rockers	1977
28		Sixteen Tons	Terry Wogan	1978
29		Sixteen Tons	Chevy Chase	1980
30		16 Tons	The Redskins	1984
31		Sixteen Tons	Brave Combo	1984
32		Sixteen Tons	Anna Domino	1986
33		Sixteen Tons	Johnny Cash	1987
34		Money for Nothing	Big Daddy	1991
35		Sixteen Tons	The Nighthawks	1993
36		Sixteen Tons	Mark Harman	1993
37		16 Tons	Mustard's Retreat	1994
38		Sixteen Tons	Günther Neefs	1996
39		Sixteen Tons	Charlie Daniels	1997
40		Sixteen Tons	Eric Burdon Brian Auger Band	June 30, 1998
41		16 Tons	Eric Burdon	1998
42		Sixteen Tons	Stan Ridgway	October 19, 1999
43		16 Tons	Roger Chapman and The Shortlist	1999
44		Sixteen Tons	Jason and the Gmen	1999
45		Sixteen Tons	Voice Male & Günther Neefs	2000
46		Sixteen Tons	Eels	May 10, 2005
47		Sixteen Tons	Jenne Decleir	December 20, 2005
48		My Prayer/Sixteen Tons/Only You/Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Alti & Bassi	2006
49		Sixteen Tons	Wilfried Van den Brande	February 2008
50		Sixteen Tons	Jim Carter [1]	2008
51		16 Tons	LeAnn Rimes	September 27, 2011
52		16 Tons	Tim Timebomb	December 25, 2012

Mary Ann written by Jarno Sarjanen - Finnish

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		Mary Ann	Jarno Sarjanen	1985

Sie hieß Mary-Ann written by Peter Moesser - German

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		Sie hieß Mary-Ann	Freddy	1956
2		Sie hieß Mary-Ann	Ralf Bendix	1956
3		Sie hieß Mary-Ann	Rolf Simson	1956

L'ascensore written by Depsa - Italian

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		L'ascensore	Adriano Celentano	1986

Seize tonnes written by Jacques Larue - French

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
1		Seize tonnes	Armand Mestral	May 1956
2		16 tonnes	Eddy Mitchell	November 23, 2009