Where did the nick name "Susie Q" come from?

Question

Where did the nick name "Susie Q" come from?

Answer 1

i have no idea

Answer 2

I don't know for sure, but here are a few ideas...

1.  In 1957 Dale Hawkins had a hit called "Susie Q."  It goes, “Oh, Susie Q / Oh, Susie Q / Oh, Susie Q / How I love you / My Susie Q."  The Rolling Stones did a version and it was also this song that launched Creedence Clearwater Revival back in the 1960s.

2.  The "Suzie Q" was a dance introduced in 1936 purportedly at the famous Cotton Club in New York City’s Harlem:

“A dance of black American origin popular in the 1930s, in which the dancer interlaced fingers of both hands at chest height, then with elbows akimbo made a sawing motion across the body while performing cross-over footwork. The origin of the name is uncertain.”—Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable.”

3.  It has been widely used not only to refer to the old dance and the hit songs, but also as a generic name for a girl/woman and hence for an innumerable number of small businesses (e.g. cake decorating service, fabric store, collectables shop, kennel, . . .). It has also been used for the names of boats, trains (e.g. nickname for the New York and Susquehanna Western Railway – the NYS&W), a 1996 movie.

4.  Suzy Q's are little chocolate cake layers with fake cream in the middle made by Hostess.

". . .The oblong sandwich of either banana-flavored or devil's food cake with white crème filling was invented in 1961 and named after the daughter of Continental Bakeries Vice President Cliff Isaacson. Suzy Q is also the name of a dance step, a song, a recording artist and a popular nickname among the young and the young at heart. The name, it seems, never goes out of style - just like the taste of these delectable and timeless snacks."

5.  Polly and Suzie were the two most common names given to one's Asian maids in the 1800's rather than learning their real names, or using a translation like Precious Jade.  It is possible that the Q in Suzie Q may be references to the single braid often worn by unmarried Chinese girls, and/or the Chinese queue worn by Chinese men, as well as to the Chinese habit of having one syllable last names like Wong or Wu.

Just some possibilities, but I hope they helped!

Answer 3

originated from a TV show in 1966 written by shubi levy and douglas j sloane.was also lyrics from a creedance clearwaterreval song

Answer 4

I do not know for sure, but maybe somebody was named Suzanne and they just gave them that nickname and the rest of the world heard of it and they just went with it.

Answer 5

Hmm... good question.  :)  First thing that came to mind:

You've heard the term: John Q. Public ...?

Well, maybe this is the female equivelant to that.  

Like Jane Doe is to John Doe.  

???

Susie Q. is also a dance step... Hmm... Interesting...!