Smiley Lewis was one of the big R&B stars to come out New Orleans in the 1950’s. Born in DeQuincey, Louisiana, with the given name of Overton Lemons, he moved to New Orleans in his mid-teens, equipped ...

The Museum of the Gulf Coast inducted three new members to their music hall of fame Wednesday afternoon. Blues musicians Charles Brown and Smiley Lewis and songwriter Don Rollins joined the likes of ...

I Hear You Knocking was written by American bandleader and musician Dave Bartholomew, and was originally recorded by blues singer Smiley Lewis in 1955 and had become a sizeable hit by several other ...