Throwing back to the week of November 1, 1955, we have a quintet of repeat offenders atop the Billboard chart. At #6, jumping up from #12 the previous week and on its way to a peak at #2, is Gale Storm’s recording of ‘I Hear You Knocking.’
Storm was an actress and singer who had success performing on film, television, and radio in addition to her music career. She is one of 30 artists with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (hers are for television, radio, and music).
Storm recorded six top ten hits, but this version of an R&B song written by Dave Bartholomew was her most successful. The song was released earlier in 1955 by singer Smiley Lewis but that version was eclipsed by Storm’s, in yet another example of a white artist stealing the thunder of a Black one.
In 1970, Welsh singer Dave Edmunds had a #1 hit in the UK with his cover of the song.
The three versions are all very different and all very good, offering a case study in the many ways you can put meat on the bones of a great song.
And now you come back knocking on my door
I hear you knocking but you can’t come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you’ve been
I begged you not to go but you said goodbye
Now you come back telling me all your lies
I hear you knocking but you can’t come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you’ve been
I told you way back a long time ago
The day would come when you missed me so
I hear you knocking but you can’t come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you’ve been
You better go back to your use to be
Because your love’s no good to me
I hear you knocking but you can’t come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you’ve been
Meet Me In Montauk 
The song is vaguely familiar to me. I think I like Smiley’s version best, though the late 60s style version by Edmunds is kinda cool.
I grew up watching Gale Storm’s TV show “My Little Margie” of course my mother’s name was Margie so that made it a hit in our family ❤️ I always liked her voice and this song too.