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Sweet SixteenAretha Franklin

Songwriter: Joe Bihari B.B. King

[Verse]
When I first met you, baby
You were only sweet sixteen
When I first met you, baby
You were only sweet sixteen
You were the sweetest thing that I'd ever seen
My brother went to Korea
My sister's down in New Orleans
My brother went to Korea baby
My sister's down in New Orleans
I wanna know baby what do you really wanna do

[Chorus]
Sweet sixteen baby, sweet sixteen
The sweetest thing I ever seen
Sweet sixteen baby, sweet sixteen
You know I'm having so much trouble, woman
The sweetest thing I ever seen
Baby I wonder
Yes I wonder
Baby I wonder
Oh, I wonder what in the world's gonna happen to me
Oh, I wonder what in the world's gonna happen to me

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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