1913
Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
Smiley Lewis
American R&B singer and guitarist (1913–1966)
- Born
- 1913
Overton Amos Lemons, 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."