SMILEY LEWIS - I Hear You Knocking (180g Vinyl LP, 2008) **NEW**
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NEW Smiley Lewis - I Hear You Knocking (180g Vinyl LP, 2008)
Review from another site: Born with the unwieldy handle of Overton Lemons, Lewis hit the Big Easy in his mid-teens, armed with a big, booming voice and some guitar skills. He played clubs in the French Quarter, often with pianist Tuts Washington (and sometimes billed as 'Smiling' Lewis). As the New Orleans R&B sound developed rapidly during the early '50s, so did Lewis. He scored his first national hit in 1952 with 'The Bells Are Ringing', but enjoyed his biggest sales in 1955 with the exultant 'I Hear You Knocking' (its immortal piano solo courtesy of Huey Smith). Here's where that alleged bad luck rears its head - pop chanteuse Gale Storm swiped his thunder for any pop crossover possibilities with her ludicrous whitewashed cover of the plaintive ballad.
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