This Sunday is not only Valentine’s Day it is also my niece’s 16th birthday and more important from her point of view the following day she’ll get her drivers license.
I’d like to collect the appropriate songs to celebrate this combination of events.
What songs would you suggest?
Valentine’s is actually on Saturday, Feb 14.
As to songs, there’s always You’re Sixteen by Ringo Starr.
Baby You Can Drive My Car - The Beatles “Beep beep, beep beep, yeah!”
Mercury Blues - Alan Jackson “I’m gonna buy me a Mercury and cruise it up and down the road.” I love that one!
Birthday - The Beatles “You say it’s your birthday!”
East Bound and Down [From Smokey and the Bandit] - Jerry Reed (heh.)
On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen - Neil Sedaka
What kind of music does your niece like? Is she mainly a pop fan or does she like older stuff?
Birthday songs:
“Sixteen Candles” - Jackson Five
“Sweet 16” - Hilary Duff
“Sixteen” - No Doubt
Driving songs:
“Shut up and Drive” - Rihanna
“Drive My Car” - Beatles
“Highway to Hell” - AC/DC
“Every Day Is a Winding Road” - Sheryl Crow
“Start Me Up” - Rolling Stones
Leader of the Pack.
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What kind of music does your niece like? Is she mainly a pop fan or does she like older stuff?
She listens to almost any kind of music from the 50’s to whatever it is kids listen to today.
Driving songs to include:
CAKE - Stickshifts and Safety Belts
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Tom Waits - Heart of Saturday Night
Didn’t that Springsteen guy do a few songs about cars? 
Songs you might not want to include:
CAKE - Satan Is My Motor
Graham Parker (or Dave Edmunds) - Crawling from the Wreckage
Wilco - Passenger Side
Wreck on the Highway by Springsteen :eek: