Roy Hawkins

Compositor, Actor

7 de febrero de 1903 — 19 de marzo de 1974 (71 años)
Roy Theodore Hawkins was an American blues singer, pianist, and songwriter. Several of his songs, most notably "The Thrill Is Gone" and his first hit "Why Do Things Happen to Me", were covered by later artists, including Ray Charles, B.B. King, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and Willie Nelson..

Filmography

2003
The Blues · as Self (archive Footage)

1987
Around the World in Eighty Ways · as Elvis Impersonator
1981
A Country Practice · as Elvis Presley