Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis (* 29. September 1935 in Ferriday , Louisiana ) is a US -American rock 'n' roll - and country musician . He is best known for his aggressive piano playing and legendary stage presence.
In the 1950s he had some major hits in the rock 'n' roll genre with Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On , Great Balls of Fire and Breathless . After a scandal towards the end of the decade, he turned his attention to country music, with which he worked his way up to the top of the country charts in the 1960s and 1970s.
Life
Childhood and youth
Jerry Lee Lewis was born in 1935 in the small town of Ferriday, Louisiana, and grew up in a poor family. Nevertheless, parents Elmo and Mamie Lewis were able to buy a piano for their son. Lewis took piano lessons with his cousins Jimmy Lee Swaggart and Mickey Gilley , who later both also began careers in the music scene and soon showed a special talent for the instrument. Lewis was influenced during this time by boogie woogie , rhythm and blues, as well as gospel and country music ; he united all styles in his piano playing. At 14 he already had the style that he would later use in his recordings: with his left hand he created a strong boogie-woogie background, while on the right he played fast, gospel-enriched melodies.
Rock 'n' roll star of the 1950s
Lewis' mother had other plans for her son. She sent him to a Bible school , from which he was released for his behavior. The 21-year-old pianist then moved to Memphis ( Tennessee ). Memphis was known for the development of rockabilly and its vibrant music scene. Lewis quickly got a job as a musician in a bar. There he met the musician Roy Hall , who began to promote him. Hall was also a pianist and had already made several records. Hall also co-wrote Lewis' later hit Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On with Dave Williams . Lewis played in 1956 for the record company Sun Records , which had rockabilly musicians such as Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins , Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison under contract. Owner Sam Phillips had just gone on vacation, but his co-worker Jack Clement listened to Lewis and decided to schedule a test recording.
Clement brought in guitarist Roland Janes and drummer Jimmy Van Eaton , whom he had met at Fernwood Records , and put them together with Lewis on November 4, 1956. During a break, Clement had forgotten to turn off the recorders. During this hiatus, Sun artist Billy Lee Riley came into the studio and began playing guitar with Lewis Ralph Mooney's Crazy Arms . Roland Janes came over and took an old double bass. Janes later recalled the recording:
“I came out of the washroom about halfway through the song and picked up an old upright bass and started playing it - and I don't play upright bass. Fortunately, I wasn't close to a microphone. On that song, there are technically only two instruments, drums and piano. "
“About halfway through the song I came out of the bathroom, took an old double bass and started playing it - and I don't play a double bass. Fortunately, I wasn't anywhere near a microphone. On this song there are technically only two instruments, drums and piano. "
When Clement played the tapes to Sam Phillips, he shouted:
"Just get him [Jerry Lee Lewis] in here as fast as you can!"
"Get him [Jerry Lee Lewis] in here as soon as you can!"
Phillips had Lewis re - record Crazy Arms with Lewis' own boogie version of the jug band song End of the Road . Crazy Arms did not become a national hit, but Sam Phillips decided to keep Lewis under contract due to strong regional sales. Sensing that Lewis had potential to become a star, he got him work wherever he could. In early 1957 he replaced the unreliable pianist Smokey Joe Baugh with the Snearly Ranch Boys , played the piano in sessions with Carl Perkins , Billy Lee Riley, Johnny Cash , Ray Harris , Jimmy Wages and many others, and got a few small appearances in dance halls in Arkansas . On February 23, 1957, Lewis made his first big appearance on the Big D Jamboree , a live country show from Dallas , Texas , and on March 31, he started his first tour with Cash, Perkins and Onie Wheeler . During this time he developed his strong stage presence. Lewis was dissatisfied because he was "tied" to the piano on stage and could not dance on stage with the guitar like Carl Perkins, for example. Perkins advised him to just kick the stool away.
Phillips thought he could turn Lewis into a real rock 'n' roll star, so, contrary to his usual practice, he put all the funds into the next single, Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On . Lewis had heard the piece in a Roy Hall club, and by the summer of 1957 the song was number one on the Memphis chart. On June 12, the single also hit the country charts, and two weeks later it debuted at number 70 on the Billboard national top 100. But after that, the requests for Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On subsided ; the explicit lyrics and Lewis' wild performances didn't seem to add to its reputation. Sam Phillips then got him an appearance on the famous Steve Allen Show and after his performance on the evening of July 28, the single climbed to number 1 on the country and R&B charts and number 2 in the top 100.
In December 1956 Lewis was present as a pianist at a session for Carl Perkins, at which Matchbox and Your True Love were recorded. At the end of these recordings, the musical historical event began that would later go down in history as the “Sun Session” or Million Dollar Quartet . Lewis played some old songs that Phillips had recorded with Cash, Presley, Perkins, and a few other musicians in the studio.
