Smiley Lewis
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American musician (1913-1966)
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Smiley Lewis (5 July 1913 – 7 October 1966) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues musician. Lewis was born in DeQuincy, Louisiana, U.S., with the given name of Overton Amos Lemons. He began to play music in New Orleans, in his mid-teens. Lewis had hit songs in 1952 with "The Bells Are Ringing", and in 1955 with the original recorded version of "I Hear You Knocking" (written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King). Lewis' own song "Blue Monday" was covered by Fats Domino. <a href="https://www.last.fm
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Lewis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- United States
- Place of death
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- popular music
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Imperial
- Work location
- New Orleans
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- date of birth
- 1913-07-05
- date of death
- 1966-10-07
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Overton Lemons
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- nickname
- Smiley Lewis
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
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