Title: Rootin & Tootin The New Orleans R&B Of Smiley Lewis: Complete ImperialSingles As & Bs 1950-1961
Artist: Lewis, Smiley
Label: Jasmine Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 604988309720
Genre: Blues

Jasmine continues their ever growing blues series with this excellent collection of recordings by the great New Orleans singer, Smiley Lewis and covers all his As & Bs for the Imperial label from 1950 to 1961. Features his hit songs, "The Bells Are Ringing", "I Hear You Knocking" (later covered by Dave Edmonds), "One Night" (later covered by Elvis Presley) and "Please Listen To Me". With 61 tracks across 2 discs you would be hard pushed to find a better collection of the sounds of New Orleans than these offerings from Smiley.

Tracks:
1.1 Tee-Nah-Nah
1.2 Lowdown
1.3 Slide Me Down
1.4 Growing Old
1.5 Dirty People
1.6 If You Ever Loved a Woman
1.7 Bee's Boogie
1.8 My Baby Was Right
1.9 The Bells Are Ringing
1.10 Lillie Mae
1.11 Gumbo Blues
1.12 It's So Peaceful
1.13 Gypsy Blues
1.14 You're Not the One
1.15 Play Girl
1.16 Big Mamou
1.17 Caldonia's Party
1.18 Oh Baby
1.19 Little Fernandez
1.20 It's Music
1.21 Down the Road
1.22 Blue Monday
1.23 I Love You for Sentimental Reasons
1.24 The Rocks
1.25 Can't Stop Loving You
1.26 That Certain Door
1.27 Too Many Drivers
1.28 Ooh la la
1.29 Jailbird
1.30 Farewell
2.1 Real Gone Lover
2.2 Nobody Knows
2.3 I Hear You Knocking
2.4 Bumpity Bump
2.5 Queen of Hearts
2.6 Come on
2.7 One Night
2.8 Ain't Gonna Do It
2.9 She's Got Me Hook, Line ; Sinker
2.10 Please Listen to Me
2.11 Someday You'll Want Me
2.12 Down Yonder We Go Ballin'
2.13 Shame, Shame, Shame
2.14 Shame, Shame, Shame
2.15 No, No
2.16 You Are My Sunshine
2.17 Sweeter Words (Have Never Been Told)
2.18 Go on Fool
2.19 Goin' to Jump and Shout
2.20 Rootin' and Tootin'
2.21 I Can't Believe It
2.22 Bad Luck Blues
2.23 School Days Are Back Again
2.24 Lil Liza Jane
2.25 My Love Is Gone
2.26 Oh Red!
2.27 I Want to Be with Her
2.28 Last Night
2.29 Ain't Goin' There No More
2.30 Stormy Monday Blues
2.31 Tell Me Who

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