Billboard #1 Hits: #316: “You’re Sixteen”- Ringo Starr. January 26, 1974. #1 for 1 week in Billboard Hot 100.
- Single: “You’re Sixteen”- Ringo Starr
- Record Company- Apple
- Genre: Rock and Roll
- Written by Robert Sherman and Richard Sherman
- Time: 2:46
- B-side:”Devil Woman”
- Album- Ringo
- Grade: B
- Peaked at #1 1 week in Billboard Hot 100. #4 in UK Singles Chart and #1 in New Zealand.
A remake of rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette’s 1960 hit which went to #8. Here is a trivia question- Who was the only ex-Beatle to have two #1 hits- off of the same album? Believe it or not it is one Ringo Starr- who had #1 hits with “Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen” both from the Ringo album. When The Beatles broke up in 1970 who would have thought that Ringo would have had 2 #1 hits-before John Lennon had even one?
A pretty good song, glad he did it when he did. Anyone trying to record that these days would have to sing “You’re 16, you’re beautiful, now I’m in jail!”
I know now Hans! Timing is everything. It’s not a bad remake but this makes it to number 1 while It Don’t Come Easy doesn’t earlier.
Cute song.