Mark49 - 16 Candles
Mark49
Jan 13, 2025 08:34pm
<p>"<strong>16 Candles</strong>" is a 1958 song performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crests" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the Crests</a> and written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_Dixon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luther Dixon</a> and Allyson R. Khent.</p><p>Track listing<span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16_Candles_(song)&action=edit&section=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edit</a><span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">]</span></p><p><strong>7" vinyl</strong></p><ol><li>"16 Candles"</li><li>"Beside You"</li></ol><p>Single originally released in 1958 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coed_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Coed Records</a>. (#506)</p><p>Chart performance<span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16_Candles_(song)&action=edit&section=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edit</a><span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">]</span></p><ul><li>The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, while "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stagger Lee</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Price" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lloyd Price</a> was at #1.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a> "16 Candles" also went #4 on the US R&B charts for 21 weeks in 1959.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a> In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHUM_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Canada</a> it reached #5.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[3]</sup></a></li></ul><p>In popular culture<span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16_Candles_(song)&action=edit&section=3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edit</a><span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">]</span></p><p>This song has appeared prominently in several 'entertainment' contexts, including at least two major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hollywood</a> [motion picture] productions. It was an example of a typical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doo-wop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Doo-wop</a> song in the 1973 movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Graffiti" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>American Graffiti</em></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[4]</sup></a> and it had somewhat of a 'title role' in the 1984 movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Candles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Sixteen Candles</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[5]</sup></a></p><p>Covers<span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=16_Candles_(song)&action=edit&section=4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">edit</a><span style="color: var(--color-subtle,#54595d);">]</span></p><ul><li>A cover by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jerry Lee Lewis</a> peaked at #61 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Billboard</em></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hot Country Singles</a> chart in 1986.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-whitburn2013-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[6]</sup></a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Jackson 5</a> did a cover of this song for their album, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maybe_Tomorrow_(The_Jackson_5_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Maybe Tomorrow</em></a>. This cover has since been rereleased along with their greatest hits albums.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[7]</sup></a></li><li>A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockabilly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">rockabilly</a> cover by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Cats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stray Cats</a> was used as the title song to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Candles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">eponymous movie</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[8]</sup></a> This version was also featured in the soundtrack of the first season of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_Adventures_of_Sabrina_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina</em></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Candles_(song)#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><sup>[9]</sup></a></li><li>A cover by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha_Na_Na" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sha Na Na</a> was performed live and recorded on their album <em>Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll </em>in 1973</li><li>Mark49 from Singsnap also covered the song for a Doo Wop contest in 2025.</li></ul><p><br></p>