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Oct 28, 2022 · Jerry Lee Lewis, the rock ’n’ roll trailblazer and piano virtuoso who electrified audiences with his raucous, free-wheeling performances but attracted scandal after he married his 13-year-old ...
- 2 min
- Daniel Arkin
Oct 28, 2022 · Jerry Lee Lewis, who died on Oct. 28, was an unrepentant pioneer of rock ’n’ roll: a white Southerner who steeped himself in Black music, a two-fisted boogie-woogie piano player, a blues ...
Oct 29, 2022 · Jerry Lee Lewis in 1968. Photograph: Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy. The blend of R&B and country on his early Sun singles was just as powerful, and as definitively southern, as Elvis Presley’s.
- 7 min
- Bob Stanley
The mere titles of his tunes confirmed that Jerry Lee Lewis had the stuff of rock & roll legend. “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Great Balls of Fire” and “Breathless” succinctly describe the man and his music. Audacious and arrogant, rollicking and rowdy, Jerry Lee Lewis took spontaneity to the brink of danger.
Oct 28, 2022 · Jerry Lee Lewis, rock 'n' roll pioneer and perpetual ball of fire, dies at 87. For the longest time, it seemed that if Jerry Lee Lewis wasn’t dead already, then obviously nothing could kill him ...
Oct 28, 2022 · Jerry Lee Lewis, the notorious singer behind Great Balls of Fire, has died aged 87, his agent has confirmed. One of the last survivors of rock 'n' roll's golden age, his life was also marred by ...
Walk the Line (2005) 2. 3 Videos. 9 Photos. Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29, 1935 into a very religious family . His family, though not very wealthy, sold their house when he was a child to get their son a piano. He loved to play piano. He was sent to a religious school, but was soon thrown out shortly thereafter -- he did a boogie ...
