Australian singles charts:
Wake Up Little Susie entered the Kent charts on 14 December 1957 and peaked at #3. The song was #28 on the Top 100 of 1958.
Songwriters:
Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant
Record label of Australian release:
London
Songfacts:
Wake Up Little Susie was written by the husband and wife team of Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, who wrote most of The Everly Brothers songs in the ’50s. Their songs were also recorded by Bob Dylan, Elvis, and Buddy Holly.
The song is about a young couple who fall asleep at the drive-in, realise they are out past curfew, and make up a story to tell Susie’s parents.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-everly-brothers/wake-up-little-susie
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