Somebody's Knockin'

"Somebody's Knockin'"
Single by Terri Gibbs
from the album Somebody's Knockin'
B-side"Some Days It Rains All Night Long"[1]
ReleasedOctober 1980 (1980-10)
GenreCountry
Length2:56
LabelMCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Ed Penney, Jerry Gillespie
Producer(s)Ed Penney
Terri Gibbs singles chronology
"Somebody's Knockin'"
(1980) 		"Rich Man"
(1981)
Music video
"Somebody's Knockin'" on YouTube

"Somebody's Knockin'" is a song recorded by American country music singer Terri Gibbs. It was released in October 1980 as her debut single and title track from her album Somebody's Knockin'. It was co-written by Jerry Gillespie and Ed Penney. Penney was a record company executive who liked Gibbs's voice when he first heard her audition tape, but felt she needed stronger material.[2] Penney was a former Boston disc jockey who had promoted records and written a number of songs before moving to Nashville.[3] He was the producer of "Somebody's Knockin'" and became Terri Gibbs's manager.[4]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ Nancy Bishop. "Terri Gibbs: At Last Fame is Knockin' at her Door." Dallas Morning News, November 23, 1981 Paper, p. C8.
  3. ^ Dick Dew. "Rate Tony C. A 'Natural' As Singer." Boston Sunday Advertiser, January 17, 1965, p. 52.
  4. ^ Ken Mayer. "The Night Mayer." Boston Herald, June 26, 1982, p. B8.