^ "Connie Stevens Scores With 'Sixteen Reasons' ".The complete book of the British charts: singles & albums. ^ a b c Neil Warwick Jon Kutner Tony Brown, eds. Connie Stevens with The Big Sound of Don Ralke originally released Sixteen Reasons written by Doree Post and Bill Post and Connie Stevens with The Big Sound.
"Sixteen Reasons" is prominently showcased in David Lynch's 2001 film Mulholland Drive with actress Elizabeth Lackey, whose character lip-syncs to the Connie Stevens track.Lisa Mychols remade "Sixteen Reasons" for her 1991 Lost Winter's Dream album.A comedy version was released as a double A-side on the Laverne & Shirley single Chapel of Love in 1976.Lawrence Welk featured the song on his 1964 album, The Golden Millions. The song, which was written by Bill and Doree Post, provides a detailed list of reasons 'why I love you.The Lettermen, who Stevens had played with as The Foremost, recorded a version of the track for their 1962 album, Once Upon a Time.Also in 1960, Auckland-singer Esme Stephens and The Silhouettes With The Peter Posa Combo released "Sixteen Reasons" in New Zealand on Zodiac Records coupled with a cover of Anita Bryant's " Paper Roses" the single reached #5 on the Lever Hit Parade.In 1960 Italian singer Angelina Monti rendered "Sixteen Reasons" in German as Sechzehn Gründe.In 1960, there were three aforementioned covers by British singers, specifically Sheila Buxton, Shani Wallis and Marion Ryan."Sixteen Reasons" was a popular song on the American Forces Network in Germany that summer. The sheet music for the song was also a bestseller in both the US and the UK. Total sales for Connie Stevens' "Sixteen Reasons" single are estimated at two million units. After reaching #9 - its overall UK peak - in May 1960, Stevens' single re-entered the top 20 at #17 that June, spending 12 weeks on the chart in all. "Sixteen Reasons" also afforded Stevens a hit in the UK over the spring and summer of 1960 despite at least three cover versions. I dont know if Connie Stevens was an Elvis girl, but she certainly could have been. "Sixteen Reasons" crossed over to the Hot R&B Sides chart, where it went to #10. Connie Stevens - Sixteen Reasons (1960) HQ (Plus Film Intro) Chances are you may have had a crush on this actress growing up in the 1960s, if youre a guy. It was as "Sixteen Reasons" that Stevens' single debuted at #89 on the Billboard Hot 100 dated 1 February 1960, peaking at #3 on the chart dated. It would be a little silly for me to do it now." Chart performance It was really a kids' song aimed at 12-year-old girls. Professionally Stevens has downplayed her identity as the singer of a "golden oldie", stating in 2005: "I never did 'Sixteen Reasons' in my stage act. Īlthough Stevens would continue to record for Warner Bros until 1972 – with a brief tenure at MGM Records in 1968 – none of her singles subsequent to "Sixteen Reasons" would reach the Top 40 her last appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 would be in 1965. handicapping her promotion of the single: as the song was not published by MPHC (their in-house Music Publishing Holding Company), the label refused to allow Stevens to perform the song on Hawaiian Eye and also prevented her from singing it on The Ed Sullivan Show. Stevens had her success with "Sixteen Reasons" despite her label Warner Bros. "Sixteen Reasons" was Stevens' second Top 40 hit, the precedent being a duet with Edd Byrnes: " Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)", a novelty spoken word number which reached #4. The Connie Stevens single with arrangement and accompaniment by Don Ralke was issued in December 1959 with the Robert Allen composition "Little Sister" being the intended A-side - another version of the last-named song by Cathy Carr was issued as a single at the same time. The composers, Bill and Doree Post, were a husband-and-wife team from Kansas who had several single releases on Crest Records but their own version of "Sixteen Reasons" was not released until 1963, by which time Doree Post had died from stomach cancer. " Sixteen Reasons (Why I Love You)" is a list song written by Bill and Doree Post in 1959 recounting sixteen reasons for being in love, beginning "The way you hold my hand", which in 1960 reached #3 via a recording by Connie Stevens. 1959 single by Connie Stevens "Sixteen Reasonsįrom the album As Cricket in "Hawaiian Eye"
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