Other hits followed such as Great Balls of Fire , whose line-up consisted of vocals, piano and drums, and Breathless . Lewis' stage appearances became legendary. He was now playing the piano with his hands and feet, pushing the stool away, and dancing around the piano or even lighting it. He was a regular on the American Bandstand and made other appearances on national television. He also starred in the film Jamboree .
Jerry Lee Lewis also led an unsteady life in his private life. After it became known during a tour of England in 1958 that he had married the only thirteen-year-old Myra Gale Brown, daughter of his bassist and cousin JW Brown, his career seemed to be over. He had to cancel the tour because of this scandal, but the US public was also appalled. He was referred to as a " cradle snatcher " and his records were removed from radio programs. Lewis had no choice but to play in small clubs. It wasn't until the early 1960s that he laboriously worked his way up again. He had a few hits and was gradually gaining public acceptance again. The heyday of rock 'n' roll was over, however, and so the great success failed to materialize.
Country music career
In 1963 Lewis moved to the Smash Records label . A year later, his legendary appearances took place in the Star Club in Hamburg. The album Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg , which was created during one of these performances, set new standards in terms of sound and artistic performance and is still considered one of the best live albums in rock history. From the mid-1960s, Jerry Lee Lewis dedicated himself more and more to country music and achieved great success in this field in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some of his big hits from this period were What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Fool out of Me) (No. 2; June 1968), Me and Bobby McGee (No. 1; November 1971) or Chantilly Lace (No. 1; March 1972) . However, Lewis continued to play wild rock 'n' roll when he played live. In the course of the rising rock revival, he was rediscovered by the general public in 1969 at the rock 'n' roll revival in Canada. Lewis had his last chart placement in 1983 with Why You Been So Long , which reached number 69 on the country charts.
present
Due to his advanced age and his excessive life - he used drugs for a long time - Jerry Lee Lewis is now physically severely damaged. Even so, he still performs regularly and even tours with other rock legends like Little Richard . In 1985 he was a member of the Class of '55 , an Elvis Presley tribute consisting of himself, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins.
In 1989 his life was titled Great Balls of Fire! filmed with Dennis Quaid and Winona Ryder in the lead roles. The book on which the script is based was written by Myra Lewis and Murrey Silver Jr. written, the film was released in Germany on September 21, 1989. Lewis re-recorded his songs for the soundtrack, but did not agree with the portrayal of himself in the film. 2005 Lewis was in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line by Waylon Malloy Payne embodies.
As the last survivor of the famous so-called " Million Dollar Quartet " (besides him Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins) he brought the album Last Man Standing in 2006 with 22 guest stars, including Jimmy Page , the Rolling Stones , Bruce Springsteen , Ringo Starr , Tom Jones and Rod Stewart , out. In 2010 Lewis published the follow-up album Mean Old Man , which also featured a large number of high-profile guest stars. In October 2014 his new album Rock & Roll Time was released . Even at the age of 80, Lewis was on tour regularly, but after a stroke in February 2019 he had to give up playing temporarily because he had lost control of his right hand. In February 2020, he announced that he could play the piano again and announced a new album.
In many interviews he claims to accept only three other musicians as stylists in addition to his own God-given talent: Al Jolson , Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams .
The Rolling Stone listed Lewis 24th of the 100 greatest musicians and 67th of the 100 best singers of all time . After Little Richard's death in May 2020, the magazine called him the last great living “old school rock and roller”. Besides Don Everly , he is also the last person alive to be immediately inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when it opened in 1986.
Private life
Jerry Lee Lewis' parents Elmo and Mamie Ethel Lewis were poor farmers. His brother Elmo Jr. died when Jerry was three years old. His sister Frankie Jean Lewis Terrell (1944 - 2016) was the curator of the Jerry Lee Lewis Museum. With his other sister Linda Gail Lewis (* 1947), who was also active as a singer until the late 2010s, he recorded several singles between 1963 and 1971 and a long-playing record (Together) in 1969. Despite their ultra-religious attitudes, which condemned dance music as "the devil's stuff," Mamie and Elmo Sen. mortgaged their farm in order to grant eight year old Jerry Lee his wish for a piano. Lewis was not a good student and left high school early; the rebellious boy was thrown out of the Texan Southwestern Assemblies of God University, a university Bible school.
Lewis is married for the seventh time and has six children. His two sons Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. and Steven Allen Lewis died at the age of 19 and 3 years respectively. In 2001, Bonnie Lee Bakley claimed that Lewis was the biological father of her daughter Jeri Lee Lewis (* 1993). A DNA test carried out afterwards could not prove this.
His first marriage probably lasted 20 months, although it cannot be said with certainty today when the marriage took place. Lewis said of that wedding to Dorothy Barton: “I was 14 when I first got married. My wife was too old for me, she was 17. “(“ I was 14 when I first got married. My wife was too old for me; she was 17. ”). According to the officially known date (February 21, 1952), Lewis was 16 years old at the time.
