16th Avenue (song)

16th Avenue single Lacy J. Dalton 16th Avenue You Can't Take the Texas Out of Me September 11, 1982 January 1982 Columbia Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee) Country 3:08 Columbia Thom Schuyler Billy Sherrill Slow Down 1982 Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) 1983 "16th Avenue" is a song written by Thom Schuyler, and recorded by American country music artist Lacy J. Dalton. It was released in September 1982 as the second single and title track from the album 16th Avenue. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn 2004 Record Research 96 In 2007, the song was covered by Sunny Sweeney on her debut album, Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame. Content Thom Schuyler said that after he wrote the song, he considered it "too much of an 'industry' kind of song" and had it filed away until a publisher asked if he had any new material. A song plugger then took it to producer Billy Sherrill, who produced Dalton's recording of it. Dalton also sang it at the opening of the 1982 Country Music Association awards telecast.Chicken Soup for the Soul: Country Music: The Inspirational Stories behind 101 of Your Favorite Country Songs Canfield, J. Hansen, M.V. Rudder, R. 2011 Chicken Soup for the Soul 9781611591903 https://books.google.com/books?id=xjbJvDdjJmMC&pg=PT20 2015-08-13 The location referred to in the song is Music Row in Nashville, which in the 1960s was being changed from residential homes to refurbished office space for the music industry.http://hitchcockcountry.com/main/bless-the-boys-and-girls-that-make-the-noise-on-16th-avenue/ Bless the Boys (And Girls) That Make the Noise, on 16th Avenue – Stan Hitchcock View from the Front Porch 2018-07-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20180702180146/http://hitchcockcountry.com/main/bless-the-boys-and-girls-that-make-the-noise-on-16th-avenue/ 2018-07-02 dead Chart performance Chart (1982–1983)PeakpositionBillboardcountrysongs 7 Lacy J. DaltonCanadian RPM Country Tracks13 References Category:1983 singles Category:1982 songs Category:Lacy J. Dalton songs Category:Sunny Sweeney songs Category:Songs written by Thom Schuyler Category:Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Songs about Nashville, Tennessee Category:Songs about country music