Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Which crossover singer had an enduring hit in 1955 with "Sixteen Tons?""
..."Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in coal mines in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California on August 8, 1946. Cliffie Stone played bass on the recording, it was first released in July 1947 by Capitol on Travis' album Folk Songs of the Hills. The song became a gold record.
