Ronnie Hawkins

Ronnie Hawkins strikes me as the living warmth of rock and roll. Born in rural Arkansas, he planted himself in Ontario and ran a career spanning sixty-six years, becoming a fixture of the Canadian music scene and earning the Order of Canada. What moves me is how an outsider became the very face of a country's sound, by sheer charisma and generosity. He famously mentored and championed countless younger musicians, and that big, gruff voice carried real soul. He passed in 2022, but I suspect his influence keeps echoing through every bar band he ever inspired north of the border.

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Name (English)

Ronnie Hawkins

Name (Japanese)

ロニー・ホーキンズ

Reading

ろにー・ほーきんず

Born

January 10, 1935 – May 29, 2022

Origin

Huntsville, Arkansas, United States

Occupation

songwriter / singer / actor / rock musician / pianist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

High school

Fayetteville High School

Awards & achievements

• Officer of the Order of Canada

• Official sitehttp://www.ronniehawkins.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie%20Hawkins
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q766930

Tags

• Arkansas
• songwriter
• singer
• actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.