16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound

"16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound"
Single by Don Lee
B-side	"All I Ever Wanted Was You (Here Lovin' Me)"
Released	November 12, 1979
Genre	Country
Label	Crescent 103
Songwriter(s)	D. Lee, B. Duncan, B.R. Jones, J. R. Halper
Don Lee singles chronology
"I'm in Love with a Memory" (1981) "16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound" (1979)

"16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound" is a song co-written and recorded by Don Lee. It was a hit on the US country charts in 1982.

Background

By July 1982, "16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound" was released on Crescent 103. It was produced by Lee and co-written along with B. Duncan, B. R. Jones and J. R. Halper.^[1][2] Lee had previously made the Cash Box Top 100 Country Singles chart that year with the single, "I'm in Love with a Memory".^[3]

Chart performance

Billboard

The single stayed on the Billboard country chart for a total of three weeks, reaching a peak position of 86 on September 18, 1982.^[4]

Cash Box

On September 25, 1982, the single had been on the Cash Box Top 100 Country Singles chart for five weeks, moving to No. 66 on the chart.^[5]

References

1. 45Cat - Don Lee (Crescent) - Discography
2. Billboard, July 31, 1982 - Page 51 Billboards's Top Single Picks, Country, recommended
3. Cash Box, May 1, 1982 - Page 24 TOP 100 COUNTRY SINGLES May 1, 1982
4. Billboard - Don Lee, Chart History, 16 Lovin' Ounces to the Pound
5. Cash Box, September 25, 1982 - Page 20 TOP 100 COUNTRY SINGLES September 25, 1982