You 're Sixteen - wikipedia You 're Sixteen `` You 're Sixteen '' Single by Johnny Burnette from the album Johnny Burnette B - side `` I Beg Your Pardon '' Released October 1960 Format 7 '' Recorded September 1960, United Recorders, Hollywood, California Genre Rock Length 1 : 56 Label Liberty ( U.S. ) London ( UK ) Songwriter ( s ) Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman Producer ( s ) Snuff Garrett Johnny Burnette singles chronology `` Dreamin ' '' ( 1960 ) `` You 're Sixteen '' ( 1960 ) `` Little Boy Sad '' ( 1961 ) `` You 're Sixteen '' is a song written by the Sherman Brothers ( Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman ). It was first performed by American rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette, whose version peaked at number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1960 and number 3 in the U.K. in 1961. The original 1960 version of `` You 're Sixteen '' by Johnny Burnette is featured prominently on the 1973 motion picture soundtrack of the film American Graffiti. Contents 1 Chart history 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Personnel 3 Ringo Starr version 4 Chart history 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 5 Other covers 6 References 7 External links Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1960 - 61 ) Peak position UK Record Retailer Chart US Billboard Hot 100 8 US Cash Box Top 100 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1961 ) Rank UK Record Retailer 48 US Cash Box 45 Personnel The personnel on the Johnny Burnette version included : Johnny Burnette - vocal Bobby Gibbons - guitar Vincent Terri - guitar Red Callender - bass Ernie Freeman - piano Jerry Allison - drums Alvin Dinkin - viola Stanley Harris - viola Dave Berman - violin Herman Clebanoff - violin Harold Dicterow - violin Ben `` Benny '' Gill - violin Irma Newman - violin Joe Stepansky - violin Darrel Terwilliger - violin Gerald Vinci - violin unknown - backing vocals Ringo Starr version `` You 're Sixteen '' UK picture sleeve Single by Ringo Starr from the album Ringo B - side `` Devil Woman '' Released 3 December 1973 ( US ) 8 February 1974 ( UK ) Format 7 '' Recorded September 1973 Genre Rock and roll, country Length 2 : 46 Label Apple Songwriter ( s ) Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman Producer ( s ) Richard Perry Ringo Starr singles chronology `` Photograph '' ( 1973 ) `` You 're Sixteen '' ( 1973 ) `` Oh My My '' ( 1974 ) Ringo track listing 10 tracks Side one `` I 'm the Greatest '' `` Have You Seen My Baby '' `` Photograph '' `` Sunshine Life for Me ( Sail Away Raymond ) '' `` You 're Sixteen '' Side two `` Oh My My '' `` Step Lightly '' `` Six O'Clock '' `` Devil Woman '' `` You and Me ( Babe ) '' Ringo Starr 's version was released as a single in the US, on 3 December 1973, and in the UK, on 8 February 1974. In January 1974, the song, taken from the album Ringo, hit number one. The latter performance reunited Ringo Starr with his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney. McCartney is credited on the liner notes of the album Ringo as having played the solo on a kazoo. But reviewer Michael Verity has quoted the song 's producer, Richard Perry, as revealing it was n't actually a kazoo. `` In fact, the solo on ' You 're Sixteen, ' which sounds like a kazoo or something, was Paul singing very spontaneously as we played that track back, so he 's singing the solo on that. '' In any case, Starr 's version remains one of the few # 1 singles to feature a ' kazoo - sound ' solo. Harry Nilsson sang backing vocals on Starr 's version. Nicky Hopkins is heard playing the piano, including his going up and down the scale in the instrumental fade of the song. Also, the Ringo Starr version was in 6 / 8 time, compared to the original, which was in 2 / 4 time. In addition, in Ringo 's version, the melody and the chords were different, in the Bridge Section, which led to a minor key, while the original version used all major keys. The 1978 video of Starr 's version features Carrie Fisher as Starr 's love interest, though at the time Carrie Fisher was 22 years old ( born 1956 ). In 2017, the song was connected to the Roy Moore controversy when Breitbart editor Joel Pollak, during an interview on CNN, said : `` You know, in 1973, Ringo Starr hit No. 1 on the billboard charts with the song ' You 're 16, You 're Beautiful and You 're Mine, ' '' Pollak said. `` ( Starr ) was 30 - something at the time, singing about a 16 - year - old. You want to take away Ringo Starr 's achievement ? '' Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1973 -- 74 ) Peak position Australian Kent Music Report 6 Belgium 10 Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 13 Ireland ( IRMA ) Germany 19 Japan 74 Netherlands 6 New Zealand Listener Chart Norway 6 Switzerland 6 UK Singles Chart US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Easy Listening US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Canada 32 UK 28 US Billboard Hot 100 31 US Cash Box 18 Other covers The song title has been the subject of musical parody by various performers, from Australian punk rock band Frenzal Rhomb 's `` She 's Sixty, She 's Beautiful and She 's Mine '' to Australian singer - songwriter Paul Kelly 's `` You 're 39, You 're Beautiful and You 're Mine ''. A reference to `` You 're Sixteen '' is made in the title of Cold Chisel 's EP You 're Thirteen, You 're Beautiful, and You 're Mine. An instrumental version of the song was used in the film `` some Kind of Wonderful '', ( 1987 ), where the older generation was dancing to the tune, until a group of motorcyclists arrive interrupting the reception with their own younger generation tune. References Footnotes Jump up ^ US Apple 1870 Jump up ^ UK Apple R 5995 Citations Jump up ^ You 're Sixteen Chart Positions Retrieved June 16, 2012. ^ Jump up to : Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 1 / 07 / 61 ''. tropicalglen.com. Jump up ^ `` Sixties City - Pop Music Charts - Every Week Of The Sixties ''. www.sixtiescity.net. