SWEET 16
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WHAT is it about the age of 16 that has inspired songwriters? This week’s show celebrates that tender age with ‘50s-‘60s oldies about its joys and miseries. Y’know, that first kiss — and acne!
PLAYLIST: Friday, May 2, 2025
Chuck Berry — Sweet Little Sixteen (1958)
The Crests — 16 Candles (1958)
Neil Sedaka — Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen (1961)
Kenny Karen — Sixteen Years Ago Tonight (1962)
Nino Tempo — When You Were Sweet Sixteen (1959)
The Velours — Sweet Sixteen (1960)
The Tropicals — Sweet Sixteen (1956)
The Platters — Sweet Sixteen (1957)
The Ronettes — Sweet Sixteen (1961)
The Dematrons — The Boy Who’s Sixteen (1963)
Johnny Burnette — You’re Sixteen (1960)
Sam Cooke — Only Sixteen (1959)
The Tammys — Blue Sixteen (1964)
Kathy Linden — Heartaches At Sweet Sixteen (1959)
Janie Black — Lonely Sixteen (1961)
The Chiffons — It Hurts to Be Sixteen (1963)
The Artistics — Life Begins At Sixteen (1962)
Bette McLaurin & the Four Fellows — I’m Past Sixteen (1956)
The Cavaliers — The Magic Age Of Sixteen (1963)
Roy Orbison — You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again (1966)
Johnny & The Hurricanes — Time Bomb (1959)
