Sweet Sixteen and Never Been Kissed explained

Sweet Sixteen and Never Been Kissed
Label:	Regal

"Sweet Sixteen and Never Been Kissed" is a 1932 pop song released by the Blue Mountaineers as a 78 rpm record on the Regal label. The B side was "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye". It was also released as a 10" 78 by the Midnight Minstrels on Broadcast Twelve Super in the same year (B side "Same Old Moon"). Copyright was registered 11 November 1932 in the US, words and music (with a ukulele accompaniment) attributed to Joseph George Gilbert, for Francis, Day and Hunter Ltd.^[1]

Covers

As well as the Blue Mountaineers and the Midnight Minstrels, the song or music was released by:

• Jack Hylton on Decca (F-3227) (23 September 1932)^[2] b-side "Pal of My Dreams"
• Peggy Cochrane on Broadcast Twelve Super (1933) (Popular Melodies On A Piano - Part 1)
• Nat Gonella, 1981, in the compilation LP album Georgia On My Mind on Decca (RFL 12).

In popular culture

• In Bingo calling, sixteen is announced as "Never been kissed, sweet sixteen".
• In Mary-Kate and Ashley's "Sweet Sixteen" series, volume 1 is called Never Been Kissed.^[3]

See also

• Sweet Sixteen (disambiguation)
• Never Been Kissed (disambiguation)
• Sweet Little Sixteen

Notes and References

1. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. 1933. Library of Congress, Copyright Office.. 1076.
2. Web site: Discography 1930-1933.
3. Book: Never Been Kissed . Sweet Sixteen . Book 1. Paperback. 6 June 2005. Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. Harper Collins Children's Books. 978-0007148790.