Between jobs for Disney, they'd try to sell any song they could, and "You're Sixteen… It had also been a Top Ten hit in the U.K., and the Beatles had previously covered Burnette's "Lonesome Tears In My Eyes" for BBC Radio in 1963 (and eventually released on the Beatles' 1994 album Live At The BBC). The song, then, fit the bill of what Ringo was looking for. Ringo followed this up in 1970 with an album of country-and-western covers, Beaucoups of Blues, which flopped. Who originally sang You're sixteen you're beautiful and you're mine? Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed. In Ja nuary 1974, a cover version … The phenomenon of teenage female pop fans and the various 'manias' and 'fevers' and fandoms is one that has been discussed at length in academic pop music literature - and this follow-up 'oh, and this too' answer to /u/rockhistory's fine response is already too long. It was a Top Ten hit in most English-speaking countries as well, and reached #4 in the U.K. Singles charts. .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} In the Beatles Anthology book, the interviewees (Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and George Martin) also discuss how they would always try to find something for Ringo to sing that was well-suited for his limited vocal range. But suffice to say that such fandoms in the 1960s and 1970s (and now) were a socially acceptable, fairly safe way for teenagers to explore their sexualities. .s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f{color:var(--newCommunityTheme-metaText);padding-top:5px}.s5ap8yh1b4ZfwxvHizW3f._19JhaP1slDQqu2XgT3vVS0{color:#ea0027} In terms of why there's a lot of teenage lyrics in 1970s rock'n'roll, part of the reason is the 1950s rock'n'roll revival of the early-to-mid 1970s, the era of the TV show Happy Days (which debuted in January 1974, the same month 'You're Sixteen' got to #1 in the US) and the film American Graffiti (released in the US in August 1973). Also...Ringo's public persona was not an inherently sexy one, especially in 1973-1974, when the Beatles were no longer at the heights of Beatlemania; he came across as an amiable, kindly sort. The album featured eight songs either written or co-written by Starr and one of his ex-bandmates, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon. "You're Sixteen" was written by the professional songwriting pair the Sherman Brothers, most famous for their work with the Walt Disney Company ("It's A Small Word", Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book). Ringo and Maureen. The Dirty Mac. Asked by Wiki User. Billboard chart. Ringo was familiar with the song from the Johnny Burnette hit. During the year, the Grease musical graduated from Off-Broadway (where it debuted in New York in February) to Broadway (in about July), winning Tony nominations. Interestingly, in this era, when laws did change as a result of this change in how people treated the role of agency in marriage, the age at which girls could get married was often earlier than the age at which boys could get married, because men were treated as having more agency than women. "You're Sixteen" is a song written by the Sherman Brothers (Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman). ._1x9diBHPBP-hL1JiwUwJ5J{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:#ff585b;padding-left:3px;padding-right:24px}._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4{height:16px;padding-right:4px;vertical-align:top}._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5{height:20px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:bottom}.QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{height:18px;padding-right:8px;vertical-align:top}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0{font-size:14px;font-weight:500;line-height:18px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)}._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1LLqoNXrOsaIkMtOuTBmO5,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._2B0OHMLKb9TXNdd9g5Ere-,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 ._1xKxnscCn2PjBiXhorZef4,._3w_KK8BUvCMkCPWZVsZQn0 .QB2Yrr8uihZVRhvwrKuMS{fill:var(--newCommunityTheme-actionIcon)} After the band's break-up in 1970, he released several successful solo hits, including 'It Don't Come Easy', 'Photograph' and 'You're Sixteen'. Burnette's version of the song reached #8 in the Billboard charts. Who is Ringo Starr's wife and does he have children? Johnny Burnette. ._3bX7W3J0lU78fp7cayvNxx{max-width:208px;text-align:center} "You're Sixteen" singer crossword clue? Life is sweet When you're growing up so fast You gotta make the good times last! In 1971, Ringo recorded his first proper, pop-rock single as a solo artist, "It Don't Come Easy", a song co-written by Ringo with ex-bandmate George Harrison. However, in the 19th century, laws began to treat the consent of the married as an important part of marriage; it's at this point that you start to hear arguments that children should not get married because they are too immature to consent. The song was originally released as