"Wake Up Little Susie" (1957)
By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com
.jpg) Wake Up Little Susie Album (1957) |
.jpg) Everly Brothers singing "Wake Up Little Susie" (10-6-1957) |
.jpg) Couple Dancing East Coast Swing to "Wake Up Little Susie" (2-27-2022) |
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Preface: After "Rock Around the Clock" video,
they played Fred & Ginger dancing a medley "Wake Up Little Susie"— For Song #41, I've selected Everly Brothers singing "Wake Up Little Susie". This popular song was written by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant, published in 1957. The song is best known in a recording by the Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1337. Everly Brothers record reached No. 1 on Billboard Pop chart & Cash Box Best Selling Records chart, despite having been banned from Boston radio stations for lyrics that, at the time, were considered suggestive, according to a 1986 interview with Don Everly. "Wake Up Little Susie" also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard country chart, and got to No. 2 on UK Singles Chart. The song was ranked at No. 318 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"; Lyrics |
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Wake up, little Susie, wake up Wake up, little Susie, wake up we've both been sound asleep, wake up, little Susie, and weep The movie's over, it's four o'clock, and we're in trouble deep Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie, well Whatta we gonna tell your mama Whatta we gonna tell your pa Whatta we gonna tell our friends when they say ?ooh-la-la? Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie, well I told your mama that you'd be in by ten Well Susie baby looks like we goofed again Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie, we gotta go home Wake up, little Susie, wake up Wake up, little Susie, wake up The movie wasn't so hot, it didn't have much of a plot We fell asleep, our goose is cooked, our reputation is shot Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie, well Whatta we gonna tell your mama Whatta we gonna tell your pa Whatta we gonna tell our friends when they say "ooh-la-la" Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie Wake up little Susie © Peter Y. Chou WisdomPortal.com July 18, 2023 |
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