Only Sixteen

"Only Sixteen"
side-A label
One of side-A labels of the original US single
Single by Sam Cooke
B-side"Let's Go Steady Again"
ReleasedMay 1959
RecordedJanuary 4, 1959
StudioRex Productions, Los Angeles, California
GenreRhythm and blues, soul, pop
Length2:00
LabelKeen 2022
Songwriter(s)Sam Cooke
Producer(s)Bumps Blackwell
Sam Cooke singles chronology
"Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha"
(1959)
"Only Sixteen"
(1959)
"Summertime"
(1959)

"Only Sixteen" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in May 1959. It was a top 15 hit on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides chart and also charted within the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart.[1] In the UK it was covered, and taken to No. 1, by Craig Douglas.[2]

  1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 119. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 167. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.