"Somebody play Suzie Q tonight if yer giggin -- RIP Dale Hawkins," writes Providence musician Mark Cutler on Facebook.

The Arkansas Times' Rock Candy blog has the obit of the man who wrote a rockabilly song that got past parents in 1957 to become one of the great sweaty late-night smoky bar songs of all time: Dale Hawkins dies. Hawkins died Saturday night of colon cancer. He was 73. Rolling Stone bestows rock honors. He made the most of his one big hit.

Dale Hawkins - Susie Q

The music blog Nightwatcher's House of Rock adds (Rockabilly Pioneer Dale Hawkins Passes Away At 73),

Hawkins, was considered the architect of "swamp rock boogie" and recorded his first hit in 1956 with a 15-year-old guitarist by the name of James Burton.

I wrote that little guitar lick when I was 14," Burton said, according to the Shreveport Times. "It got to be so pop in the club that Dale decided to write some lyrics to it and that became 'Susie Q.'"

Hawkins recorded more than 40 songs for the Chess record label and was the third artist to appear on "American Bandstand."

Lots of bands covered it, from the big -- Rolling Stones, Creedence, Velvet Underground, Phish -- to unknown foregone bands in little dives anywhere. Good beat, good to dance to, could go anywhere.