Died On This Date (June 27, 2009) Gale Storm / Popular Actress & Singer
themusicsover Gale Storm (Born Josephine Cottle)
April 5, 1922 – June 27, 2009
Besides being one of he most popular film and television actresses of her day, Gale Storm was also a recording artist. She is perhaps most famous for her starring role in television’s My Little Margie and her own The Gale Storm Show. In 1954, she signed to Dot Records and released a cover of Smiley Lewis’ “I Hear You Knockin,'” which sold over 1 million copies. She went on to have numerous hits and successful runs as a headliner in Las Vegas. Gale Storm passed away at the age of 87.
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Smiley Lewis was a New Orleans R&B artist who got his start in the clubs throughout the French Quarter during the late ’30s. He released his first album, Here Comes Smiley Lewis on DeLuxe Records in 1947. In 1950, producer Dave Bartholomew recorded Lewis for Imperial Records. The sessions resulted in his biggest hits, “Tee Nah Nah,” “The Bells Are Ringing,” and the first recorded version of the R&B standard, “I Hear You Knocking” which would later be recorded by the likes of Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dave Edmunds, and Canned Heat. His “Blue Monday” became a hit for Domino while his “One Nigh,t” as covered by 