Sweet Sixteen and Never Been Kissed
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"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.{{Cite book|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions|date=1933|publisher=Library of Congress, Copyright Office.|pages=1076}}
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){{Cite web|url=http://www.jackhylton.com/discography-1930-1933|title = Discography 1930-1933}} 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.{{Cite book|title=Never Been Kissed |work=Sweet Sixteen |volume=Book 1|type= Paperback|date= 6 June 2005|author= Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen|publisher= Harper Collins Children's Books|isbn=978-0007148790}}