When You Were Sweet Sixteen

~ from the Bing Crosby Productions, Inc., Picture "The Great John L."

Words and Music by James Thornton and Published 1898

Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. ~ ASCAP

 

Orchestra Conducted by Lloyd Shaffer

with the Satisfiers

Produced by Charles Grean

 

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recording Time 3:10

 

Recorded April 10, 1947   ~  Matrix No. D7VB - 0248  Take 1 - 1A

 

SESSION MUSICIANS

April 10, 1947 

A&R Production Charles Grean

 

Orchestra

EVENING 7:00 TO 10:00 PM 

NO OVERTIME

 

Leader: Lloyd Shaffer

Contractor: Richard Kissinger

 

Sax ~ Arthur Baker 

Sax ~ Arthur Owen 

Sax ~ Nicholas Caiazza

Sax ~ Albert Klink 

Sax ~ Edwin Hellman 

 

Violin ~ Sylvan Shulman 

Violin ~ William Lockwood 

Violin ~ Mac Ceppos 

Violin ~ Luisa Piarulli 

Violin ~ Henry Berv 

Violin ~ Max Senofsky 

Violin ~ Robert Freda 

 

Viola ~ Samuel Persoff 

 

Cello ~ Emil Borsody 

 

Drums ~ Terry Snyder 

 

Bass ~ Frank Carroll 

 

Trumpet ~ Emanuel Weinstock 

Trumpet ~ Bernard Privin 

Trumpet ~ John Owens

 

Trombone ~ John D'agostino 

Trombone ~ George Arus 

Trombone ~ Frank Saracco 

 

Piano ~ Henry Rowland

 

Guitar ~ Allen Hanlen 

 

Harp ~ Edw. Vito 

 

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-2259-B

Single Flip Side: "Chi-Baba Chi-Baba ( My Bambino Go To Sleep )"

US Chart Position No. 2 ( 1 Week ) Chart Debut: August 23, 1947

 

Single release: RCA-78RPM-20-3300-A ( P-237 )

Single release: RCA-45RPM 47-2888 ( 1949 )

Single Flip Side: "Song of Songs"

 

Notes: ~ Who could have imagined that such a sweet and simple song as this would become a

million-seller in the troubled, complicated year of 1947? Perry's lovely, thoughtful

performance had a great deal to do with making it a smash. But "When You Were Sweet Sixteen"

also brought listeners back to an earlier era when life was easier and less complex. James

Thornton, a drinking companion of the legendary world-champion boxer John L. Sullivan,

wrote the song at the turn of the century.

( notes from "The Incomparable Como" Readers Digest UK compilation 1975 )

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Orchestra Conducted by Lloyd Shaffer

with the Satisfiers

Produced by Charles Grean

Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City

Recorded April 10, 1947

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3 Seaview Avenue

Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2G3

Canada

 

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