"169000.0"^^ . . "false"^^ . . "PT169.87535147S"^^ . "1956 songs" . . . . "false"^^ . "Buck Owens songs" . "Gramophone record" . "0.300392"^^ . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . . "5714dee725ac0d8aee53e48e" . "Songs released posthumously" . . . "0.331763"^^ . "1956 singles" . . "Love Is Strange" . . . "1883" . "Sonny & Cher songs" . "b4b2cbaf-dbd0-4707-b563-7e837aa469cf" . . "Sylvia Robinson" . . "2009-01-16"^^ . . "0.565627"^^ . . . "false"^^ . . "1967 singles" . "Reprise Records singles" . . "USWB10103801" . . . "Love Is Strange" . "313325"^^ . "Vocal duets" . . . "2733571" . . "english" . . "6"^^ . . "-15.6"^^ . . "Susan Raye songs" . "Dolly Parton songs" . . "61"^^ . "Songs written by Sylvia Robinson" . . . "Buddy Holly songs" . . "Kenny Rogers songs" . . "Groove Records" . "Mickey Baker" . . "1956-10-17" . "120.0"^^ . "%22Love is Strange%22 was a crossover hit by American rhythm and blues duet Mickey & Sylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label.The song was based on a guitar riff by Jody Williams. The song was written by Bo Diddley under the name of his wife at the time, Ethel Smith, and was recorded by Bo and Buddy Holly, among others. The guitar riff was also used by Dave %22Baby%22 Cortez in his 1962 instrumental song %22Rinky Dink%22, also credited to Diddley." . . . . .