He is Herb Reed the founder of the Platters and was the last surviving member till his death in 2012. His voice is incomparable. He is the man on the left in the photo. There are a lot of bass singers out there, but he was at the top in his field. His voice is so powerful, that when singing with the group he is often the farthest from the microphone, typically bass singers are close miked to capture their low notes, not him.
Some Wikipedia info about the song that I found interesting: "Sixteen Tons" is a song about a coal miner, based on life in coal mines in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was written and first recorded by Merle Travis at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California on August 8, 1946. [...] The line, "You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt," came from a letter written by Travis' brother John. Another line came from their father, a coal miner, who would say, "I can't afford to die. I owe my soul to the company store." [...] the line, "I owe my soul to the company store", is a reference to the truck system and to debt bondage. Under this scrip system, workers were not paid cash; rather they were paid with non-transferable credit vouchers which could be exchanged only for goods sold at the company store. This made it impossible for workers to store up cash savings.
Born & Raised in WV. Lot of family worked the rail cars. Had an Uncle tell me just after the Matewan incidents the scales somehow started weighing true, previously they weighed "light enough a sparrow could move a train" might weigh 3 or 4 tons off a car. One mine still owes my family $800 or so in scrip value
@@keeptyrannyfromamerica8519 not from wv myself, but my mom is and a lot of her family worked for page coal and coke in pageton. no doubt many of them were paid in scrip as well. my great-grandfather worked for them, but he died before i was old enough to care to ask him about it, sadly
The Platters are definetely the greatest singers of all time!! RIP to Herb Reed (the one who sings the song) and to my father who showed me great music and loved the Platters!
Любимая песня моего Папы, который всю жизнь проработал на московском Метрополитене. А 16 тонн он напевал мне как колыбельную. В последний путь провожали под его любимые песни the platters ,frank Sinatra и Глена Миллера
Этим миром правит Дьявол, лжец и убийца. Поэтому Гитлер пришел к власти и много лет был лидером державы мирового уровня, а Христа казнили по доносу духовенства за "богохульство" и "бунтарство". Поэтому существует Благая весть о Божьем царстве: Наш Создатель, Иегова бог, назначил царя, Иисуса Христа, который наведет порядок. Даже мертвые будут воскрешены и мы увидим всех, кого потеряли. :-)
Cette voix est magnifique!! Elle semble venir des profondeurs de la terre. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on n'entend pas plus souvent ces voix!! Je préfère tellement les voix graves!
Los versos son impresionantes,traduce lo que dicen y te asombrará..los mineros cargando 16 ton todos los días debiendo hasta el alma a la compañía .Esto sucedió y aún sucede con el trabajador en este mundo tan injusto
Not that many of you will care- but this recording was done by the original Platters, with Herb Reed doing the bass lead.The photo, however, is not the original Platters group but a later version that Herb Reed put together after the original group broke up. In the photo, you don't see Tony Williams, the original tenor or Zola Taylor, the original female in the group. Just a little history.
Огромное спасибо за доставленное удовольствие вновь услышать шикарный бас Херб Рида! Лучше него эту песню никто не исполняет. Великолепный баритон и исполнение потрясающее! Эта песня шахтера, но мне она напомнила песню бурлаков и там тоже звучит бас. Спасибо, что порадовали слух этим голосом!
Оригинальная песня (Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons, для тех кто не в курсе) звучит четче и ритмичней, тогда как в исполнении группы The Platters звучит мягче и глубже. И по моему, оригинал ничуть не уступает.
By FAR the best version of this song. It's perfect from every angle: tempo, voice, instruments. It was by dad's favourite rocknroll song and it's mine too.
This song is a masterpiece on its own. I never knew this version, only the Tennessee Ernie Ford 's version which I always thought was the definite version. But I'll admit I am blown away by this arrangement and performance! The Platters were amazing!
El mejor grupo CORAL O VOCAL de la historia de la música de los años 40" afines y principios de los años 50 "' THE PLATTERS 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋 no hubo no a habido y no habrá mejor grupo vocal con voces puras desde Santiago de Chile la mejor música fue de los años 50"'
Haven't heard this song in an absolute age. My mother was a big Platters fan. I grew up listening to many great songs. Hearing this one brought back some very good memories. If I said I last heard this on an 8 track machine, should give you an idea when i last heard it. Still have very happy memories.
As I was younger, I remember the coal man. He delivered sacks of coal of some 50 or more pounds to the coal shute at our house. It was a horse drawn wagon and all coal men wore a leather patch over his right shoulder to take the weight off his clothes. Their faces were black from coal dust. I always loved the smell of burning coal, even today I remember it fondly.
