Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

Merle Travis

  • Listeners

    67.2K

  • Scrobbles

    405.8K

  • Listeners

    67.2K

  • Scrobbles

    405.8K

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this artist

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Born
29 November 1917
Born In
Rosewood, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, United States
Died
20 October 1983 (aged 65)
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette"; however, it is his masterful guitar playing that he is best known for today. "Travis picking", a style of guitar picking, is named after him. He was inducted… read more
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Sixteen Tons", &q… read more
Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners. Some of the songs he wrote or performed include: "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed&qu… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Similar To

  1. Avatar for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

  2. Avatar for Lefty Frizzell

  3. Avatar for Chet Atkins
View all artists

Top Tracks

Rank Play Album Loved Track name Buy Options Listeners
1 Play track Folk Songs Of The Hills Sixteen Tons
  • Loading
 3,949 listeners
2 Play track Folk Songs Of The Hills Dark as a Dungeon
  • Loading
 1,321 listeners
3 Blue Smoke - Instrumental Blue Smoke - Instrumental
  • Loading
 1,210 listeners
4 Play track 16 Tons 16 Tons
  • Loading
 900 listeners
5 Play track Folk Songs Of The Hills Nine Pound Hammer
  • Loading
 631 listeners
6 Saturday Night Shuffle - Instrumental Saturday Night Shuffle - Instrumental
  • Loading
 230 listeners
7 Play track Country Roots Divorce Me C.O.D.
  • Loading
 223 listeners
8 On A Bicycle Built For Two - Instrumental On A Bicycle Built For Two - Instrumental
  • Loading
 170 listeners
9 Folk Songs Of The Hills John Henry
  • Loading
 163 listeners
10 Play track Folk Songs Of The Hills I Am a Pilgrim
  • Loading
 153 listeners

View all tracks

Albums

  1. 7 listeners

    1 Feb 2024 · 17 tracks

    The Truckers Jukebox Present, Merle Travis
    • Loading

  2. 22 listeners

    19 Jan 2024 · 20 tracks

    Essential Classics, Vol. 195: Merle Travis
    • Loading

  3. 54 listeners

    10 Feb 2023 · 12 tracks

    Rough, Rowdy & Blue
    • Loading

  4. 13 listeners

    25 Nov 2022 · 12 tracks

    The Guitar Player - Live for Radio
    • Loading

View all albums

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
61
64
53
65
73
52
49
65
51
66
54
60
66
60
63
60
55
66
65
52
65
87
68
71
107
114
108
121
99
116
96
118
135
134
115
123
98
110
152
131
126
146
113
114
115
122
111
114
113
111
93
108
106
103
116
129
138
136
136
146
136
127
129
140
120
126
104
139
136
101
132
126
114
130
128
113
131
111
97
108
121
109
115
123
101
111
104
97
108
96
119
100
107
95
97
106
106
98
87
72
84
106
86
103
104
91
106
124
104
88
98
100
88
91
80
110
101
93
99
92
84
92
85
71
92
94
105
84
91
87
99
82
91
91
77
89
87
103
95
89
91
81
76
97
90
85
97
83
104
82
95
90
81
94
116
97
93
103
111
85
89
94
74
78
82
84
81
99
78
88
87
104
93
82
86
92
79
84
90
81
81

Upcoming Events

We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.

Add event View all events

Photos

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

Similar Artists

  1. 101,200 listeners

    Avatar for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

  2. 123,293 listeners

    Avatar for Lefty Frizzell

  3. 252,426 listeners

    Avatar for Chet Atkins

  4. 148,250 listeners

    Avatar for Ernest Tubb

  5. 54,461 listeners

    Avatar for Red Foley

  6. 210,766 listeners

    Avatar for Jimmie Rodgers

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls