Susie Darlin'

Album: Susie Darlin' (1958)
Charted: 23 5
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  • I stood a-watchin' all night long
    I stood a-watchin' all night long
    I stood a-watchin' till you went away

    You were a girl of many charms
    Oh, how I loved you in my arms
    I never thought that you would ever go
    Because I loved you so

    Oh-uh, Susie darlin'
    I thought that you knew
    You were all the world to me
    All my dreams come true

    I stood a-cryin' all night long
    I stood a-cryin' all night long
    Cryin' and wishin' you'd come back to me

    Thinking of all the dreams we knew
    Now that you're gone they won't come true
    My heart is empty without you
    Nothin' there but misery

    Oh-uh, Susie darlin'
    I thought that you knew
    You were all the world to me
    All my dreams come true

    Now-ow I stand a-watchin' all night long
    I stand a-watchin' all night long
    Knowing that life has nothing left for me

    I'll wait around most patiently
    Hopin' you will return to me
    'Til that happy day I will always be
    Watchin' all night long

    Oh-uh, Susie darlin'
    I thought that you knew
    You were all the world to me
    All my dreams come true Writer/s: Robin Luke
    Publisher: CONGRESSIONAL MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 16th 1962, Tommy Roe performed his covered version of "Susie Darlin'" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was at #46 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; the week before it had peaked at #35 {for 1 week} and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100...
    The record was one of his eight charted records to contain the name of a girl*; he had total of twenty-two Top 100 records...
    1. Sheila {#1 in 1962}
    2. This one
    3. "Carol" {#61 in 1964}
    4. "Hooray for Hazel" {#6 in 1966}
    5. "Heather Honey" {#29 1969}
    6. "Jack and Jill" {#53 in 1969}
    7. "Pearl"
    8. "Mean Little Woman, Rosalie" {#92 in 1972}
    * And he had three more records referring to girls; "Sweet Pea" {#8 in 1966}, "Little Miss Sunshine" {#99 in 1967}, and "Dizzy" {#1 in 1969}.
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