Dale Hawkins scored what was probably the first Telecaster-fueled U.S. Top 40 hit in July 1957 with a song built on a catchy guitar lick by his band’s young guitarist, who would join Ricky Nelson’s band later that year and eventually be acknowledged as a master of the Telecaster.
What was the song, and who was the guitarist?
Update: Many of you got this correct yesterday, but it was “Suzie Q” and James Burton was the guitarist.