Songfacts®:

• "Hushabye" was written by the familiar Brill/Broadway songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. Originally, The Mystics were to receive "A Teenager In Love," however, that song went to Dion and The Belmonts instead. "Hushabye" was their consolation prize.
• The Mystics were originally called The Overons, and consisted of lead singer Phil Cracolici, Albee Cracolici, George Galfo, Bob Ferrante, and Al Contrera. Band manager Jim Gribble had them choose a new name, so the band members wrote down names and put them in a hat, drawing out the new name at random. The Mystics, they became!
• This song is better known by the Beach Boys cover in 1964, released on their album All Summer Long.
• In Al Kooper's Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards, he explains what it was like to work with Mystics' manager Jim Gribble: "He was an imposing figure - a hefty 6 feet 4 inches, 250 pounds, and a slow, deliberate talker in the John Wayne tradition. In contrast to the authoritarian Leo Rogers attitude, he was incredibly patient and seemed to take a genuine interest in his musicians, though it was perfectly understood that his patience would be suitably rewarded if they happened to make it big."