Smiley Lewis

Biography

Overton Amos Lemons (July 5, 1913 – October 7, 1966), 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 man in New Orleans. He hit on a formula for slow-rocking, small-band numbers like 'The Bells Are Ringing' and 'I Hear You Knocking' only to have Fats Domino come up behind him with similar music with a more ingratiating delivery. Lewis was practically drowned in Domino's backwash."

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

73 releases · 20 albums · active 1954–2025

  • Performance · 132
  • Other credits · 3
  • Production · 1

Studios: Joyway Studio · Power Station, Waterford · Fly-By-Night-Tonstudio · Big Man Studio, Stockholm Sweden

Frequent collaborators

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