Artist: Roy Hawkins
Author: Roy Hawkins
Label: Modern
Year: 1951
Died in '73 before he could secure his copyrights. Supposedly cowritten with Rick Darnell. The same Roy Hawkins wrote The Condition I'm In, the tune of what later became Heartbreak Hotel, also without recognition. On top of all that he got paralysed in a car accident.
Covers:
B.B. King [his biggest hit, good for a Grammy (see footnote)]
Bobby Bland [with B.B. King]
André Hazes [with Kaz Lux]
Harry Manx [coupled with his The Gist Of Madhuvanti]
B.B. King originally credited Arthur Benson and Dale Petite, who ever they may be. He later confessed his version owes a lot to Roy Hawkins'.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)