The Brain DJ is in the 1950s, in New Orleans, in an R&B joint.
Smiley Lewis, "Lillie Mae" (1952 B-side to "The Bells are Ringing")
#SmileyLewis
"I Hear You Knocking" (or "I Hear You Knockin'") is a rhythm and blues song written by American musician #DaveBartholomew. #NewOrleansRhythmAndBlues singer #SmileyLewis first recorded the song in 1955. The lyrics tell of the return of a former lover who is rebuffed. "I Hear You Knocking" reached number two on the #Billboard #RAndBSinglesChart in 1955, making it Lewis's most popular and best-known song. Subsequently, numerous artists have recorded it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnzRhAy62cI
"Blue Monday" is a song written by #DaveBartholomew, first recorded in 1953 by #SmileyLewis and issued as a single, in January 1954, on #ImperialRecords (catalog # 5268). The single, with a slow-rocking beat, features an instrumental #electricGuitar solo by Lewis. It was later popularized in a recording by #FatsDomino in 1956, also on Imperial (catalog # 5417), on which the songwriting credit was shared between him and Bartholomew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ2ISJFdXVA
Helping people is not just lending a hand, I guess – sometimes it's enough to simply lend a ear …
Smiley Lewis, "Please Listen to Me" (1956)
Penned by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King, the song got to No. 9 on the R&B charts.
"One Night" is a song written by #DaveBartholomew, Pearl King, and Anita Steiman. It originally was an #RAndB hit for #SmileyLewis in 1956, before being recorded with greater commercial success by #ElvisPresley in 1958.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB5AOe6b7Io
This morning, the Brain DJ has gotten hold of a supermarket jingle – a definitive ear-worm!
So let's go back in time …
Smiley Lewis, "Rootin' and Tootin' " (1957)
Pure New Orleans rock 'n' roll!
This was the B-side to "I Can't Believe It" (Oct 1957 on Imperial Records), written by Dave Bartholomew. "Rootin' and Tootin' " was written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King.
"I Hear You Knocking" (or "I Hear You Knockin'") is a rhythm and blues song written by American musician #DaveBartholomew. #NewOrleansRhythmAndBlues singer #SmileyLewis first recorded the song in 1955. The lyrics tell of the return of a former lover who is rebuffed. "I Hear You Knocking" reached number two on the #Billboard #RAndBSinglesChart in 1955, making it Lewis's most popular and best-known song. Subsequently, numerous artists have recorded it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMjwb13TFCo
"Blue Monday" is a song written by #DaveBartholomew, first recorded in 1953 by #SmileyLewis and issued as a single, in January 1954, on #ImperialRecords (catalog # 5268). The single, with a slow-rocking beat, features an instrumental #electricGuitar solo by Lewis. It was later popularized in a recording by #FatsDomino in 1956, also on Imperial (catalog # 5417), on which the songwriting credit was shared between him and Bartholomew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8Z7sTYFkxs
"I Hear You Knocking" (or "I Hear You Knockin'") is a rhythm and blues song written by American musician #DaveBartholomew. #NewOrleansRhythmAndBlues singer #SmileyLewis first recorded the song in 1955. The lyrics tell of the return of a former lover who is rebuffed. "I Hear You Knocking" reached number two on the #Billboard #RAndBSinglesChart in 1955, making it Lewis's most popular and best-known song. Subsequently, numerous artists have recorded it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnzRhAy62cI
"Blue Monday" is a song written by #DaveBartholomew, first recorded in 1953 by #SmileyLewis and issued as a single, in January 1954, on #ImperialRecords (catalog # 5268). The single, with a slow-rocking beat, features an instrumental #electricGuitar solo by Lewis. It was later popularized in a recording by #FatsDomino in 1956, also on Imperial (catalog # 5417), on which the songwriting credit was shared between him and Bartholomew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ2ISJFdXVA
"One Night" is a song written by #DaveBartholomew, Pearl King, and Anita Steiman. It originally was an #RAndB hit for #SmileyLewis in 1956, before being recorded with greater commercial success by #ElvisPresley in 1958.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o74j7t1tKs
So we got invited out again, kind of … we heard about this party, and we knew a party who had gone out with a party who was friends of the party who was holding the party, and … Caldonia!
Smiley Lewis, "Caldonia's Party" (1953)
#JukeboxFridayNight #PartyTime #SmileyLewis
"Well I went to Caldonia's party,
Everybody got high as a kite,
Elder Brown got loaded,
Started a big old fight …"
American drummer Earl Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) #EarlPalmer #LittleRichard #FatsDomino #SmileyLewis #LloydPrice #LarryWilliams #ShirleyAndLee #EddieCochran #RitchieValens #SamCooke #JanAndDean #RighteousBrothers #IkeAndTinaTurner #ElvisCostello #drummer #musician #music
The Genre of the Week is Rhythm & Blues aka R&B.
Another basic R&B track came out of New Orleans, first a bit slowly with Smiley Lewis in 1954 (1).
Then the Fat Man released his version with a fatter backbeat, and it reached No. 1 on the R&B chart.
Fats Domino, "Blue Monday" (1956)
#GenreOfTheWeek #RandB #RhythmAndBlues #FatsDomino #SmileyLewis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEpVAXkiRw
(1) Link to the version by Smiley Lewis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GExLhtSH5bU
Going back to the late 50's this morning with the Brain DJ (and maybe the Fats Domino cover is the one I know – and Nina Simone's – but let's run with a version from one of his New Orleans contemporaries) –
Smiley Lewis, "Lil Liza Jane" (1958)
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