The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

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. Then he got paralyzed in a car crash.

Covers:

1969:: B.B. King [his biggest hit, good for a Grammy (see footnote)]
1970:: Aretha Franklin
1970:: Peggy Lee
1971:: Melba Moore
1971:: Funk Inc.
1973:: Little Milton
1973:: Chicken Shack
1975:: Marshall Tucker Band
1976:: Bobby Bland [with B.B. King]
1979:: Luther Allison
1981:: Crusaders
1982:: Barbara Mandrell
1989:: André Hazes [with Kaz Lux]
1991:: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
1995:: Manhattan Transfer
1997:: B.B. King with Tracy Chapman
1997:: Chris Duarte
1998:: Diamanda Galas
2000:: Willie Nelson
2001:: Harry Manx [coupled with his The Gist Of Madhuvanti]
2002:: Gary Moore
2005:: Elliott Murphy
2005:: Leslie West
2016:: Joe Bonamassa
2017:: Dee Dee Bridgewater
2019:: Peter Frampton
2026:: Chaka Khan & Eric Clapton [on B.B's Blues Summit 100]

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'.

THRILL IS GONE, THE

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