“Born to Be Wild” features the lyric “heavy metal thunder,” making it the first popular song to feature the phrase “heavy metal.” “Born to Be Wild” spent three weeks at No. 2 on ...
Tennessee Ernie Ford wasn’t the first to record ‘Sixteen Tons,’ but he made it his signature song in 1955, and the title track of an album released in 1960. Tennessee Ernie Ford wasn’t the ...
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