Huey 'Piano' Smith was one of the many influential musical figures to emerge from New Orleans during the 1950s, becoming a noted and successful pianist, singer and songwriter on the R&B scene, and making a significant contribution to the development of rock 'n' roll. Making his first records under his own name in 1953, he played piano on hits by Earl King and Smiley Lewis before signing to Ace and recording with his long-time band The Clowns, and having two landmark pop and R&B hits with "Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" and "Don't You Just Know It". This 58-track 2-CD set comprises A & B sides for the Savoy, Ace, Vin and Imperial labels during this era plus the titles from his album "Havin' A Good Time" and "For Dancing" not otherwise released as on singles. It also includes selected titles from the album "Twas The Night Before Christmas", plus Imperial recordings not otherwise released at this time. It naturally features his Top 10 US pop and R&B hits "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" and "Don't You Just Know It", along with his other career chart entries "Don't You Know, Yockomo" and "Pop-Eye". It's a substantial overview of what was the primary era of his career as a recording artist and an entertaining showcase for his talent as a notable exponent of the distinctive sound of New Orleans R&B.
5 Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu - Part 1
6 Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu - Part 2
7 Just a Lonely Clown
8 Free, Single and Disengaged
9 Don't You Just Know It
10 High Blood Pressure
11 Havin' a Good Time
12 We Like Birdland
13 Little Chickee Wah Wah
14 I Think You're Jiving Me
15 Don't You Know, Yockomo
16 Well, I'll Be John Brown
17 Would You Believe It (I Have a Cold)
18 Genevieve
19 Dearest Darling
20 Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas and the Sinus Blues
21 Beatnik Blues
22 For Cryin' Out Loud
23 I Didn't Do It
24 They Kept on
25 She Got Low Down
26 Mean, Mean, Man
27 Pop-Eye
28 Scald-Dog
29 The Little Moron
- Disc 2 -
1 Someone to Love
2 Behind the Wheel - Part 1
3 Behind the Wheel - Part 2
4 More Girls
5 Sassy Sara
6 Don't Knock It
7 Snag-A-Tooth Jeanie
8 Talk to Me, Baby
9 If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another
10 Hush Your Mouth
11 Somewhere
12 Rockin' Behind the Iron Curtain
13 Somebody Put a Tack (In My Cotton Pickin' Chair)
14 Doin' the Beatnik Twist
15 We Want Him Under Alimony
16 Susie Q
17 I Tried
18 Twas the Night Before Christmas
19 Almost Time for Santa
20 Rock & Roll Santa Claus
21 Doing the Santa Claus
22 Why Did I Do (Wa-Do-Do)
23 Somebody Told It
24 Psycho
25 I Didn't Do It
26 Heart Trouble (Part I)
27 The Hill Ain't Far
28 Able Mabel
29 I Don't Play Like That
Huey 'Piano' Smith was one of the many influential musical figures to emerge from New Orleans during the 1950s, becoming a noted and successful pianist, singer and songwriter on the R&B scene, and making a significant contribution to the development of rock 'n' roll. Making his first records under his own name in 1953, he played piano on hits by Earl King and Smiley Lewis before signing to Ace and recording with his long-time band The Clowns, and having two landmark pop and R&B hits with "Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" and "Don't You Just Know It". This 58-track 2-CD set comprises A & B sides for the Savoy, Ace, Vin and Imperial labels during this era plus the titles from his album "Havin' A Good Time" and "For Dancing" not otherwise released as on singles. It also includes selected titles from the album "Twas The Night Before Christmas", plus Imperial recordings not otherwise released at this time. It naturally features his Top 10 US pop and R&B hits "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" and "Don't You Just Know It", along with his other career chart entries "Don't You Know, Yockomo" and "Pop-Eye". It's a substantial overview of what was the primary era of his career as a recording artist and an entertaining showcase for his talent as a notable exponent of the distinctive sound of New Orleans R&B.
