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"Susie Q" is a rockabilly song co-written and performed by American musician Dale Hawkins [4] released in 1957. The song was a commercial success and became a classic of the early rock and roll era, being recorded by many other performers in subsequent years.
Fogerty stated in a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone magazine that his purpose in recording "Susie Q" was to get the song played on KMPX, a funky progressive-rock radio station in San Francisco, which is why the song was extended to eight minutes in length. " 'Susie Q' was designed to fit right in," he explained. "The eight-minute opus.
Name of song, writer(s), original release, and year of release Song Writer(s) Original release Year Ref. ... "Suzie Q" Dale Hawkins Robert Chaisson Stan Lewis
The song was chosen as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. An accompanying album, Oh! Suzy Q was released in 1958. Creedence Clearwater Revival's version of the song on their 1968 debut album helped launch their career and today it is probably the best-known version. [5]
Susie Q (born Susan Banfield), a member of rap duo Cookie Crew "Susie Q" (song), a 1957 song by Dale Hawkins, covered by many artists "Suzi Q" (Ammonia song), 1996; Suzi Quatro (born 1950), singer and actress also known as "Suzi Q" "Suzi Q", the Hawkins song covered by Suzi Quatro on the 1990 album Oh, Suzi Q.
By 1968, AM radio programmers around the U.S. took note when CCR's cover of the 1956 rockabilly song [13] "Susie Q" received substantial airplay in the San Francisco Bay Area and on Chicago's WLS-AM. [16] It was the band's second single, its first to reach the Top 40 (No. 11), and its only Top 40 hit not written by John Fogerty.
The discography of American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, who released their first album and singles in July 1968, [1] includes 7 studio albums, 5 live albums, 43 compilation albums, and 29 singles.
Bayou Country is the second studio album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records on January 15, 1969, [7] and was the first of three albums CCR released in that year. [1]