Sweet Little Sixteen

"Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and first recorded by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. His performance of it at that year's Newport Jazz Festival was included in the documentary film Jazz on a Summer's Day. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, one of two of Berry's second-highest positions—along with Johnny Rivers cover of "Memphis, Tennessee"—on that chart (surpassed only by "My Ding-A-Ling", which reached number one in 1972). "Sweet Little Sixteen" also reached number one on the R&B Best Sellers chart.^[3] In the UK, it reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart.^[4] Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song number 272 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004. He used the same melody on an earlier song, "The Little Girl From Central" recorded on Checkmate in 1955.

Personnel

Recorded December 29–30, 1957

Chuck Berry – vocals and guitar
Lafayette Leake – piano
Willie Dixon – bass
Fred Below – drums

"Surfin' U.S.A."

The Beach Boys' 1963 song "Surfin' U.S.A." features lyrics by Brian Wilson set to the music of "Sweet Little Sixteen." Under pressure from Berry's publisher, Wilson's father and manager, Murry Wilson, gave the copyright, including Brian Wilson's lyrics, to Arc Music.^[5]

Beatles-related versions

Beatles connection

"Sweet Little Sixteen"
Song by The Beatles
from the album Live at the BBC
Released	30 November 1994
Recorded	10 July 1963
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	2:21
Label	Apple
Songwriter(s)	Chuck Berry
Producer(s)	Terry Henebery

The Beatles recorded the song once for the Pop Go the Beatles radio show on 10 July 1963 at the Aeolian Hall, London. It remained unreleased until Live at the BBC in 1994 (a year before they released Anthology 1).^[6]

Personnel

John Lennon – vocals, rhythm guitar
George Harrison – lead guitar
Paul McCartney – bass
Ringo Starr – drums^[6]

Three years after The Beatles broke up, John Lennon recorded a solo version of "Sweet Little Sixteen" for his 1975 album of cover versions, Rock 'n' Roll. His version was produced by Phil Spector, and was recorded between 17 October and 14 December 1973. Spector cut the tempo of the song and gave it the Wall of Sound treatment, and Lennon turned in one of his most passionate vocal performances.^[6] While it has a running time of 3:01, it has fewer verses than Berry's original version, being slower and more bluesy than the original. A year later, fellow Beatle Paul McCartney recorded the tune, while making a film during one afternoon in the "backyard" of Abbey Road Studios during the production of One Hand Clapping.^[7]

References

^ 20th Century Masters — The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Berry (CD). Chuck Berry. MCA Records. 1999. MCAD-11944.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "The Chuck Berry Database: Details For Recording Session: 29./30. 12. 1957". A Collector's Guide to the Music of Chuck Berry. Dietmar Rudolph. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 55.
^ "Official Charts - Chuck Berry". Official Charts. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
^ Pegg, Bruce (2002). Brown Eyed Handsome Man. pp. 162–163.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sweet Little Sixteen". The Beatles Bible. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
^ "Recording "The Backyard" (Aug 30, 1974)". The Paul McCartney project. Retrieved 2023-06-07.

