Ronnie Hawkins – Who Do You Love?

Ronnie Hawkins, a rockabilly singer from Arkansas, who had a couple of US hits in the late 1950s with "Forty Days" and "Mary Lou," was firmly settled in Canada by 1963 when "Bo Diddley" became his third hit single, reaching #117 on the Billboard charts. It is the flipside of that single, another Ellas McDaniels-penned song, "Who Do You Love?" that interests us here.

Backed by the Hawks, who would later become The Band, Hawkins fills the vocals with all the hoodoo Diddley intended, while Robbie Robertson rips off some guitar that sounds far ahead of its time, and Levon Helm and Rick Danko hold up the bottom end.

Click below for:

• the original 1956 Bo Diddley version
• the 1963 Ronnie Hawkins version
• the 1976 The Last Waltz version

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Personnel

• Ronnie Hawkins – vocals
• Robbie Robertson – guitar
• Richard Manuel – piano
• Rick Danko – bass
• Levon Helm – drums
• Garth Hudson – organ, saxophone, piano