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    • "Great Balls of Fire" Lewis' follow up to "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" arrived six months later and sounded like a revelation. Lewis took an Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer composition and once again shaped it into his own style.
    • "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" was originally recorded in 1955 as a swinging blues by Big Maybelle, but Lewis reshaped it into a rock 'n' roll classic two years later.
    • "High School Confidential" Taking things up a notch, Lewis and his piano drive "High School Confidential" off the beaten path. The song served as the theme for a same-titled movie which starred Mamie Van Doren and Russ Tamblyn and featured Lewis in the opening credits.
    • "Mean Woman Blues" From: 'Live at the Star Club' (1964) One of the greatest live rock 'n' roll albums ever made, Live at the Star Club was recorded in Germany in 1964, and you can practically hear the plaster falling from the ceiling.
  1. Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022) was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. Nicknamed " The Killer ", he was described as " rock 'n' roll 's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock 'n' roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made his first recordings in 1952 at Cosimo Matassa 's J&M Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana, and ...

  2. Oct 28, 2022 · Jerry Lee Lewis, the piano-pounding, foot-stomping singer who electrified early rocknroll with hits like “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” before marital...

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  4. Oct 28, 2022 · Published Oct. 28, 2022 Updated Oct. 31, 2022. Jerry Lee Lewis, the hard-driving rockabilly artist whose pounding boogie-woogie piano and bluesy, country-influenced vocals helped define the...

  5. Music videos. Other appearances. Notes. References. External links. Jerry Lee Lewis discography. This is a detailed discography for American rock and roll, country, and gospel singer-songwriter Jerry Lee Lewis (1935–2022). One of the pioneers of rockabilly, Lewis recorded over 40 albums in a career spanning seven decades.

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  6. Oct 28, 2022 · Jerry Lee Lewis, the flamboyant rocknroll founding father, swaggering country shouter and 2005 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, died Friday. He was 87. Lewis died of...

  7. Oct 28, 2022 · LOS ANGELES, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Jerry Lee Lewis, a pioneer of rock n' roll with hits such as "Great Balls of Fire," has died at age 87, his publicist said on Friday. Lewis passed away...

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