MONA
“Mona (I Need You Baby)” is a song written by Elias McDaniel (whose stage name is Bo Diddley) and was the B-side to his 1957 single, “Hey! Bo Diddley”. According to Diddley’s obituary in The New York Times, “Mona” was a song of praise he wrote for a 45-year-old exotic dancer who worked at the Flame Show Bar in Detroit. The song also became the template for Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away”. (More from Wikipedia)
Bo Diddley had numerous R&B hits and wrote dozens of songs, like “Bo Diddley”, “Who Do You Love?”, “Oh Yea”, “Road Runner”, “Mona”, and “Bring it to Jerome”.
(December 2012)
