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"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 his suggestive hit "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 Official Charts.[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.

"Sweet Little Sixteen"
Single by Chuck Berry
from the album One Dozen Berrys
B-side	"Reelin' and Rockin'"
Released	January 1958
Recorded	December 29–30, 1957[1]
Studio	Chess (Chicago)[2]
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	3:03
Label	Chess 1683
Songwriter(s)	Chuck Berry
Producer(s)	Leonard and Phil Chess
Chuck Berry singles chronology
"Rock and Roll Music" (1957) "Sweet Little Sixteen" (1958) "Johnny B. Goode" (1958)

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]

The Beatles' version

"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.[6]

Personnel

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

John Lennon version

John Lennon recorded a cover 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 full 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.

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[de] Sweet Little Sixteen

Sweet Little Sixteen ist ein Rock-’n’-Roll-Song, der von Chuck Berry geschrieben und zuerst aufgenommen wurde. Er erschien im Januar 1958 auf Chess 1683. Der Song erreichte Platz 2 der amerikanischen Charts[1] und Platz 1 der Billboard R & B Charts, den der Titel drei Wochen lang belegte.[2] Vom Magazin Rolling Stone wurde das Lied im Jahr 2004 auf Platz 274 der 500 größten Songs aller Zeiten gesetzt.

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- [en] Sweet Little Sixteen

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[es] Sweet Little Sixteen

«Sweet Little Sixteen» es una canción de rock and roll que fue escrita y originalmente grabada por Chuck Berry, fue lanzada como sencillo en 1958. El sencillo alcanzó el número 2 en la lista oficial de éxitos de Estados Unidos, la posición más alta de Berry, con la excepción del número uno "My Ding-A-Ling" en 1972. «Sweet Little Sixteen» también alcanzó el número uno en la lista de éxitos más vendidos de R & B.[1] La revista Rolling Stone la posicionó en el n.º 272 de la lista de las 500 mejores canciones de todos los tiempos en 2004.[2]

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[ru] Sweet Little Sixteen

«Sweet Little Sixteen» (с англ. — «Шестнадцатилетняя девчонка; Шестнадцатилеточка») — песня американского музыканта Чака Берри. Впервые песня была выпущена на сингле в январе 1958 года и, за исключением «My Ding-A-Ling» 1972 года, стала самым популярным хитом Берри, достигнув второго места в общем американском хит-параде. Позже Берри перезапишет «Sweet Little Sixteen» ещё несколько раз.

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