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Matthew Fouch
Matthew Fouch is remembered for his version of 'Sixteen Tons,' a song about coal miners that connected with listeners in the 1950s. He recorded it for Capitol...
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Matthew Fouch is remembered for his version of 'Sixteen Tons,' a song about coal miners that connected with listeners in the 1950s. He recorded it for Capitol Records around that time.
He was part of a group called the Tennessee Coal Miners, which played folk music with some bluegrass and country touches. They performed live shows that people responded to.
Fouch also put out albums like 'Matthew Fouch Sings the Folk Songs of Our Land' and 'Nashville Skyline.' Other songs he recorded include 'Tennessee Saturday Night' and 'Deep in a Coal Mine.'
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