part of Jackson's Thriller album back in 1982. As Beatles' producer George Martin explained in the 1992 documentary film The Making of Sgt. Mentioning additional songs is not answering the question. But at least in this case, the reason behind it is that the Sherman Brothers were trying to write songs for Annette Funicello in the late 1950s/early 1960s when she was still a teenager and was singing pop songs aimed at a teenage audience. Many years later, “You’re Sixteen” became a hit for Ringo Starr. A reference to "You're Sixteen" is made in the title of Cold Chisel's EP You're Thirteen, You're Beautiful, and … [Instrumental break] 1. This traditional gender role isn't incompatible with a lack of agency. Press J to jump to the feed. It was 10 years of writing pop music and all we’d ever had was people say, “Oh no no, we don’t need that, we have too many ballads, thanks very much, but no.”. It helped that the song doesn't require an ample vocal range. ._3Im6OD67aKo33nql4FpSp_{border:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetBorderColor);border-radius:5px 5px 4px 4px;overflow:visible;word-wrap:break-word;background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);padding:12px}.lnK0-OzG7nLFydTWuXGcY{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;padding-bottom:4px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-navIcon)} Starting to find my way Got a new job, gonna start at the mall today Thank God I'm on my own for the first time I'm sixteen! On this date in 1960, JOHNNY BURNETTE recorded the song YOU'RE SIXTEEN (September 16th, 1960). This was followed by Starr's own composition "Back Off Boogaloo" in 1972, which was once again a worldwide Top Ten hit. Harry Nilsson sang backing vocals on Starr’s version. Later in the year, even Chuck Berry had a hit for a first time in a long time ('My Ding-A-Ling'). Bonnie Thornton, a popular vaudeville singer who sang many of her husband's compositions, introduced the song in her act. For this particular Ringo song - 'You're Sixteen' - there were a lot of things that came together to take any risque 'sleeping with the underage' sting out of the song. Question one will deal with the number one question two, with the number two, etc. People's understanding of where exactly the limits of 'free love' actually were...this understanding was fuzzier than today, and male rock stars exploiting minors was condoned, brushed under the carpet, explained away, or perhaps sometimes mentioned with some sort of envy. McCartney is credited on the liner notes of the album Ringo as having played the instrumental solo on a kazoo. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960 and number 3 in the U.K. in 1961. A quick housekeeping note. So far, we have removed comments like this, and further comments of this nature will result in a temporary ban for the user(s) posting them. A similar story is told in the 2009 documentary film The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, which features interviews with both Bob and Dick Sherman. It charted at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the sixth Top 10 hit from the album. Please read the rules before participating, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Firstly, 'You're Sixteen', in 1972, was obviously enough meant to be seen in the context of this rock'n'roll revival; Ringo was covering a song from back when it was plausible that he might date a sixteen year old (he was twenty in 1960, back when the Johnny Burnette version came out). I can shed a little light on the Ringo song. That doesn't really shed a whole lot of light on the overall subject of why there's a lot of teenage lyrics in 1970s rock-and-roll songs. ._2cHgYGbfV9EZMSThqLt2tx{margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{width:75%;height:24px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-,._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{background:var(--newCommunityTheme-field);background-size:200%;margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-{width:100%;height:46px} She was 15 years old, she had five months to go on her Disney contract and they were looking around for some material she could sing for the pop market. At two minutes and thirty-five seconds long RCA Victor 45 rpm #7957 almost hit #5 in the winter of 1961. If we look back to the 1950s, well, perhaps 'You're Sixteen' also is a reminder of Jerry Lee Lewis in the late 1950s marrying his 13-year-old cousin Myra, which I discuss at length here in the context of 1950s rural Southern American gender attitudes. ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} The Portal for Public History Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960 and number 3 in the U.K. in 1961. "Sixteen Tons" is a song that was originally recorded by Merle Travis. In 1969, the Beatles had performed a rather convincing cover of Burnette's version of "Honey Hush" during the Let It Be sessions, even remembering most of the lyrics, which they didn't always do during those sessions. 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