So why did I give my heart so fast

Today's $2 op-shop find, highlighted mainly because of the intriguing sleeve indicating that Mosgiel used to be a seething hub of musical creativity. But actually it was just the base for legendary Dunedin music promoter, and long-standing producer of Miss New Zealand (1960-74, 1978-86) and the nationwide Search For Stars roadshow ("Joe Brown Presents the Tops in New Zealand Talent!"), Joe Brown. 

The best-known of Brown's stable were Howard Morrison and John Hore (later John Hore Grenell, to avoid scandalising American country audiences). Craig Douglas was English rather than a New Zealander though - he took this cover of Sam Cooke's original Only Sixteen to the top of the UK charts in 1959, so this must be a licenced copy for New Zealand. Douglas had 10 UK top 40 hits until 1963, when he like many others was swept into irrelevance (at least as far as teen music fans were concerned) by the arrival of the Beatles. The whistling in the track is by Mike Sammes, of Mike Sammes Singers fame.

See also:

Music: Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen (1959) 

Music: Craig Douglas - Only Sixteen (1959)

Music: Howard Morrison - Little Darlin' (1959)