Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
| "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Neil Sedaka | ||||||||||
| from the album Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits | ||||||||||
| Released | 1961 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Neil Sedaka Howard Greenfield |
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"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" is a pop song released in 1961 by Neil Sedaka. Sedaka wrote the music and performed the song, while the lyrics were written by Howard Greenfield. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[1] and no 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
[edit] Other versions
A Bobby Vee version was released on the album "30 Big Hits from the 60's" in 1964.
The Swedish dansband Flamingokvintetten in 1968 recorded a cover of the song that reached #1 in the Swedish charts Tio i topp and Kvällstoppen. They also recorded a Swedish version of the song, named "Hon är sexton år i dag" reaching Svensktoppen the same year.[2]
A version called "Happy Birthday, Twenty-One" with a special lyric by Ian Whitcomb and sung by Mae West was released on her Great Balls of Fire album in 1972 on MGM Records.
In 2009, Damian McGinty of Celtic Thunder included the song on their album Take Me Home.
[edit] References
- ^ History of Rock: Neil Sedaka
- ^ "Svensktoppen". 1968. http://sverigesradio.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3465.txt. Retrieved 25 maj 2011.
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