Ronald Hawkins, OC, (January 10, 1935 – May 29, 2022) was an American-Canadian rock and roll singer-songwriter. He was born in Huntsville, Arkansas but his career was based in Toronto, Ontario. He was known as an important singer for the Canadian rock genre scene.^[1]

His hit songs included covers of Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days" (entitled "Forty Days" by Hawkins) and Young Jessie's "Mary Lou", a song about a "gold-digging woman".^[2] Other well-known recordings are "Who Do You Love?", "Hey Bo Diddley", and "Susie Q".

Hawkins died on May 29, 2022 from pancreatic cancer in Peterborough, Ontario at the age of 87.^[3][4]