This article is about the Sam Cooke song. For the Terry Black album, see Only 16.
"Only Sixteen"
One of side-A labels of the original US single
Single by Sam Cooke
B-side
"Let's Go Steady Again"
Released
May 1959
Recorded
January 4, 1959
Studio
Rex Productions, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Rhythm and blues, soul, pop
Length
2:00
Label
Keen 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]
^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 119. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 167. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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