July 13th 1992.
"I Hear You Knocking" (sometimes spelled "I Hear You Knockin'") is a popular rhythm and blues song with emphatic syncopation, written by Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King and published in 1955. The original recording was made by Smiley Lewis, reaching #2 on the Billboard R&B singles chart.
The lyrics concern a former lover whose knocking at the door will not be answered. A similar lyrical theme appears in the earlier songs "Keep A-Knockin'"(1935) and "Open the Door, Richard" (1947), to which "I Hear You Knocking" may be considered an answer song.
The song was popularized in 1955 in a cover version by Gale Storm in a recording on Dot Records catalog number 15412, reaching #2 on the Billboard charts. The song reached #3 on the Cash Box Best-Selling Record chart.
A later recording by Welsh singer Dave Edmunds reached #4 on the Billboard charts in 1971, and in the UK it took the coveted Christmas number one slot in 1970, topping the UK singles chart for six weeks.
In an interview with John Lennon made shortly after the dissolution of the Beatles, Lennon told interviewer Jann Wenner that the Edmunds version was his favourite new recording.
There are also two versions of this song recorded by Alvin Lee. A live version in 1994 on the album 'Live in Vienna' and a studio version in 1995 on the album 'Nineteen Ninety four'.
The song was also covered live by the British rock band Thunder, and can be found as a live B-side on their "Castles in the Sand" single.