Sweet Little Sixteen / Reelin and Rocking
by Chuck Berry
- Type: Single
- Released: January 1958
- Label: Chess
- Country: United States
- Length: 2:35
- Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Combining vivid lyrical storytelling with driving guitar lines, this anthem perfectly crystallized the burgeoning teenage fan culture surrounding rock and roll. Its melody and structure were later famously appropriated by The Beach Boys for 'Surfin' U.S.A.'.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, about-music, family, adolescence, classic
Tracklist
Credits
- Chuck Berry - primary artist, written-by