I Hear You Knocking
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| Single by Dave Edmunds from the album Rockpile |
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| B-side | "Black Bill" | ||||
| Released | November, 1970 | ||||
| Format | 7" 45 RPM | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 2:48 | ||||
| Label | MAM | ||||
| Writer(s) | Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King | ||||
| Producer | Dave Edmunds | ||||
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"I Hear You Knocking" (sometimes spelled "I Hear You Knockin'") is a popular rhythm and blues song with emphatic syncopation, written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King and published in 1955. The original recording was made by Smiley Lewis.
The song was popularized in 1955 in a cover version by Gale Storm in a recording on Dot Records catalog number 15412, reaching #2 on the Billboard charts. The song reached #3 on the Cash Box Best-Selling Record chart.
A later recording by Dave Edmunds reached #4 on the Billboard charts in 1971 and was the Christmas #1 single in the UK of 1970, topping the chart for six weeks.
In an interview with John Lennon made shortly after the dissolution of the Beatles, Lennon told interviewer Jann Wenner that the Edmunds version was his favourite new recording.
There are also two versions of this song recorded by Alvin Lee. A live version in 1994 on the album 'Live in Vienna' and a studio version in 1995 on the album 'Nineteen Ninety four'.
The song was also covered live by the British rock band Thunder, and can be found as a live B-side on their "Castles in the Sand" single.
[edit] Versions
- Bryan Adams
- Curley Bridges
- Van Broussard
- Canned Heat
- Crazy Cavan & The Rhythm Rockers (1979)
- Clifton Chenier
- Fats Domino (1955)
- Dave Edmunds (1970)
- The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1981)
- Andy Fairweather-Low (1976)
- Connie Francis (1959)
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Pee Wee King & The Golden West Cowboys
- Kingfish (1976)
- Alvin Lee (1994)
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Smiley Lewis (1955)
- Orion
- Rockin' Dopsie
- Bruce Springsteen (bootleg)
- Shakin' Stevens (1970)
- Gale Storm (1955)
- Billy Swan
- Thunder
- Joe Turner
- Mac Wiseman
- Joe Walsh
- Corporal Gander's Fire Dog Brigade (1969)
| Preceded by "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Jimi Hendrix |
UK number one single (Dave Edmunds version) November 28 1970-January 2, 1971 |
Succeeded by "Grandad" by Clive Dunn |
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