No mames, ese rango de voz es genial!! la gente generalmente se alucina cuando oye una voz aguda y de hecho es mas común de lo que parece, pero este rango muy pocas veces lo he oido
Thanks for keeping the treasure of the music of an era, are classic there is no nostalgia never goes out of fashion, it's a shame that new generations do not hear them. Gracias por mantener vivo el tesoro musical de una era, no hay nostalgia, lo clásico no pasa de moda, es una lástima que las nuevas generaciones no oigan estas canciones , ni disfruten de la poesía de sus letras.
Me gustó mucho esta versión en verdad de la canción; pero no cambio la de The Redskins (tiene una melodía más dulce y una guitarra alegre y el sonido de viento es fabuloso)
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He is Herb Reed the founder of the Platters and was the last surviving member till his death in 2012. His voice is incomparable. He is the man on the left in the photo. There are a lot of bass singers out there, but he was at the top in his field. His voice is so powerful, that when singing with the group he is often the farthest from the microphone, typically bass singers are close miked to capture their low notes, not him.
Thank you very much for the lesson. Greetings from Braxil
Спасибо за ценную тнформацию
this 14 yr old boy bout catch him up his soul better wait 15 years
Def was prob happy to finally be able to see the rest of the band.
Some Wikipedia info about the song that I found interesting:
"Sixteen Tons" is a song about a coal miner, based on life in coal mines in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was written and first recorded by Merle Travis at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California on August 8, 1946.
[...]
The line, "You load sixteen tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt," came from a letter written by Travis' brother John. Another line came from their father, a coal miner, who would say, "I can't afford to die. I owe my soul to the company store."
[...]
the line, "I owe my soul to the company store", is a reference to the truck system and to debt bondage. Under this scrip system, workers were not paid cash; rather they were paid with non-transferable credit vouchers which could be exchanged only for goods sold at the company store. This made it impossible for workers to store up cash savings.
Born & Raised in WV. Lot of family worked the rail cars. Had an Uncle tell me just after the Matewan incidents the scales somehow started weighing true, previously they weighed "light enough a sparrow could move a train" might weigh 3 or 4 tons off a car. One mine still owes my family $800 or so in scrip value
@Alexej Svirid xix
This is the hymn of all space miners, greetings from 30 century!
Thank you so much fot the explanation
@@keeptyrannyfromamerica8519 not from wv myself, but my mom is and a lot of her family worked for page coal and coke in pageton. no doubt many of them were paid in scrip as well. my great-grandfather worked for them, but he died before i was old enough to care to ask him about it, sadly
Million dollar voice!
++++
H89SA
Centillion dollar voice
i got a voice like this but im ashamed of it
I also has a bass voice, but who i'm Inst it? Rsrs
The Platters are definetely the greatest singers of all time!! RIP to Herb Reed (the one who sings the song) and to my father who showed me great music and loved the Platters!
hay 🥰😘
Herb Reed !!!! What an unbelievable deep voice. i get goose bumps !!!
Who say this will ever be forgotten? Hell no , classics rocks
A voice deeper than the mines themselves
And the miners' debt
Wow
Petit garçon dans les années 60, mon grand cousin écoutait cette chanson, je frissonnais de l'entendre et aujourd'hui encore.
Merveilleuse voix.
Je vous souhaite des frissons éternels et fripons
I was 23 when this song came out and now I'm 61, but I feel 23 again every time I hear it. LOVE it big time!!
I love THE PLATTERS!
no words for that! gorgeous
Наслаждаюсь его вокалом! Восхитительно!
If a mountain could sing, this is the voice I would imagine it to have.
Mountains are busy killing Martells, got no time for this bullshit
Go Tell It On the Mountain!
How 'bout Tony the Tiger! "They're G R E A T!"
That is perfect analysis. Well played!
Ahah in my head its the same, a huuuge fat cat with sunglasses and a cigar
Нравится эта песня с давних лет. Балдею. Так и хочется пуститься потанцевать. Спасибо за ролик.
Не то слово! С детства обожаю эту песню ❤️
Seeing the lyrics makes this song way better I’m glad I live in an age where I can find old songs like these
Love this song!
Yessir
Me too like 16 tons👌⚘👍
Me too
Любимая песня моего Папы, который всю жизнь проработал на московском Метрополитене. А 16 тонн он напевал мне как колыбельную. В последний путь провожали под его любимые песни the platters ,frank Sinatra и Глена Миллера
И Only yoy, конечно.