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Studio albums	After School Session (1957) One Dozen Berrys (1958) Berry Is on Top (1959) Rockin' at the Hops (1960) New Juke Box Hits (1961) Two Great Guitars (with Bo Diddley) (1964) St. Louis to Liverpool (1964) Chuck Berry in London (1965) Fresh Berry's (1965) Chuck Berry's Golden Hits (1967) Chuck Berry in Memphis (1967) From St. Louie to Frisco (1968) Concerto in "B Goode" (1969) Back Home (1970) San Francisco Dues (1971) The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Side 1) Bio (1973) Chuck Berry (1975) Rockit (1979) Chuck (2017)
Live albums	Chuck Berry on Stage (1963) Live at the Fillmore Auditorium (1967) The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) (Side 2) Chuck Berry Live in Concert (1978) Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987) Live! (2000) Live on Stage (2000) Chuck Berry – In Concert (2002)
Compilations	Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956) Chuck Berry Twist (1962) Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (1967, 1973, 1974) The Great Twenty-Eight (1982) The Chess Box (1988) The Anthology (2000) Volume 2 (1995)
Singles	"Maybellene" / "Wee Wee Hours" (1955) "Roll Over Beethoven" / "Drifting Heart" (1956) "Too Much Monkey Business" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (1956) "School Days" / "Deep Feeling" (1957) "Rock and Roll Music" / "Blue Feeling" "Sweet Little Sixteen" / "Reelin' and Rockin'" (1958) "Carol"/ "Hey Pedro" (1958) "Johnny B. Goode" / "Around and Around" (1958) "Run Rudolph Run" (1958) "Almost Grown" / "Little Queenie" (1959) "Back in the U.S.A." / "Memphis, Tennessee" (1959) "Nadine" (1964) "No Particular Place to Go" (1964) "My Ding-a-Ling" (1972)
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v t e Jerry Lee Lewis
Studio albums	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee's Greatest! Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis The Return of Rock Country Songs for City Folks Memphis Beat Soul My Way Another Place, Another Time She Still Comes Around Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2 The Golden Cream of the Country She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye In Loving Memories: The Jerry Lee Lewis Gospel Album There Must Be More to Love Than This Touching Home Would You Take Another Chance on Me? The Killer Rocks On Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano? The Session...Recorded in London with Great Artists Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis I-40 Country Boogie Woogie Country Man Odd Man In Country Class Country Memories Jerry Lee Keeps Rockin' Jerry Lee Lewis When Two Worlds Collide Killer Country My Fingers Do the Talkin' I Am What I Am Young Blood Last Man Standing Mean Old Man Rock & Roll Time
Collaborations	Together (with Linda Gail Lewis) Million Dollar Quartet (with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley) The Survivors Live (with Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins) Class of '55 (with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison)
Live albums	Live at the Star Club, Hamburg The Greatest Live Show on Earth By Request: More of the Greatest Live Show on Earth Live at the International, Las Vegas Last Man Standing Live
Soundtrack albums	Jamboree (1957) American Hot Wax (1978) Great Balls of Fire! (1989) Dick Tracy (1990)
Compilation albums	Original Golden Hits, Vol. 1 Original Golden Hits, Vol. 2 Rockin' Rhythm and Blues A Taste of Country Best of Jerry Lee Lewis All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology A Whole Lotta...Jerry Lee Lewis: The Definitive Retrospective
Songs	"Another Place, Another Time" "Baby Baby Bye Bye" "Baby, Hold Me Close" "Break-Up" "Breathless" "Chantilly Lace" "Cold, Cold Heart" "Come as You Were" "Crown Victoria Custom '51" "Crazy Arms" "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (with Linda Gail Lewis) "Down the Line" "End of the Road" "Fools like Me" "Great Balls of Fire" "Hi-Heel Sneakers" "High School Confidential" "How's My Ex Treating You" "I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye" "I'll Make It All Up to You" "I'm on Fire" "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" "In the Mood" "Invitation to Your Party" "It'll Be Me" "Jackson" (with Linda Gail Lewis) "Lewis Boogie" "Me and Bobby McGee" "Meat Man" "Money (That's What I Want)" "Old Black Joe" "Once More with Feeling" "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" "One Minute Past Eternity" "Pen and Paper" "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)" "She Was My Baby (He Was My Friend)" "Sixteen Candles" "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" "Seasons of My Heart" "Sweet Little Sixteen" "Teenage Letter" "There Must Be More to Love Than This" "To Make Love Sweeter for You" "Touching Home" "Turn On Your Love Light" "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" "What'd I Say" "When He Walks on You (Like You Have Walked On Me)" "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" "Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?" "Wild One" "Would You Take Another Chance on Me" "You Win Again"
Filmography	Jamboree (1957) High School Confidential (1958) Be My Guest (1965) 33⅓ Revolutions per Monkee (1969) American Hot Wax (1978)
Family	Myra Gale Brown (cousin/wife) Linda Gail Lewis (sister) Mickey Gilley (cousin) Carl McVoy (cousin) Jimmy Swaggart (double first cousin)
Related articles	Discography Great Balls of Fire! Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind Walk the Line Jerry Kennedy Kenny Lovelace Mack Vickery

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