The Platters - Sixteen Tons

[Joannegmurphy]

RIP Clyde McPhatter, BEST voice in all of rock n roll!

[mrblackpuma74]

Listen too the brazilian samba version: "Noriel Vilela - 16 Toneladas"

[superfasulo]

Posiblemente el intérprete haya sido Herb Reed, genial bajo.

[darko84ful]

fking retards that disliked



[TEAKMAN1]

I heard Tenn. Ernie Ford on the radio during his hay-day - his version was great - BUT the Platters beat it, hands down [they beat Johnnie Cash, too!].

[juancerioni]

/watch?v=uYfg8glFvmI 

[susaronita]

WOW!!! QUE VOZ!!! POR DIOS QUE BELLEZA..Y SIN TODOS ESOS ARREGLOS QUE SE HACEN HOY EN LOS ESTUDIOS DE GRABACIÓN!!! PURO TALENTO!!!

[lenamgn]

Голос потрясающей красоты.. 

[ToRnAdO8880]

tu que dices sunormal tu di lo que quieras pero es que yo lo hago para un trabajo de el insti si te gusta la música clasica viejucho es que eres un atontao

[ToRnAdO8880]

es una mierda esta cancion me esta rayando

[AlfredAmeneyro21]

@ToRnAdO8880 Debes ser un fan de Bieber, Rebeca Black o te gusta Twilight.

[TheJureeee]

@ToRnAdO8880 sos un puto ya quisieras cantar asi anda a escuchar el reggeton homosexual ese que tanto te gusta no sabes lo que es bueno sos un perdedor

[camarade001]

That's strange that singers usually work to have a acute voice. It's much more peacefull to ear a deep voice ^^

peace and love everyone!

[Lukaskg1989]

fuck the bosses

[juniorpitboy11]

SHOW DE BOLA EU GOSTO PAKAS DESTA MUSICA

[nicolavaleriik6hiq]

A piece of real art.....

[85radixx]

yuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :D

[lowsnailbox]

thats how a gangbang starts lol >:D

[CupOfTea36]

The more I listen to this the more awesome I find it.

[drjuanEBAT]

When I was sixteen , it was in Cuba, many , many decades ago , this song was very cherish to me, almost like my theme , with dreams of other countries and civilization and peoples working in mines and the soul of the south ....

It me me nostalgic now for a bygone era.

[atemirg]

This voice is very ..:)))))))))))))))) Like it!

[19Edurne]

For all those who like his voice, go listen to The Harmonizing Four "Wade in the Water", "Father Along" "Go Down Moses... I guess you won't be desapointed.

[Skapare]

6 bosses wants everyone to stop having fun and get back to work.

[AnhedoniOwl]

this song makes me smile )

[festazar]

amazing

[lifelove240]

Is this Herb Reed on lead?

[mascotero100]

SUPERRRRRRRRRRRRR THE BEST

[edumay47]

Me encanta este tema, espero encontrar las partituras ya que deseo aprenderlo bien y cantarlo, asi que si alguien tiene las partituras y me las puede enviar me dejan mensaje, desde muchas gracias.

[TalmaLennon]

THIS GROUP IS (WAS) THE MORE PERFECT OF THE UNIVERSAL MUSIC! AWESOME!

[TopT432]

deeeeep voice

[Syrakusa1987]

Very good :-)

[TheChinaRider]

St. Peter don't You call me...i'm listening to Platters :)

[Pablitomas2]

♫♪♫Sixteen Tons ♫♪♫

[franckyjo01]

The best version of sixteen tons

La meilleure version de sixteen tons.

Vraiment superbe!

[mrnxdrf1]

Remember when you could watch a video without having to sit through a commercial

Remember when music videos were uploaded by users and not VEVO

Remember when all the info was to the right of the video

Remember you could rate a video 1-5 stars

Remember the famous yellow subscribe button

Remember when the users controlled the site and now corporations?

WE MISS THE OLD YOUTUBE!

Post this in every video and lets start a youtube revolution

Thumbs up to keep top

[robertoamor2011]

Estimated friend, if you want to listen again this song and an endless number of successes of the love I suggest you to visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - looks for his direction URL in Google ( search Musica para Mimos in Google)-. best romantic music of all the times in Internet, is great, is very good ...!!!

[Artencot]

dose anybody now aday have that kind of voice

[MartianSanta]

@Artencot yes, but they don't do popular music

[radioactivebanana922]

amazing. truly amazing.

[bigjimbo29000]

holy cow this version is crap!!!!

[mrlemmon]

Where is the version where it goes do,do,do,do,do,do?

[PristineSneakers]

@mrlemmon Tennessee Ernie Ford. That's my favorite version, and I think the original. This one is very good too though.

[Lotdark]

@PristineSneakers This is the one...

[PristineSneakers]

@mrlemmon Nevermind, Ford isn't the original. It is the one you're looking for though.

[mrlemmon]

@PristineSneakers I'll find it one of these days.Thanks for trying though.do do do do do

[BudtheInterviewer]

Very powerful... excellent vocals.

