"Hushabye" is a song that was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman in 1959 for the Brooklyn doo-wop quintet the Mystics.
[2] "Little Star", a #1 hit in the summer of 1958, had been an uptempo song built around lines from the nursery rhyme "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star": with "Hushabye", Pomus and Shuman accommodated Schwarz's request by similarly building the song from the opening lines of the traditional lullaby entitled ""Hush-a-bye".
Personnel on the recording session for the Mystics' "Hushabye" included Al Caiola and Bucky Pizzarelli on guitars and Panama Francis on drums.
[3] Adopted by disc jockey Alan Freed as the closing tune on his televised Saturday night "Big Beat Show", [4] "Hushabye" would essentially establish the Mystics as one-hit wonders as their follow-up release "Don't Take the Stars" stalled at #98 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the group's subsequent four Laurie Records releases were all Hot 100 shortfalls.
"Hushabye" was covered by the Beach Boys on their 1964 album All Summer Long, featuring Brian Wilson and Mike Love on lead vocals.