Wake Up Little Susie: Everly Brothers

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Wake Up Little Susie
A popular song in its time “Wake Up Little Susie” became a number one hit on October 14, 1957 for the Everly Brothers. A song that sang about the kind of nightmare only two teenagers in love could wake up to having fallen asleep together at the movies and having to face angry parents and curious friends.

The Everly Brothers were favorites for they harmonious singing and doo-wop style. Their first big hit was “Bye Bye Love” but it didn’t make it to number one. I don’t know about anyone else but personally by favorite version of “Bye Bye Love” was by Simon and Garfunkel.

They were Don and Phil Everly and started entertaining professionally in 1945 when they were eight and six years of age. Their family had a live radio

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