16 Candles (song)
| "16 Candles" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by The Crests | |
| B-side | "Beside You" |
| Released | 1958 (US) |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | Coed Records |
| Writer(s) | Luther Dixon and Allyson R. Khent |
"16 Candles" is a 1958 song performed by The Crests and written by Luther Dixon and Allyson R. Khent.
Tracklisting
7" Vinyl
- "16 Candles"
- "Beside You"
Single originally released in 1958 on Coed Records # 506
Chart performance
- The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number four on the R&B charts in 1959.[1]
Covers
- Stray Cats recorded a cover of this song for the Sixteen Candles (1984) movie soundtrack.
- The soul group The Passions recorded a cover of this song in 1963 (Diamond Records # 146), and the Jackson 5 released the song on their 4th album.
- The song was used as a counter-melody to Jamie Horton's "They're Playing Our Song", which reached #115 in the US publication Music Vendor, November 1961.
- A cover by Jerry Lee Lewis peaked at number 61 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1986.[2]
In popular culture
- The song was used in the original 1972 release of John Waters' film Pink Flamingos, but was edited out of the 25th Anniversary Edition re-release in 1997 because the rights could not be obtained, and it was therefore also not included on the CD soundtrack which was issued at the same time.
- The original recording by The Crests features in the film American Graffiti (1973).
- The 1984 John Hughes teen movie, Sixteen Candles, took its title from this song. The cover by The Stray Cats appeared in the film.
- The sitcom Full House has an episode of season 3, entitled "13 Candles"
External links
References
- ↑ 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.