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...

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...

for drinks, food, or tips. Roy Brown, Dave Bartholomew, Paul Gayten, Smiley Lewis, Fats Domino, Annie Laurie, and Larry Darnell were the primary artists...

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...

arranged, and produced recordings by many other Imperial artists, including Smiley Lewis (for whom Bartholomew wrote "I Hear You Knocking" and "One Night", both...

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...

also sometimes called smileys. Smiley may also refer to: Smiley Township, Pennington County, Minnesota Smiley, Texas, a city Smiley, Virginia, an unincorporated...

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...

Killed In Crash". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. October 4, 1966. "Smiley Lewis - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 November 2017. "Johnny...

recorded cover versions of rhythm and blues songs included Gale Storm (Smiley Lewis' "I Hear You Knockin'"), the Diamonds (The Gladiolas' "Little Darlin'"...