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Cat. No. BCD 16676: SMILEY LEWIS ~ ROCKS. BEAR FAMILY BCD 16676. (IMPORT).

Cat. No. BCD 16676: SMILEY LEWIS ~ ROCKS. BEAR FAMILY BCD 16676. (IMPORT).

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SMILEY LEWIS WOULD HAVE TO RATE AS ONE OF THE UNLUCKIEST R&B SINGERS FROM THE 1950s. SMILEY BEGAN HIS RECORDING CAREER IN 1950 AT J & M RECORDING STUDIOS IN NEW ORLEANS. HIS FIRST RELEASES WERE ON THE COLONY LABEL BUT HAS LATER RELEASES WERE ON THE IMPERIAL LABEL WHERE A NUMBER OF HIS SONGS WERE COVERED BY LABEL MATE, FATS DOMINO WHO HAD MORE SUCCESS WITH HIS COVERS THAN SMILEY DID WITH HIS ORIGINALS. IN THE EARLY DAYS, SMILEY HAD A HAND IN RECORDING HIS OWN SONGS BUT LATER HIS RECORDINGS MAINLY CONSISTED OF SONGS WRITTEN BY IMPERIAL A&R CHIEF DAVE BARTHOLOMEW AND PEARL KING. SMILEY DIED OF CANCER IN 1996. 

TRACK LISTING: Shame, Shame, Shame (Imperial Recording) / Big Mamou / Ain’t Gonna Do It / Down The Road / The Bells Are Ringing / Can’t Stop Loving You / Ooh La La / My Baby Was Right / Blue Monday / Dirty People / Jailbird / Where Were You / Real Gone Lover / Bumpity Bump / I Hear You Knocking / Sad Life / Come On / Bee’s Boogie / Queen Of Hearts / Little Mae / One Night / Caldonia’s Party / Nothing But The Blues / She’s Got Me Hook, Line & Sinker / Rootin’ And Tootin’ / Please Listen To Me / Down Yonder We Go Ballin’ / No Letter Today / Mama Don’t Like / Play Girl / Go On Fool / Goin’ To Jump And Shout / Bad Luck Blues / School Days Are Back Again / Lil Liza Jane / Shame, Shame, Shame! (Original Epic Recording)

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