early versions are sometimes credited...

Keep a-knockin' but you can't come in
Keep a-knockin' but you can't come in
Keep a-knockin' but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again
You said you love me but you can't come in
You said you love me but you can't come in (wooooo)
You said you love me but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again (woow)





Go onto Google and type in
Little Richard, keep a-knockin'
and you can listen to this song.
(Actually you can just type in "little Richard, keep a-")


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[excerpt from Online Encyclopedia] ---------------- "Keep A-Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)" is a popular song that has been recorded by a variety of  musicians over the years....


Early versions are sometimes credited to Perry Bradford and J. Mayo Williams.  Variations were recorded by James "Boodle It" Wiggins in 1928, Lil Johnson in 1935, Milton Brown in 1936 and Louis Jordan [mentioned here yesterday in excerpt from Lauterbach book] in 1939....


In 1957, when Little Richard recorded it as an uptempo rock and roll song "Keep A-Knockin'" reached number two on the U.S. R-&-B charts and number eight on the U.S. pop charts.  His version is usually credited to Penniman (Richard's legal name), Williams, and Mays.  Little Richard played the song on an episode of Full House.


He recorded a version of the song with different lyrics as an introduction for the NBC show Friday Night Videos.  The song was also featured in the theatrical trailer for Home Alone.  The song was used in the film Christine when Buddy and his friends are trying to break into the car, but are scared off by the song.-------------- [end excerpt from Online Encyclopedia]





"Keep A-Knockin'" also made Rolling Stone magazine's





list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."


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