Rolling Stone

Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans R&B Great and Rock Pioneer, Dead at 89

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 New Orleans ...
Wall Street Journal

Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Session Man and Hit Maker, Dies at 89

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 ...
The New York Times

Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89

With songs like “Don’t You Just Know It,” “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise,” he put a firm backbeat behind joyful nonsense. By Jon Pareles Huey “Piano” Smith, whose ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, session man and hit maker, dead at 89

NEW YORKNEW YORK — 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 ...
The Washington Post

Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans rock-and-roll pianist, dies at 89

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 influenced many ...
KTLA

Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, session man and hit maker, dead at 89

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Huey “Piano” Smith, a ...
The Boston Globe

Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, session man and hit maker, dead at 89

NEW YORK — Huey “Piano” Smith, one of the last survivors of an extraordinary scene of musicians and songwriters who helped make New Orleans a fundamental influence on rock ‘n’ roll with such party ...