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ALBUMThe Best of Jerry Lee Lewis: Sun Records EssentialsJerry Lee Lewis
Albums by Jerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMKiller In Stereo: Good Rockin' Tonight (Remastered 2023)Jerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMJimmy Lee & Jerry Lee - The Boys from FerridayJimmy Swaggart & Jerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMRock & Roll TimeJerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMMean Old Man (Deluxe Edition)Jerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMThe (Complete) Session Recorded In London with Great Guest ArtistsJerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMDuets (feat. Orion)Jerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMYoung BloodJerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMClass of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll HomecomingRoy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
ALBUMKiller CountryJerry Lee Lewis
ALBUMWhen Two Worlds CollideJerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis's Popular Music Videos
Great Balls of Fire (Toronto Peace Festival)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On (Toronto Peace Festival)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Good Golly Miss Molly / Tutti Frutti (feat. Brian May, John Lodge, Dave Edmunds, Dave Davies, Stuart Adamson) [Live]
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire (feat. Brian May, John Lodge, Dave Edmunds, Dave Davies, Stuart Adamson) [Live]
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire (Live)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (feat. Brian May, John Lodge, Dave Edmunds, Dave Davies, Stuart Adamson) [Live]
Jerry Lee Lewis
Don't Be Cruel (Toronto Peace Festival)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' (The Speek)
Jerry Lee Lewis
You Win Again (Live)
Jerry Lee Lewis
I Got a Woman (Toronto Peace Festival)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Artist Playlists
Jerry Lee Lewis Essentials
You haven't seen rock at its wildest until you've met "The Killer."
Jerry Lee Lewis: Country
The Killer's honky-tonk was no less intense than his rock 'n' roll.
Inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis
The fiery piano pounder shaped rock 'n' roll, country, and more.
Jerry Lee Lewis: Deep Cuts
Beyond his boogie credentials, expect mischievous tearjerkers.
Artist Biography
Singer and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis channeled the sanctity of gospel and the seduction of the blues into some of early rock ’n’ roll’s most joyfully furious singles. A former divinity student born in Louisiana in 1935, he brought the ecstasy of church music to pounding rockers like 1957’s “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On," kicking loose his piano stool with the gleeful savagery of any future guitar-destroying punk (he was known to his rockabilly peers as The Killer). And his attempts to outdo the audacity of his hero-turned-rival Little Richard inflamed a secular audience primed for a new brand of wildness. (His proud embrace of African American music thrilled in a repressively segregated era.) Lewis’ career was sidelined by one of rock’s first headline-worthy scandals when he married his 13-year-old cousin in 1957—though by then he’d already managed to uncork the pent-up sexuality of an entire generation with songs like “Great Balls of Fire." He eventually found humility (if not gentility) as a revered country-music storyteller, sketching deeply human characters, like the broken man confronting his alcohol-fueled regrets in 1968’s “What's Made Milwaukee Famous,” with all the passion of his rock hits. He died in October 2022 at the age of 87.
Hometown
Ferriday, LA, United States
Genre
Rock