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(The sung part is repeated with Mickey singing the harmony.) (Sung) "Baby/ Oh baby/ My sweet baby/ You're the one."

The song is noted for its spoken dialogue section which goes as follows: Another early version was by UK singer Michael Holliday who recorded the song in 1957. A second Mickey & Sylvia studio recording, recorded some years after, featured now-legendary drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on his first paid session gig. Mickey & Sylvia's version was recorded several months later on October 17, 1956. This version was not released until its appearance on I'm a Man: The Chess Masters, 1955–1958 in 2007. The first recorded version of "Love Is Strange" was performed by Bo Diddley, who recorded his version on with Jody Williams on lead guitar. Sylvia Robinson claims that she and Mickey Baker wrote the lyrics, while Bo Diddley claims that he wrote them. "Billy's Blues" was released as a single in June 1956 and the instrumentation combined a regular blues styling with Afro-Cuban styling. Mickey and Sylvia heard Jody Williams play a guitar riff that Williams had played on Billy Stewart's debut single "Billy's Blues". The guitar riff was also used by Dave "Baby" Cortez in his 1962 instrumental song " Rinky Dink", also credited to Diddley.Īt a concert at Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. The song was based on a guitar riff by Jody Williams and was written by Bo Diddley under the name of his wife at the time, Ethel Smith it was recorded by Bo and Buddy Holly, among others.

" Love Is Strange" is a crossover hit by American rhythm and blues duet Mickey & Sylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label. For other uses, see Love Is Strange (disambiguation). This article is about the Mickey & Sylvia song.