Этим миром правит Дьявол, лжец и убийца.
Поэтому Гитлер пришел к власти и много лет был лидером державы мирового уровня, а Христа казнили по доносу духовенства за "богохульство" и "бунтарство".
Поэтому существует Благая весть о Божьем царстве:
Наш Создатель, Иегова бог, назначил царя, Иисуса Христа, который наведет порядок. Даже мертвые будут воскрешены и мы увидим всех, кого потеряли. :-)
What a fantastic bass-singer!
Cette voix est magnifique!! Elle semble venir des profondeurs de la terre. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on n'entend pas plus souvent ces voix!! Je préfère tellement les voix graves!
Grave! Si j'ose dire!
Ouais
Los versos son impresionantes,traduce lo que dicen y te asombrará..los mineros cargando 16 ton todos los días debiendo hasta el alma a la compañía .Esto sucedió y aún sucede con el trabajador en este mundo tan injusto
I dont know how to phrase it but this voice is how honey feels. It's beautiful. So smooth and calming.
Роскошный голос! Ностальгия.....прекрасное дыхание прошлого! Просто завораживающее исполнение!
О чём песня-то хоть знаешь?
@@hkl545 А что это за ТЫКАНЬЕ? Даже отвечать не хочу.....непорядочно!
@@irinamileeva8959 вас много там?
@@hkl545 Из этих дурачков "а ты ваще знаешь, о чем пают, вдруг они тибя нафиг пасылают"?
Песня о тяжёлых условиях труда и бедственном положении шахтёров-угольщиков США(википедия). При желании можно было посмотреть,а не ёрничать......
My favourite take on this song! What a voice, and a great arrangement!
I was a kid (8 or 9 years) my father introduce me to the Platters, the best voice ever heard, (now im 50) and still listen to them . . LIKE !!
his voice is just.... so freaking epic
Not that many of you will care- but this recording was done by the original Platters, with Herb Reed doing the bass lead.The photo, however, is not the original Platters group but a later version that Herb Reed put together after the original group broke up. In the photo, you don't see Tony Williams, the original tenor or Zola Taylor, the original female in the group. Just a little history.
i care and thank you
Огромное спасибо за доставленное удовольствие вновь услышать шикарный бас Херб Рида! Лучше него эту песню никто не исполняет. Великолепный баритон и исполнение потрясающее! Эта песня шахтера, но мне она напомнила песню бурлаков и там тоже звучит бас. Спасибо, что порадовали слух этим голосом!
Светлана, вот еще: ruclips.net/video/fzlT80jQ3lo/видео.html
Только в наушниках или через хорошую систему.
так все-таки шикарный бас или великолепный баритон?
Оригинальная песня (Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons, для тех кто не в курсе) звучит четче и ритмичней, тогда как в исполнении группы The Platters звучит мягче и глубже. И по моему, оригинал ничуть не уступает.
@@user-sg5os1fc4i Оригинал уступает тем, что он какой-то казённый.
Herb Reed. Simply outstanding.
I haven't heard such quality in the harmony. Great piece
Quel vocione è immpossibile da dimenticare
By FAR the best version of this song. It's perfect from every angle: tempo, voice, instruments. It was by dad's favourite rocknroll song and it's mine too.
This song is a masterpiece on its own. I never knew this version, only the Tennessee Ernie Ford 's version which I always thought was the definite version. But I'll admit I am blown away by this arrangement and performance! The Platters were amazing!
Самое лучшее исполнение! Просто балдею!
Quelle voix!!!!!! j adore!!!
El mejor grupo CORAL O VOCAL de la historia de la música de los años 40" afines y principios de los años 50 "' THE PLATTERS 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋 no hubo no a habido y no habrá mejor grupo vocal con voces puras desde Santiago de Chile la mejor música fue de los años 50"'
Haven't heard this song in an absolute age. My mother was a big Platters fan. I grew up listening to many great songs. Hearing this one brought back some very good memories. If I said I last heard this on an 8 track machine, should give you an idea when i last heard it. Still have very happy memories.
Perfect voice !!! perfect class brief the real class ......nothing else ... thanks for that .!!!
My my, that's one of the deepest bass voices I've ever heard.
Crystal River Boys - Rainbow of Love listen this
His voice is not way too deep as for a bass
straordinaria canzone e voce
This voice so... powerful. Great!
divni ste vrhunska izvedba bravo
Especial, fantástico. Lembrei minha juventude nos anos 60...
FANTASTICA VOCE E CANZONE!
Это, конечно же, Герберт Рид, великолепное, не подражаемое исполнение. Спасибо.!
