• known as Smiley Lewis, was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues singer and guitarist. The music journalist Tony Russell wrote that "Lewis was the unluckiest...
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    for drinks, food, or tips. Roy Brown, Dave Bartholomew, Paul Gayten, Smiley Lewis, Fats Domino, Annie Laurie, and Larry Darnell were the primary artists...
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  • for Smiley Lewis in 1956, before being recorded with greater commercial success by Elvis Presley in 1958. The original recording of the song by Smiley Lewis...
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  • American musician Dave Bartholomew. New Orleans rhythm and blues singer Smiley Lewis first recorded the song in 1955. The lyrics tell of the return of a former...
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    arranged, and produced recordings by many other Imperial artists, including Smiley Lewis (for whom Bartholomew wrote "I Hear You Knocking" and "One Night", both...
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  • their landmark recordings, Tiny Bradshaw, Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Smiley Lewis and others have been literally erased from our memories, leaving the...
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  • also sometimes called smileys. Smiley may also refer to: Smiley Township, Pennington County, Minnesota Smiley, Texas, a city Smiley, Virginia, an unincorporated...
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  • Monday" is a song written by Dave Bartholomew, first recorded in 1953 by Smiley Lewis and issued as a single, in January 1954, on Imperial Records (catalog...
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    hits), "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price, and "I Hear You Knocking'" by Smiley Lewis. His playing on "The Fat Man" featured the backbeat that has come to...
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  • actress ("Miley" shortened from "Smiley") William (Smiley) Heather (born 1958), Cook Islands politician Smiley Lewis (1913–1966), American rhythm and...
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  • Killed In Crash". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. October 4, 1966. "Smiley Lewis - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 November 2017. "Johnny...
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    single is "I Hear You Knocking", a blues standard first recorded by Smiley Lewis. On May 9, 2009, a seven-song EP containing dance remixes of the title...
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    Ellis Larkins Brenda Lee Dickie Lee Peggy Lee Lazy Lester Jerry Lee Lewis Smiley Lewis Little Willie Littlefield Julie London Joe Hill Louis Willie Love...
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    a UK Christmas Number 1 single in 1970 with "I Hear You Knocking", a Smiley Lewis cover, which he came across while producing Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets'...
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  • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Sarah-Jane Lewis (born 1987), English soprano Shaznay Lewis (born 1975), English singer-songwriter Smiley Lewis (1913–1966), musician...
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  • U2 (1983) "Lucy Mae Blues" – Frankie Lee Sims (1953) "Blue Monday" – Smiley Lewis (1954) "Ruby Tuesday" – The Rolling Stones (1967) "Blowin' in the Wind"...
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  • Hound Dog (song) (category Jerry Lee Lewis songs)
    Gone Hound Dog" (written by C. Higgins & V. Haven) (1953: Combo 25) Smiley Lewis "Play Girl" (D. Bartholomew) (1953: Imperial 45–5234) Rufus "Hound Dog"...
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    record, "I Hear You Knockin'", a cover of a rhythm and blues hit by Smiley Lewis, sold over a million copies. The follow-up was a two-sided hit, with...
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    Ellis Larkins Brenda Lee Dickie Lee Peggy Lee Lazy Lester Jerry Lee Lewis Smiley Lewis Little Willie Littlefield Julie London Joe Hill Louis Willie Love...
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    collection of six songs focussed on NOLA artists including Jessie Hill and Smiley Lewis. The 2020 version featured four extra tracks including songs by Doug...
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  • "Mercury Blues" – David Lindley (1981) "Too Many Drivers at the Wheel" – Smiley Lewis (1955) "Little Red Corvette" – Prince (1983) "No Money Down – Chuck Berry...
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    performing regularly in Bartholomew's band, and he recorded with Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Lee Allen and other leading New Orleans performers. After being spotted...
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    January 27, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010. Lewis, Huey (May 11, 2010). "Huey Lewis". The Tavis Smiley Show (Interview: Video & transcript). Los Angeles...
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    Michael Smiley (born 1963) is a Northern Irish comedian and actor. He is well known for his roles in the films Kill List (2011) and The Lobster (2015)...
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  • New Order "Blue Monday" (1954 song), a 1950s song first recorded by Smiley Lewis and later popularized by Fats Domino Blue Monday (Flunk album), a 2002...
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    John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives...
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  • The Hollies The Irresistibles Betty Kay Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas Smiley Lewis George Liberace Bob Luman Harley Luse and His Orchestra The Majors Wingy...
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    Orleans Museum of Art, and Museo Rufino Tamayo, was born in DeQuincy. Smiley Lewis, rhythm and blues musician whose songs have been covered by Fats Domino...
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  • of Louis Prima, James Brown, Ruth Brown, Fats Domino, Rufus Thomas, Smiley Lewis and was especially influenced by the vocal phrasing of Louis Jordan....
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  • (Sims), Frankie Lee Sims - 2:32 "Blue Monday" (Domino, Bartholomew), Smiley Lewis - 2:42 "California Blues" (Rodgers), Webb Pierce - 3:02 "Rollin' Stone"...
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