| "Wake Up Little Susie" | ||||
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| Single by The Everly Brothers | ||||
| from the album The Everly Brothers | ||||
| B-side | "Maybe Tomorrow" | |||
| Released | September 2, 1957 | |||
| Recorded | August 16, 1957 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor (Nashville) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 1:57 | |||
| Label | Cadence | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| The Everly Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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"Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957.
The song is best known in a recording by the Everly Brothers,[2] issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1337. The Everly Brothers record reached No. 1 on the Billboard Pop chart and the 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.[3] "Wake Up Little Susie" also spent seven weeks atop the Billboard country chart[4] and got to No. 2 on the 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".[5] In 2017, the 1957 recording by The Everly Brothers was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[6]
- ^ Roberts, David (2015). "The Everly Brothers - "All I Have to Do Is Dream". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 99.
- ^ The Everly Brothers interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
- ^ Hurst, Jack (August 3, 1986). "Everly Brothers Again Waking Up Nation To Innocent, Wonderful". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 117.
- ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time: The Everly Brothers, 'Wake Up Little Susie'". Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.