[driepintenbier]

Perfect bariton voice!

[aguyar99]

bellissima

[val1603]

От такого голоса - мурашки...

[zhaklinaa]

this is cool song. love it

[LandscapeDreams]

It sends shivers down my spine....Amazing voice...

[willfullyobscure]

crazy that this was written by a white man and yet it sounds just like a black song when they sing it. goes to show that race is NOT important. only shared experience. A poor mans' made out of muscle and blood...

[dino335]

Sung nicely a bit too uptown cool pop for this song. They don't get the meaning across like Tennesee Ernie Foord. I doubt the Platters from LA never got within a hundred miles of a coal mine.

[willfullyobscure]

@dino335 think again, they ALL worked shit jobs and had hard lives before singing took off. Don't be fooled by the polish. Burl Ives had a golden throat too, but he worked on sounding good, even singing all his old time country and folk.

[MosesHightower]

@dino335 - it's a cover song - they didn't write the lyrics so it doesn't matter if the lyrics represent their life experience or not. anyway, this version is way more soulful & hypnotic than the original by Ernie Ford. and these cats were def not chillin "uptown".

[dino335]

@MosesHightower Of course it's a cover song, written by Merle Travis in the 1940's.I am not required to like this version better. The Platters were known for their smooth style and delivery. The singer sounds affected to me, his pronuciation is a bit fey. Uptown cool refers to the sound and is a reference to Harlem. It was not a comment on their upbringing.

Not all black people grew up poor. I have no idea whether or not the singer grow up poor, do you?

[MosesHightower]

@dino335 never said this version was better as that is subjective, but it is more soulful & hypnotic which are qualities i like better personally. i do like the Ernie Ford version as well though. i'm not that familiar with their upbringing but it's not a factor that influences how i feel about someone's music other than feeling for them if they did have to go thru a lot of hardship.

[yanfrom1987]

HOLY VOICES

[speakswahilidammit]

Wonderful rendition! Sung by us kids on the bush mine where I grew up in Tanzania. Our "theme", the words true in Geita. Some Muzungu men gave half their pay-packets to the club barman, the other half to the Indian shopkeeper, saying "tell me when it's finished." Real meaning to the words "I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go!" My book's about that place, those crazy years. I'm going back first time in 44 years. I'll sing 16 Tons again, at the overgrown mineshaft mouth. And remember...

[Edu2503]

@speakswahilidammit It's "I owe my soul to the company store", but yeah, you are right.

[ex59neo53]

That's what I call a deep bass :oO

[EduDeAguiarTV]

The BEST version ever!!!

[NADYAKOST]

Спасибо!!!!

[williamg2552]

The lead singer on this song Is original Platters bass singer HERB REED

[oickif]

THE BASS. THIS GUY IS WHAT I STRIVE TO BE.

[hyoutantugino1]

wonderfull  bass vocal^^

[ibizek]

I love Herb's voice! He is amazing...

[erflaz]

capolavoro!

[Rowoches]

WOW!!! I like this version. I have a later recording of The Platters singing this, but it definitely doesn't compare to THIS one! Thanks for sharing!

[MrCapi55]

Nobody ever perfermormed this song like The Platters in this recorded version. Thanks to whom putted it in You Tube!

[rickxtreme]

This incredible singer is a Sub-Bass, Vileila,Tennesse and the other singer of the platters are deep-bass, and Alberto Vasquez is a singer-bass.

Ther are 3 kinds of bass voices and sub-bass is the deeper one, glad to find this great video.

[Chris90bis]

CHIAMBRETTI NIGHT!!!!!!!

[BazeRdc]

Amazing voice + back vocals.. I`m speechless, i can only clap my fingers to this rhythm !

[SnieznyAniol]

I was looking for this so many time and here it is!!! :)

I'm so happy!!!

[savialain]

Quelle merveilleuse voix -basse!

[1pedro2y9]

Por favor, corríjanme!!! Aquí no cantan los Platters, sino el buen Alberto Vásquez.

Las fotos son buenísimas, pero no se confundan

[nikolaxxjaxxon]

@1pedro2y9

busca la version de alberto vasquez , es muy diferente a esta

[Moriremtots]

what an amazing bass voice... always fascinated me

backing vocals are pretty cool too

this is a masterpiece

[SkyzoRino]

@Moriremtots If you like the bass voice..check out this song...elvira - the oakridge boys....the song is not really good but the guys at the right got a great voice!!!

[platinum29ROBLOX]

@Moriremtots he is a basso :D

[VeraParisienne]

Здорово! Долго искала, наконец, нашла. именно в такой записи. Спасибо!

[alfredo98447]

Que maravillosa voz del bajo,una de las mas lindas que he escuchado.Grandes The Platters.

[geniabas1949]

да! пожалуй это лучшее из всего! я с 50х годов пою эту песню про себя. с ссср была выпущена такая пластинка и я ее не слышал до 2005 года! но не забыл! спасисибо тем кто сохранил и выставил в инете!

[dafnevirgi]

Classic and beatiful song! Goes to my favorites!!!

[Emogirly1994]

cool