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Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen

1961 single by Neil Sedaka

"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"

Italian release of "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"

B-side"Don't Lead Me On"
ReleasedNovember 1961
Recorded1961
GenrePop
Length2:40
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
"Sweet Little You"
(1961)
"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen"
(1961)
"King of Clowns"
(1962)

"Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" is a pop song released in 1961 by Neil Sedaka.

Sedaka wrote the music and performed the song, while the lyrics were written by Howard Greenfield. The song is noted for being similar in musical structure to Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee (another 1961 hit), and additionally for its resemblance to the melody of the Chiffons' subsequent 1963 hit "One Fine Day".

Both of these songs exhibiting similarity to "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" were penned by the team of Carole King and Gerry Goffin (King and Sedaka were c