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Smiley Lewis (5 July 1913 – 7 October 1966) was a New Orleans rhythm and blues musician. Lewis was born in DeQuincy, Louisiana, U.S., with the given name of Overton Amos Lemons. He began to play music in New Orleans, in his mid-teens. Lewis had hit songs in 1952 with "The Bells Are Ringing", and in 1955 with the original recorded version of "I Hear You Knocking" (written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King). Lewis' own song "Blue Monday" was covered by Fats Domino. Whilst Elvis Presley's cover of the Lewis song "One Night" (altering one risque lyric) was #4...

The Brett Rosenberg Problem, a sort of a ragged vision of Teenage Fanclub and the Replacements doing Jello shots at a bowling alley just south of the Canadian border. Not only did Brett Rosenberg and his band place third in the 2004 WBCN Rock-N-Roll Rumble; the kid opened for John Doe of X and Damien Rice and generally impressed the pants off everyone. From his humble start as a subway busker, he's gone on to tour across the eastern US and the midwest and has released no fewer than five critically acclaimed albums. These days, Rosenberg. 26, finds himself embracing...

Brett Detar (born April 30, 1978) in Greensburg, Pennsylvania is a songwriter, singer, and musician, as well as sometime graphic designer, recording engineer, and record producer. As of 2010 Brett owns a recording studio in Manhattan, New York called Soho Taxidermy and is working on his first solo release. On January 20, 2010 Detar announced on his official Facebook page that he is making his first solo album. In the note he mentioned that he had no plans to be a solo artist; yet, after The Juliana Theory folded in 2006 he had accumulated some 50+ songs "piled up on...

Brett Ryan Stewart is a Nashville singer/songwriter whose lyrics lend a deep look into the artist’s life experience of loss, purpose and hope. The Delaware transplant and self-taught guitarist has a distinct indie/pop sound peppered with a southern influence. Performing Songwriter Magazine calls Brett “…a talent worth watching!” Stewart’s new record, Tilt, in conjunction with Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR and ThinkPress, is set for release February 28, 2011. A culmination between Stewart and guitarist/producer Chris Tench, Tilt gives listeners a window to the landscape of Stewart’s heart and mind. Together with Nashville based producer Tres Sasser (Will Hoge/ James...

Brett Juilly's music is visual. It tells a story. Each melody is a character, and the song narrates each character's paths and discoveries. It's no surprise that Brett majored in film in college and has scored several short films, including a handful of his own. The first song he wrote, at age ten, was for a short science fiction film he was storyboarding. Having studied classical and jazz improvisation from the age of 4, Brett's music ranges from the blues to electronica to New Age, classical, ambient, house, rap, and even one perky infomercial track. Check out more of Brett's...