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Huey "Piano" Smith and His Clowns hit the Billboard charts with several follow-up singles in succession. The Clowns' most famous single, released in 1958, was "Don't You Just Know It" backed with "High Blood Pressure." This hit number 9 on the Billboard Pop chart and number 4 on the Rhythm and Blues chart. It was their second million seller.
- 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 22, 2023 · LEILA FADEL, HOST: In the mid- to late-'50s, Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns churned out classics like "Don't You Just Know It." That put Smith, who died last week, at the forefront of...
Feb 20, 2023 · 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...
- Jon Pareles
Nov 24, 2014 · Huey “Piano” Smith with Gerri Hall, a member of his group the Clowns in the 1950s and ‘60s. Smith and and Hall are the original voices on the song “Sea Cruise.” Hall, who lives in New Orleans, was visiting Smith at his Baton Rouge home in September 2001.