Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis - rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”

Person from United States

Genres: blues, country, country gospel, honky tonk, rock, rock and roll, rockabilly, singer-songwriter

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About Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022) was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. He was a pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music and made his first recordings in 1952 at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio in New Orleans, Louisiana, and in 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Lewis achieved commercial success with early recordings such as "Crazy Arms" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", followed by "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", and "High School Confidential". In the late 1950s, Lewis's career was affected by his marriage to Myra Gale Brown, his 13-year-old cousin, which led to a decline in his popularity. During the early 1960s, he had limited chart success, with exceptions including a cover of Ray Charles's "What'd I Say". His live performances from this period, including the 1964 album "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg", were noted for their energetic style. In 1968, Lewis transitioned into country music, achieving hits such as "Another Place, Another Time", and throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, he regularly appeared on the country charts. His number-one country songs included "To Make Love Sweeter for You", "There Must Be More to Love Than This", "Would You Take Another Chance on Me", and "Me and Bobby McGee". He also recorded covers of songs such as The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" and Mack Vickery's "Rockin' My Life Away". Lewis continued to tour and release new albums into the 21st century. His 2006 album "Last Man Standing" sold over a million copies worldwide, followed by "Mean Old Man" in 2010. Over his career, Lewis earned multiple gold records in rock and country and received four Grammy awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and two Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022. His life was depicted in the 1989 movie "Great Balls of Fire", starring Dennis Quaid. Rolling Stone ranked his box set "All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology" at number 242 on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003 and placed him at number 24 on the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list in 2004. Lewis was the last surviving member of Sun Records' Million Dollar Quartet and the album "Class of '55", which also included Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley. Music critic Robert Christgau described Lewis as exemplifying rock and roll through his drive, timing, vocal power, piano style, and confidence. Studio albums Jerry Lee Lewis (1958) Jerry Lee's Greatest! (1962) The Return of Rock (1965) Country Songs for City Folks/All Country (1965) Memphis Beat (1966) Soul My Way (1967) Another Place, Another Time (1968) She Still Comes Around (1969) She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye (1970) There Must Be More to Love Than This (1971) Touching Home (1971) Would You Take Another Chance on Me? (1971) The Killer Rocks On (1972) Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano? (1972) Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough (1973) Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis (1973) I-40 Country (1974) Boogie Woogie Country Man (1975) Odd Man In (1975) Country Class (1976) Country Memories (1977) Jerry Lee Keeps Rockin' (1978) Jerry Lee Lewis (1979) When Two Worlds Collide (1980) Killer Country (1980) Class of '55 (1986) Young Blood (1995) Last Man Standing (2006) Mean Old Man (2010) Rock and Roll Time (2014) The Boys from Ferriday (2022)

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