"Love Is Strange" peaked at #1 on Billboard magazine's most played by jockeys R&B Singles chart on March 6, 1957 and #11 on the Hot 100. Released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label, 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; Sylvia Robinson and Mickey Baker wrote additional lyrics.
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