Susie Darlin'

"Susie Darlin'"
Single by Robin Luke
B-side "Living’s Loving You"
Released July 28, 1958 (1958-07-28)
Studio United Recording Studios
Length 2:30
Label Dot
Songwriter(s) Robin Luke

"Susie Darlin'" is a 1958 single by Robin Luke. Luke's rendition peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went to #1 on the CHUM Chart in 1958. A cover version by Tommy Roe had "Susie Darlin'" re-enter the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 and peaked at #35. "Susie Darlin'" sold a million copies in the United States.

Background

"Susie Darlin'" was originally titled "All Night Long" but was later re-titled and named after Luke's sister.[1]

Recording

Luke recorded "Susie Darlin'" alongside his song "Living’s Loving You" in Honolulu, Hawaii for Bertram International Records.[2] On the track, Luke played the ukulele and guitar parts while Bob Bertram provided the percussion by tapping pens onto a stick. The finished version of "Susie Darlin'" was taped with a Ampex two-track tape recorder with a bathroom as a makeshift echo chamber.[1]

Release

"Susie Darlin'" was later re-recorded for Dot Records at United Recording Studios. Dot Records' version was released in early 1958 with the master recording released on July 28, 1958.[3] The song went to sell a million copies in the United States.[4]

Other versions

In 1962, Tommy Roe covered "Susie Darlin'". A few years later, Mike Curb created his own version, titled "Suzie Darling", with some lyrical adjustments in 1965.[5]

Chart performance

In the United States, Robin Luke's original version of "Susie Darlin'" peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100[6] and No. 26 on the Hot R&B Sides chart in 1958.[7][8] Outside of the United States, Luke's version of "Susie Darlin'" peaked at No. 1 on the CHUM Chart[9] and No. 23 in the UK that same year.[10] Another charting version of "Susie Darlin'" was Tommy Roe's version, which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 35 in 1962.[11]

Charts

Robin Luke version

Chart (1958) Peak
position
Canada (CHUM)[9] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10] 23
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 26

Tommy Roe version

Chart (1962) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 35

References

  1. 1 2 Ohira, Rod (13 October 1997). "Return of a teen idol". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Jancik, Wayne (1998). The Billboard Book of One-hit Wonders (2, illustrated, revised ed.). Billboard Books. p. 63. ISBN 0823076229.
  3. ↑ Homer, Sheree (2015). Dig That Beat!: Interviews with Musicians at the Root of Rock ’n’ Roll. McFarland & Company. p. 125. ISBN 9780786474462.
  4. ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2, illustrated ed.). Barrie and Jenkins. p. 104. ISBN 0214204804. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Leszczak, Bob (2014). Who Did It First?: Great Pop Cover Songs and Their Original Artists. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 189. ISBN 9781442230675. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Robin Luke Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. 1 2 "Robin Luke Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ↑ "Hot R&B Sides for the week ending October 26, 1958". The Billboard. Vol. 70 no. 42. October 20, 1958. p. 27. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  9. 1 2 "CHART NUMBER 71 Monday, September 22, 1958". Archived from the original on 15 July 2006. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. 1 2 "Tommy Roe Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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