Keep A Knockin' (No.9)
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"Keep A Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)" was originally written by Perry Bradford in the early 1930's.
Variations were later recorded by Lil Johnson in 1935 and Louis Jordan in 1939, but the song's most well-known rendition is the rhythm & blues recording by Little Richard in September 1957.
It reached No.2 on the American R&B Charts and No.8 on the pop Charts.