Get Off My Wings! » Smiley Lewis http://getoffmywings.com LEGAL EAGLES...FLY OR DIE! Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:21:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Music History Fact Of The Week: Smiley Lewis vs. Elvis Presley http://getoffmywings.com/2014/07/14/music-history-fact-of-the-week-smiley-lewis-vs-elvis-presley/ http://getoffmywings.com/2014/07/14/music-history-fact-of-the-week-smiley-lewis-vs-elvis-presley/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 01:28:33 +0000 http://getoffmywings.com/?p=2496 Get Off My Wings LogoIn 1956, New Orleans R&B pioneer Smiley Lewis began to have success with his original tune, “One Night.” Elvis Presley took Lewis’s song and re-recorded it in 1957. A month after this re-recording, Elvis once again recorded Smiley Lewis’s song. This time he changed a word or two of the song and released it to the public. The song garnered Presley a lot of sales.

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