Artist: Smiley Lewis
Author: Dave Bartholomew/Pearl King
Label: Imperial
Year: 1955
His biggest hit; n°2 R&B. With Huey Smith on piano and Earl Palmer on drums.
Covers:
Gale Storm [n°2 US; white cover]
Shakin' Stevens & The Sunsets [on debut album A Legend produced by Dave Edmunds; vocal: drummer Rockin' Louie (all Welsh)]
Fair Weather [with Andy Fairweather Low and also produced by Dave Edmunds]
Dave Edmunds [n°1 UK; first heard it during that Shakin' Stevens session]
Billy Bremner [with a Swedish band for Ball Of Chain records]
Not to be confused with Lazy Lester's I Hear You Knocking, even if Dave Edmunds covered Lester's I'm A Lover Not A Fighter.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)