Ohhhh how Amazing voice,and beatiful song!!
В 60-е, в детстве, пели:
Шестнадцать тонн, умри, но дай.
Всю жизнь работай, всю жизнь страдай....
esa voz tan espectacular perdurara por el paso de los tiempos espectaculares todos te llega al alma 🥰
Absolutely great stuff that will NEVER die.
Increíble, hace más de cuarenta años que no escuchaba este tema. Sin duda la mejor música: "LOS PLATEROS".
After the blues "Sixteen Tons", heard in my childhood on the record, I became a fan of music of the USA and England.
THe range of his voice is just epic..just alien
nice song. the platers is amazing. precious voice
The Platters marvelous !!! i love you ...... th voice and the class . you are in my heart !!!
Eric from France
MARAVILLOSOS!!!!!!!
очень нравится))бальзам на душу.....
As I was younger, I remember the coal man. He delivered sacks of coal of some 50 or more pounds to the coal shute at our house. It was a horse drawn wagon and all coal men wore a leather patch over his right shoulder to take the weight off his clothes. Their faces were black from coal dust. I always loved the smell of burning coal, even today I remember it fondly.
Восхитительно! Пронимает до пяток! Офигенно😍
Bellissima !!!!!
the very best version ...it just fills your soul
Quelle voix ! Toute ma jeunesse, å l'époque le 45 tours vinyl exp (4 titres) paru en France comportait Le titre "Only You"...
Hard and humble work . Ethernal mankind suffering . That voice is a no time message .
Deeply soul touching .
La plus belle des chansons au monde ! une excellence ! une merveille !
Amazing version ...Love it !
gran voce e gran testo
très belle chanson avec une super voix.
Vocal by Herb Reed , the first on the left (Rio, 3/sep/2020).
Jesus... and I thought Tennessee Ernie Ford had a deep voice...
Ma jeunesse. J'adore !
Impressionnant , awesome !! ♥♥
No mames, ese rango de voz es genial!! la gente generalmente se alucina cuando oye una voz aguda y de hecho es mas común de lo que parece, pero este rango muy pocas veces lo he oido
Voice is everything, but dig in deeper into the lyrics, it's awesome.
have always loved this song
Que voz por Dios, y que letra dura !!
Magnifique j'aime j'aime j'aime 👍 cette rythmique a transcendé le temps
The songs may be old but they still touch my heart💗! One of my favorites is “ Heart of Gold!”from the 70s!🌸🌸
Voz Maravilhosa demais!
Excelentes!
Mamma mia che voce!!!!! 💙💙💙
Beautiful. Fantastic end magic. Big the platters.🗽🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🌇🌆🌃🌉🏛🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐☀☀☀☀☀☀
wow! i don't have words . it's wonderful
Immortal Classics!
Grandes temas para grandes momentos inolvidables❤❤❤
Great song
Thanks for keeping the treasure of the music of an era, are classic there is no nostalgia never goes out of fashion, it's a shame that new generations do not hear them.
Gracias por mantener vivo el tesoro musical de una era, no hay nostalgia, lo clásico no pasa de moda, es una lástima que las nuevas generaciones no oigan estas canciones , ni disfruten de la poesía de sus letras.
AMAZING
Вот это мужской вокал! Здорово!!!
Cancion fascinante, que nos cuenta, la lucha bajo tierra, la eterna lucha de los mineros.
Bel ritmo ...e stupenda voce......mamma mia .......
Trop classe ! ✨💖✨✨✨✨✨
que temazo... una gran cancion!!!
Perfect bass Voice. Um baixo perfeito.
Esta versión es asombrosa , pero la mejor de todas es la versión de Alberto Vázquez ese si es un vozarrón insuperable
Me gustó mucho esta versión en verdad de la canción; pero no cambio la de The Redskins (tiene una melodía más dulce y una guitarra alegre y el sonido de viento es fabuloso)
J'adore cette voix grave ,puis j'adore les Platters ,🌹🖤,cette voix si profonde ,🌹🌹🌹🖤
Que baixo incrível.
Los mejorees🙌🏽🔥👏🏽
En ce temps là, j'avais 10 ans, je m'en souviens comme si c'était hier !!! Magnifique !!!
che ritmo... e che voce! bellissima stà musica.
Wonderful voice.
best version eveeeer ♥
Fantastiques Platters et quelle voix de basse de Herb Reed.
i cant get enough of this song... :P
Ich liebe Sänger mit Bassstimme aber dieser ist absolut spitze 😀
Thanks for sharing this great song.