Mick Sumbling - singer/songwriter from the Barcelona area - covers the Merle Travis song that was a huge Billboard hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford. Released in October, 1955 "Sixteen Tons" was the fastest selling single in the history of the record business, earning Ford the first Gold Record ever awarded by Capitol Records.

This version was recorded live as a demo at El Moll Studios, Sabadell.

Sixteen Tons

A demo recording of an original song by Mick Sumbling. Catch the video on YouTube for the slightly surreal lyrics and a backdrop of scenes from 'Salomé' (1923), a silent film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's play of the same name.

Why Is She So?

Mick Sumbling sings and picks out the tune on Spanish guitar, Colum Pettit plays violin and Llongue strums a ukulele and whistles. You know how to whistle, don't you? "Turkeys On The Spit" - words & music by El Mick.

Turkeys On The Spit

A Johnny Cash rockabilly sound for an original song, written and recorded by Mick Sumbling. 

See the video clip on YouTube with scenes from Johnny's 1961 film: '5 Minutes To Live'

Behind My Back

Not an original title (B.B. King has a blues by the same name), but an original song recorded as a demo by Mick Sumbling.

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