16_Candles_(song)

16 Candles (song)

16 Candles (song)

1958 single by The Crests

"16 Candles" is a 1958 song performed by the Crests and written by Luther Dixon and Allyson R. Khent.

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Track listing

7" vinyl

  1. "16 Candles"
  2. "Beside You"

Single originally released in 1958 on Coed Records. (#506)

Chart performance

  • The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price was at #1.[1] "16 Candles" also went #4 on the US R&B charts for 21 weeks in 1959.[2]

This song has appeared prominently in several 'entertainment' contexts, including at least two major Hollywood [motion picture] productions. It was an example of a typical Doo-wop song in the 1973 movie American Graffiti[3] and it had somewhat of a 'title role' in the 1984 movie Sixteen Candles.[4]

Covers

References

  1. [1]
    "Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  2. [2]
    Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 138.
  3. [3]
    See e.g. the "Track listing" section of the article about the soundtrack of the movie American Graffiti
  4. [4]
    See e.g. the "Soundtrack and songs" section of the article about the movie Sixteen Candles
  5. [5]
    Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
  6. [6]
    Sixteen Candles, retrieved 2023-05-14
  7. [7]
    "Sixteen Candles (1984) - Soundtracks - IMDb". Retrieved 15 April 2023 – via www.imdb.com.
  8. [8]
    "Альбом «Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack)» (Разные артисты)". 5 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2023 – via music.apple.com.
  9. [9]
    "Sha Na Na - The Golden Age Of Rock 'n' Roll". Retrieved 15 April 2023 – via www.discogs.com.
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