"Wake Up Little Susie" is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. Felice Bryant ( August 7, 1925 – April 22, 2003) and Boudleaux Bryant ( February 13, Felice Bryant ( August 7, 1925 – April 22, 2003) and Boudleaux Bryant ( February 13, Events January 5 - Renato Carosone and his band start their American tour in Cuba.
The song is best known in a recording by The Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence Records as catalog number 1337. The Everly Brothers ( Don Everly, born Isaac Donald Everly February 1 1937 Brownie Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Cadence Records was an American Record company based in New York City. This list presents the numbering systems used by various record companies for single (mainly 7" 33 1/3 and 45 and 10" 78 rpm records Capitol Capitol The song reached #1 on the Billboard Pop and Country charts and the Cash Box Best Selling Record charts, despite having been banned from Boston radio stations for its supposedly suggestive lyrics. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Cash Box (or Cashbox) magazine was a weekly publication devoted to the music and coin-operated machine industries which was published from July 1942 to November [1] It got to #2 on the United Kingdom song charts. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Song Premise
The song is written from the point of view of a high school boy to his girlfriend, Susie. In the song, the two go out on a date to a drive-in movie theater, only to fall asleep during the movie. They do not wake up until 4 o'clock in the morning. They then contemplate the reactions of her parents and their friends.
Although banned in such places as Boston, the song does not state that Susie and her boyfriend had sexual relations. Indeed, it strongly implies that they did not: the couple simply fell asleep because they were bored by the film. Now they must consider the implications of the scandalous appearance of their situation.
Trivia
Among notable musical groups performing covers of the song are Simon and Garfunkel and the Grateful Dead. Simon & Garfunkel are an American Singer-songwriter duo of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. During their "Old Friends" tour in 2003-2004, Simon and Garfunkel performed this song and others in a segment with the Everly Brothers, who toured in support. Simon and Garfunkel have cited the Everly Brothers as strong influences on their own music.
In an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show during the 2000 U.S. presidential election, Governor George W. Bush named "Wake Up Little Susie" as his favorite song, erroneously claiming it was by Buddy Holly. The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States syndicated Talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Democratic candidate Al Gore, then Vice President, and Republican George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (September 7 1936 – February 3 1959 was an American Singer-songwriter and a pioneer of Rock and roll. Holly never recorded the song.
References
| Preceded by "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers |
Billboard Top 100 number one single (The Everly Brothers version) October 21, 1957 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley |
| Preceded by "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley |
United World Chart number one single December 28, 1957 |
Succeeded by "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley |
| Preceded by "Chances Are" |
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart #1 record October 26, 1957–November 2, 1957 |
Succeeded by "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley |
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