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"I Hear You Knocking" (or "I Hear You Knockin'") is a rhythm and blues song written by Dave Bartholomew and Earl King (using the pseudonym "Pearl King"). It was first recorded by New Orleans rhythm and blues artist Smiley Lewis in 1955. The song tells of the return of a former lover who is rebuffed and features prominent piano accompaniment. "I Hear You Knocking" reached number two in the ''Billboard'' R&B singles chart in 1955, making it Lewis' most popular and best-known song. Subsequently, it has been recorded by numerous artists, including Welsh singer/guitarist Dave Edmunds, who had a number one hit with the song in the UK in 1970 and in the Top 10 in several other countries. ==Background== Several earlier blues and R&B songs used lyrics similar to "I Hear You Knocking".〔 〕 James "Boodle It" Wiggins recorded an upbeat piano blues in 1928 titled "Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In" (Paramount 12662),〔 〕 which repeated the signature line. It was followed by songs that used similar phrases, including "You Can't Come In" by Bert M. Mays (1928, Vocalion 1223), "Keep On Knocking" by Lil Johnson (1935), "Keep a Knocking" Milton Brown & His Brownies (1936), and "Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In)" by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1938, Columbia 20228). None of these early singles listed a songwriter or composer. However, when popular jump blues bandleader Louis Jordan with the Tympany Five recorded the song as "Keep A-Knockin'" in 1939 (Decca 7609), the single's credits listed "Mays-Bradford" (Bert Mays and Perry Bradford). Later, in 1957, Little Richard recorded it with "R. Penniman", Richard's legal name, listed as the writer, although "credit was later given to Bert Mays and J. Mayo Williams".〔 Beginning with his signing by Los Angeles-based Imperial Records in 1950, Smiley Lewis was one of the main proponents of the emerging New Orleans rhythm and blues style, along with Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Dave Bartholomew, and Professor Longhair. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Hear You Knocking」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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