Susie Q: The Singles As & Bs, 1956-1960

Dale Hawkins

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Susie Q: The Singles As & Bs, 1956-1960 Review

by Steve Leggett

Thanks to his enduring, often-covered, and signature hit “Susie Q,” which blended Howlin’ Wolf with plenty of cowbell and a killer rockabilly guitar riff courtesy of a young Roy Buchanan, Dale Hawkins came up with one of the biggest shots in the rockabilly revolution in 1957. This set collects that seminal hit along with the A- and B-sides of Hawkins' first 14 singles released by the Chess Records subsidiary Checker Records between 1956 and 1960.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Dale Hawkins 02:01 SpotifyAmazon
2
Dale Hawkins 01:41 SpotifyAmazon
3 Dale Hawkins 02:18 SpotifyAmazon
4
Dale Hawkins 02:16 SpotifyAmazon
5
Dale Hawkins 02:48 SpotifyAmazon
6 Dale Hawkins 02:53 SpotifyAmazon
7
Dale Hawkins 02:16 SpotifyAmazon
8
Dale Hawkins 02:28 SpotifyAmazon
9 Dale Hawkins 02:36 SpotifyAmazon
10 Dale Hawkins 02:23 SpotifyAmazon
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Dale Hawkins 02:29 SpotifyAmazon
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Dale Hawkins 02:13 SpotifyAmazon
13 Dale Hawkins 02:11 SpotifyAmazon
14 Dale Hawkins 02:26 SpotifyAmazon
15
Dale Hawkins 02:36 SpotifyAmazon
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Dale Hawkins 01:58 SpotifyAmazon
17
Dale Hawkins 02:09 SpotifyAmazon
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Dale Hawkins 02:13 SpotifyAmazon
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Dale Hawkins 02:07 SpotifyAmazon
20
Dale Hawkins 02:32
21
Dale Hawkins 02:04 SpotifyAmazon
22 Dale Hawkins 02:17 SpotifyAmazon
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Dale Hawkins 02:11 SpotifyAmazon
24
Dale Hawkins 02:23 SpotifyAmazon
25 Dale Hawkins 02:22 SpotifyAmazon
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Dale Hawkins 02:28 SpotifyAmazon
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Dale Hawkins 02:22 SpotifyAmazon
28
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Dale Hawkins 02:21 SpotifyAmazon
29 Dale Hawkins 02:12 SpotifyAmazon
30 Dale Hawkins 02:54 SpotifyAmazon
31 Dale Hawkins 01:48 SpotifyAmazon
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