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Best known for his signature song "Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu," New Orleans legend Huey "Piano" Smith was a key architect of the transition from R&B to rock & roll. Backed with his aptly named band the Clowns, Smith featured silly, sometimes suggestive lyrics along with his trademark blend of jump blues, New Orleans piano boogie, and rock-&-roll drive. Born in New Orleans on ...
17. Feb. 2023 · Huey Smith had largely dropped out of the business by the early 1970s. He reunited different configurations of his several bands a couple of times in the late ’70s and early ’80s, for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, but those reunions led nowhere. As the reissue boom of the late 20th century kept his old recordings popular and lucrative, he tried to get his share and never did ...
22. Feb. 2023 · Huey "Piano" Smith, who died earlier this month, recorded many influential singles including "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu." He wrote the Freddie Ford hit "Sea Cruise."
21. Feb. 2023 · New Orleans pianist Huey “Piano” Smith, the R&B player whose sound is considered to be a significant influence on the development of rock ‘n’ roll, has died at the age of 89. Born Huey Pierce Smith in 1934, his playing fused elements of boogie-woogie, jazz and rhythm and blues. He was known for songs such as Rockin’ Pneumonia and the ...
20. Feb. 2023 · Huey "Piano" Smith, a beloved New Orleans session man who backed Little Richard, Lloyd Price and other early rock stars and with his own group made the party favorites "Don't You Just Know It" and ...
14. Feb. 2023 · Fusing infectious grooves with comic lyrics, Huey “Piano” Smith created late 1950s rock ’n’ roll classics with New Orleans flair.
23. Feb. 2023 · Farewell to one of the true kings of Rock ‘n’ Roll. February 23, 2023 Tim Sommer. Huey “Piano” Smith (Image: Wikipedia) Rock ’n’ Roll has many mothers and fathers; a million and more bastard sons and daughters; but only a small handful of true Queens and Kings. Huey Piano Smith – who passed on February 13, at age 89 – was one of ...
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