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

"16 Candles"

Single by The Crests
B-side	"Beside You"
Released	October 1958 (US)
Genre	Doo-wop
Label	Coed
Songwriter(s)	Luther Dixon and Allyson R. Khent

Track listing

7" Vinyl

"16 Candles"
"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]

Covers

A cover by Jerry Lee Lewis peaked at #61 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1986.[3]

References

"Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 138.
Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.

External links

The Crests sing 16 Candles

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 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
Songs	"Another Place, Another Time" "Baby Baby Bye Bye" "Baby, Hold Me Close" "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'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" "Old Black Joe" "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" "One Minute Past Eternity" "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)" "Sixteen Candles" "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" "Sweet Little Sixteen" "There Must Be More to Love Than This" "To Make Love Sweeter for You" "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) 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! Walk the Line Kenny Lovelace Mack Vickery

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Sixteen Candles è una canzone dei Crests del 1958. Fu scritta da Luther Dixon e Allyson Khent.

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