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0511 Wake Up Little Susie

In the style originally performed by  The Everly Brothers

Number 1 Billboard Hit for The Everly Brothers for the weeks of October 14, 1957 through October 28, 1957

Number 1 Billboard Country Hit for The Everly Brothers for the weeks of October 28, 1957 through December 23, 1957

Number 1 Billboard Rhythm and Blues Hit for The Everly Brothers for the weeks of October 28, 1957 through November 4, 1957

Wake Up Little Susie lyrics available from Google Lyrics and AZ Lyrics

Original song version from 1957

This short excerpt is in MP3 format running at 128 Kb per second.
The version on the CD album runs at 1,411 Kb per second.
The full CD audio file format size is 27,455 KB and runs for 2 minutes and 39 seconds.

Another songs that brings back memories - and not the good kind. I had my own "Wake Up Little Susie" moment, not because of falling asleep in a movie, but because a ferry shut down for the night five minutes before we could get across it.

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Wake Up Little Susie was created using 4 Acoustic Grand Pianos, 3 Bright Acoustic Pianos, 1 Fingered Electric Bass, 1 Synthesized String Ensemble 2 (Consisting of 2 Violins, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, and 1 Contrabass), 1 Double Bass Drum, 1 Open Hi‑Hat Cymbals, and 1 Pedal Hi‑Hat Cymbals.

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Songwriters

Boudleaux Bryant     Wikipedia

Felice Bryant     Wikipedia

Wake Up Little Susie by The Everly Brothers

Song released on Monday, September 2, 1957

Included in the album The Everly Brothers

Recording Performers

Don Everly     Wikipedia

Phil Everly     Wikipedia

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