Sweet Little Sixteen (original release, take 14)

~ Recording by Chuck Berry

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.8Sweet Little Sixteen (original demo)3:10Chuck BerryMore Rock 'N' Roll Rarities From The Golden Age Of Chess Records
1.8Sweet Little Sixteen3:16Chuck BerryMore Rock ’n’ Roll Rarities
1.2Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryVintage Music Collectors Series, Volumes 5 & 6
2.21Sweet LIttle Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryHeart ’n’ Soul of Rock ’n’ Roll
1.10Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll
1.18Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck BerryThe Chess Box
1.14Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryRockfile, Volume 6
3.9Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryThe Heart & Soul of Rock’n’Roll
1.25Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryThe Chess Years
2.4Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryThe Chess Years
1.5Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck Berry20 Great Tracks
1.6Sweet Little Sixteen3:16Chuck BerryRock 'n' Roll Music
  • 1992 -
1.10Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck BerryHail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll
1.9Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck BerryQualis: Originals
1.11Sweet Little 163:11Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection: Chuck Berry, Blues Berry
1.3Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryThe Great Chuck Berry
1.16Sweet Little Sixteen3:16Chuck BerryPlanète Rock'n Roll
1.6Sweet Little Sixteen3:17Chuck BerryPoet of Rock ’n’ Roll
1.6Sweet Little Sixteen3:17Chuck BerryPoet of Rock 'n' Roll
1.9Sweet Little Sixteen3:15Chuck BerryRock and Roll Music
  • 1996 -
1.2Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryThe Best of Chuck Berry
2.6Sweet Little Sixteen3:08Chuck BerryThe Chess Story (Charly, 2CD)
2.21Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryThe Heart ’n’ Soul of Rock ’n’ Roll
1.4Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryThe Golden Age of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1958
7.21Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryThe Chess Story
  • 1999-10-04 XE
1.10Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryAmerican Bandstand’s Greatest Hits of the Century: 50’s
1.9Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryMaybellene
  • 2000-05-08 GB
3.24Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryBack to Black
  • 2001-03-26 GB
3.9Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryTeenager Years
1.13Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryRock 'n' Roll Music
  • 2006-06-19 -
1.28Sweet Little Sixteen3:10Chuck BerryCapital Gold: Fifties Legends
  • 2006-09-11 GB
2.1Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryThe Best Of
2.1Sweet Little Sixteen3:15Chuck BerryRoll Over Beethoven
1.19Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck BerryRockin’
2.1Sweet Little Sixteen3:15Chuck BerryRoll Over Beethoven
1.4Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryThe Best of Chuck Berry
2.1Sweet Little Sixteen3:14Chuck Berry5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles and Rare Tracks
  • 2012-12-03 XW
2.2Sweet Little Sixteen3:12Chuck BerryBest of the Chess Years
1.5Sweet Little Sixteen3:17Chuck BerryLegends
1.4Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryThe Crucial Collection
  • 2015-04-20 AU
3.2Sweet Little Sixteen3:10Chuck Berry101 Rock & Roll
  • 2017-11-24 GB
1.3Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck Berry20th Century Music
1.3Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck Berry25 Super Oldies, Volume 1
1.18Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck Berry40 Number 1 Hits
1.16Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryHigh School Dance Classics
1.10Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryThe Official American Bandstand Library of Rock & Roll: 50s
Promotion
1.11Sweet Little 163:11Chuck BerryBlues Berry (Les Génies du Blues)
  • 1992-03-06 FR
1.7Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck BerryJohnny B. Goode (Les Génies du Rock)
  • 1993-01-13 FR
1.11Sweet Little Sixteen3:11Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection 3: Blues Berry
1.11Sweet Little 163:11Chuck BerryThe Blues Collection 3: Blues Berry
1.12Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerryClassic Rock #190: And We Play Rock & Roll!
  • 2013-11 GB
(unknown)
1.6Sweet Little Sixteen3:13Chuck BerrySweet Little Sixteen

Relationships

double bass:Willie Dixon (in 1957-12)
drums (drum set):Jasper Thomas (in 1957-12)
guitar and lead vocals:Chuck Berry (in 1957-12)
piano:Johnnie Johnson (in 1957-12)
recorded at:Sheldon Recording Studios, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1957-12)
part of:Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 272) (order: 271)
recording of:Sweet Little Sixteen (in 1957-12)

Sweet Little Sixteen

lyricist and composer:Chuck Berry
publisher:Arc Music
Arc Music Corp.
Fermata do Brasil
Isalee Music Publishing Co.
Isalee Music Publishing Company
Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
referred to in medleys:Good Old Rock ’n Roll (order: 1)
Chuck Berry Medley (order: 3)
later translated parody versions:Quand arrive l’été
later translated versions:Douces filles de seize ans
Hän kuudentoista on
Las quinceañeras
Süße sechzehn Jahre jung
is the basis for:La p’tite Chamberland
Surfin’ U.S.A.