Age Is Just a Number Top Ten: Only Sixteen (#8)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86910)
United States
April 18, 2022 11:09am CST
No, I’m not turning sixteen. (Well, I have over 40 years’ experience at 16, let’s say. 
) And no, this isn’t a “sixteen” countdown. This is the last of the “16” songs for a while. Meanwhile, let’s celebrate the turning of the page to another year with a song that has an age in its title!
#8: Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke
Maybe the first song Dr. Hook covered that wasn’t written by Shel Silverstein! 
Yes, they had a hit with this song in early 1976.
Sam Cooke wrote it, however, and had the first hit with it. A lovely blend of mid-tempo ballad, R&B, and doo-wop made this a most memorable tune.
And the narrator gets smart by the age of 17 (“I was a mere lad of 16, I’ve aged a year since then”)! 
Enjoy one of the great early rock classics.
Only Sixteen
Written by Sam Cooke
Recorded by Sam Cooke
Released as a single, 1959
I was too young to know:
) And no, this isn’t a “sixteen” countdown. This is the last of the “16” songs for a while. Meanwhile, let’s celebrate the turning of the page to another year with a song that has an age in its title!
#8: Only Sixteen - Sam Cooke
Maybe the first song Dr. Hook covered that wasn’t written by Shel Silverstein! Yes, they had a hit with this song in early 1976.
Sam Cooke wrote it, however, and had the first hit with it. A lovely blend of mid-tempo ballad, R&B, and doo-wop made this a most memorable tune.
And the narrator gets smart by the age of 17 (“I was a mere lad of 16, I’ve aged a year since then”)!
Enjoy one of the great early rock classics.
Only Sixteen
Written by Sam Cooke
Recorded by Sam Cooke
Released as a single, 1959
I was too young to know:
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
21 Apr 22
It is such a “teenage love song,” isn’t it? “She was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.”
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
21 Apr 22
@FourWalls I was born that year...I think my cries and screams were louder....I don't recall them being musical...but definitely rhythmic...like any other baby's.
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@RasmaSandra (98127)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
19 Apr 22
Got me stumped on this one, I don't think I have heard it before,
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
20 Apr 22
Oh, well, at least I hope you enjoyed it now that you’ve heard it!
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
18 Apr 22
Heard Buffett sing that song, “Another Saturday Night”?
Sam Cooke wrote that.
(Thanks, Jimmy, I’m gonna get this kid a musical education somehow. 
)
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@LindaOHio (222898)
• United States
19 Apr 22
I know this one too. Will wonders never cease?
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
19 Apr 22
Heck, you might even know TODAY’S song, too! I think that may be a new record for us!
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@LindaOHio (222898)
• United States
20 Apr 22
@FourWalls Chicaa didn't even know this one!
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
21 Apr 22
He wrote a lot of things that were covered later, like “Another Saturday Night” that Cat Stevens did and “Twistin’ the Night Away” by Rod Stewart. The first song I heard of his was Teresa Brewer covering “You Send Me.”
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
19 Apr 22
I agree. He had such a marvelous voice.
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
19 Apr 22
@CarolDM — Thanks! My first day as a senior citizen!!! (Well, retirement age….”senior citizen” is still a few years away.)
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@FourWalls (86910)
• United States
20 Apr 22
Oh, the old “Living Next Door to Alice” scenario?
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
22 Apr 22
@FourWalls It happened to me more than once.
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@Deepizzaguy (122353)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 Apr 22
I did know that the late Sam Cooke who was before my time wrote the song "Only Sixteen" since I heard that was a singer.
