You're Sixteen

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If you're as old as I am, lolyou probably remember a song that was popular in the early '60s called "You're Sixteen". The words, to be exact, were "You're sixteen, you're beautiful, and you're mine". This song was also featured in the movie "American Graffitti", if you saw it. Anyway, the song was sung by a singer named "Johnny Burnette", who along with his brother, "Dorsey Burnette", and friend "Paul Burlison" formed "The Rock'n'Roll Trio" in the early '50s. Johnny sang and played guitar, Dorsey played the bass, and Paul played lead guitar. He wasn't a very well known singer but he had a hit with the song "Dreamin'" in 1960. I bought this record not long afterwards. This is how I first heard of him. I was just 8 years old at the time and I never had seen a picture of Johnny. After hearing him sing this song, I was picturing a really good looking guy! I know you can't always go by the way a person sounds as to how they look, but when I bought the song "You're Sixteen" a few years later, the record had his picture with it and I wasn't wrong! He was cute! He also had a hit with the songs "Little Boy Sad", "Big, Big World", and "God, Country, & My Baby". He also wrote songs for singers such as Ricky Nelson and Hank Snow. Before Johnny became a singer, he was a boxer, winning the golden glove award one time. He also worked as a deck hand on the Mississippi River. Johnny Burnette died in 1964 at the age of 30 in a boating accident. I didn't mean to make this so long. There was just so much I wanted to say about him. How many of youall have ever heard of Johnny Burnette or these songs? He was also the father of "Rocky Burnette", who was a rockabilly singer in the 1980s. Dorsey Burnette was the father of singer "Billy Burnette".