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1961 ''. tropicalglen.com. Jump up ^ Harry, Bill ( 2004 ). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London : Virgin Books. p. 183. ISBN 9780753508435. Jump up ^ Harry, Bill ( 2004 ). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London : Virgin Books. p. 182. ISBN 9780753508435. Jump up ^ Harry, Bill ( 2004 ). The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia. London : Virgin Books. pp. 182, 183. ISBN 9780753508435. Jump up ^ Michael Verity, `` Number 1 With A Bullet : Ringo Starr 's ' You 're Sixteen ' '' Retrieved May 24, 2013. Jump up ^ Gore, Leada ( November 27, 2017 ). `` Breitbart editor uses 1973 Ringo Starr song to defense Roy Moore ''. AL.com. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/11/breitbart_editor_uses_1973_rin.html. access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 -- 1992 ( doc ) format = requires url = ( help ). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. ^ Jump up to : `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- You 're Sixteen ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 9 Mar 1974 Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 2 / 02 / 74 ''. tropicalglen.com. Jump up ^ Canada, Library and Archives ( 17 July 2013 ). `` Image : RPM Weekly ''. Jump up ^ `` Top Discs of ' 74 ( BRMB ) ''. Record Mirror. 11 January 1975. p. 6. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1974 / Top 100 Songs of 1974 ''. www.musicoutfitters.com. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1974 ''. tropicalglen.com. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Ringo Starr Studio albums Sentimental Journey Beaucoups of Blues Ringo Goodnight Vienna Ringo 's Rotogravure Ringo the 4th Bad Boy Stop and Smell the Roses Old Wave Time Takes Time Vertical Man I Wanna Be Santa Claus Ringo Rama Choose Love Liverpool 8 Y Not Ringo 2012 Postcards from Paradise Give More Love Live albums Ringo Starr and His All - Starr Band Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Volume 2 : Live from Montreux 4 - Starr Collection Ringo Starr and His Third All - Starr Band - Volume 1 VH1 Storytellers King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All - Starr Band Extended Versions Tour 2003 Ringo Starr and Friends Ringo Starr : Live at Soundstage Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006 Live at the Greek Theatre 2008 Compilations Blast from Your Past Starr Struck : Best of Ringo Starr, Vol. 2 The Anthology... So Far Photograph : The Very Best of Ringo Starr Icon Singles `` Beaucoups of Blues '' `` It Do n't Come Easy '' / `` Early 1970 '' `` Back Off Boogaloo '' `` Photograph '' `` You 're Sixteen '' `` Oh My My '' `` Only You ( And You Alone ) '' `` No No Song '' / `` Snookeroo '' `` ( It 's All Down to ) Goodnight Vienna '' `` Oh My My '' / `` No No Song '' `` A Dose of Rock ' n ' Roll '' `` Hey ! Baby '' `` Wings '' `` Lipstick Traces ( On a Cigarette ) '' `` In My Car '' `` I Keep Forgettin ' '' `` Act Naturally '' `` Weight of the World '' `` Never Without You '' `` Liverpool 8 '' `` Walk with You '' Books Postcards From the Boys Octopus 's Garden Photograph Related Articles Discography Song list Filmography The Concert for Bangladesh Ring O ' Records Scouse the Mouse Ringo 's Yellow Submarine Ringo ( 1978 film ) The Hollywood Vampires Bands Rory Storm and the Hurricanes The Beatles Ringo Starr & His All - Starr Band People / Artists Maureen Starkey ( first wife ) Zak Starkey ( son ) Barbara Bach ( second wife ) Francesca Gregorini ( stepdaughter ) George Harrison Mark Hudson Harry Nilsson Vini Poncia Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_Sixteen&oldid=853220396 '' Categories : 1960 singles 1973 singles 1974 singles Johnny Burnette songs Ringo Starr songs Songs written by the Sherman Brothers Apple Records singles Songs written for films Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett Song recordings produced by Richard Perry London Records singles Liberty Records singles 1960 songs Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from July 2016 Articles with permanently dead external links Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL Pages using citations with format and no URL Pages using web citations with no URL Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 3 August 2018, at 06 : 34 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote you're sixteen you're beautiful and you're mine
Answer: the Sherman Brothers (Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman)