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Huey Pierce "Piano" Smith (January 26, 1934 – February 13, 2023) was an American R&B pianist whose sound was influential in the development of rock and roll. [1] [2] His piano playing incorporated the boogie-woogie styles of Pete Johnson , Meade Lux Lewis , and Albert Ammons , the jazz style of Jelly Roll Morton and the R&B style of Fats ...
- Huey Pierce Smith
- January 26, 1934, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
- Pianist, songwriter, bandleader
- February 13, 2023 (aged 89), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Feb 20, 2023 · Huey “Piano” Smith, whose two-fisted keyboard style and rambunctious songs propelled the sound of New Orleans R&B into the pop Top 10 in the late 1950s, died on Feb. 13 at his home in Baton Rouge.
- Jon Pareles
Feb 15, 2023 · Huey “Piano” Smith, a New Orleans R&B legend and an early pioneer of rock n’ roll, has died at the age of 89. Smith’s daughter, Acquelyn Donsereaux, confirmed her father’s death to the ...
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Feb 22, 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."
Feb 22, 2023 · Huey “Piano” Smith, a New Orleans boogie-woogie pianist who wrote and recorded the 1950s rock-and-roll standards “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise” and who ...
Feb 20, 2023 · Published 12:29 PM PDT, February 20, 2023. NEW YORK (AP) — 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 “Rockin’ Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu,” has died. He was 89.
Feb 14, 2023 · Editor's note: John Wirt's biography of the artist, "Huey "Piano" Smith and the Rocking Pneumonia Blues," was published by LSU Press in 2014. Last year, the book was translated into Japanese and ...