After that, the musician was married to Jane Mitchum from 1953 to 1957. With this he had two sons: Jerry Lee Lewis jr. (1954–1973) and Ronnie Guy Lewis (* 1956). Curiously, the wedding took place 23 days before Barton's divorce. Lewis jr. A few days after his 19th birthday he had a fatal accident in a jeep that his father had given him for his birthday.
Lewis was married to his second-degree niece Myra Gale Brown for 13 years (1957–1970) : This time, too, the marriage took place before the previous relationship's divorce; in this case, the ceremony actually had to be repeated. In addition, Myra stated her age in the marriage documents as 20 years old, in reality she was only 13 years old at the time of the marriage. Myra and Jerry had two children: Steve Allen Lewis (1959–1962) and Phoebe Lewis (* 1963), who temporarily worked as her father's manager. Son Steve drowned in a swimming pool when he was three.
Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Godfather was Jerry Lee Lewis' wife from 1971 to 1982. She drowned in a swimming pool when the two were separated. Their child is their daughter Lori Lee Lewis (* 1972).
Shawn Stephens died of a methadone overdose in August 1983, less than three months after her marriage to Lewis.
In 2005, Lewis and Kerrie McCarver divorced. They married in 1984 and had a son, Jerry Lee Lewis III (* 1987), called Lee.
Lewis lives with his daughter Phoebe at his ranch in Nesbit ( Mississippi ). On March 9, 2012, he celebrated his seventh wedding to Judith Brown, the ex-wife of his cousin Rusty.
Discography
Studio albums
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| 1961 | Jerry Lee Lewis Volume 2 | - | - |
UK14 (6 weeks) UK |
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| 1964 | Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis | - | - | - |
US116 (8 weeks) US |
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| 1965 | The return of rock | - | - | - |
US121 (5 weeks) US |
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| 1966 | Memphis beat | - | - | - |
US145 (3 weeks) US |
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| 1968 | Another place, another time | - | - | - |
US160 (12 weeks) US |
Country3 (35 weeks) Country |
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| 1969 | She Still Comes Around | - | - | - | - |
Country12 (22 weeks) Country |
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| Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 | - | - | - |
US127 (10 weeks) US |
Country2 (23 weeks) Country |
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| Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2 | - | - | - |
US124 (10 weeks) US |
Country5 (20 weeks) Country |
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| The Golden Cream of the Country | - | - | - | - |
Country11 (22 weeks) Country |
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| Together | - | - | - | - |
Country8 (23 weeks) Country |
with Linda Gail Lewis
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| 1970 | She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye | - | - | - |
US186 (2 weeks) US |
Country9 (16 weeks) Country |
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| 1971 | In Loving Memories: The Jerry Lee Lewis Gospel Album | - | - | - | - |
Country18 (5 weeks) Country |
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| There Must Be More to Love Than This | - | - | - |
US190 (6 weeks) US |
Country8 (15 weeks) Country |
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| Touching Home | - | - | - |
US152 (3 weeks) US |
Country11 (19 weeks) Country |
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| Would you take another chance on me? | - | - | - |
US115 (12 weeks) US |
Country3 (22 weeks) Country |
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| 1972 | The Killer Rocks On | - | - | - |
US105 (12 weeks) US |
Country4 (24 weeks) Country |
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| Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano? | - | - | - | - |
Country3 (14 weeks) Country |
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| 1973 | The Session ... Recorded in London with Great Artists | - | - | - |
US37 (19 weeks) US |
Country4 (19 weeks) Country |
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| Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough | - | - | - | - |
Country6 (15 weeks) Country |
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| Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis | - | - | - | - |
Country6 (15 weeks) Country |
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| 1974 | I-40 Country | - | - | - | - |
Country26 (10 weeks) Country |
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| 1975 | Boogie Woogie Country Man | - | - | - | - |
Country16 (10 weeks) Country |
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| Odd Man In | - | - | - | - |
Country33 (11 weeks) Country |
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| 1976 | Country Class | - | - | - | - |
Country18 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 1977 | Country Memories | - | - | - | - |
Country21 (22 weeks) Country |
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| 1979 | Jerry Lee Lewis Keeps Rockin ' | - | - | - | - |
Country40 (8 weeks) Country |
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| Jerry Lee Lewis | - | - | - |
US186 (3 weeks) US |
Country23 (17 weeks) Country |
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| Duets | - |
AT25 (4 weeks) AT |
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Country32 (18 weeks) Country |
Jerry Lee Lewis & Friends
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| 1980 | When Two Worlds Collide | - | - | - | - |
Country32 (11 weeks) Country |
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| Killer Country | - | - | - | - |
Country35 (26 weeks) Country |
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| 1983 | My Fingers Do the Talkin ' | - | - | - | - |
Country62 (3 weeks) Country |
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| 1986 | Class of '55 | - | - | - |
US87 (12 weeks) US |
Country15 (25 weeks) Country |
with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins & Roy Orbison
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| 1995 | Young Blood | - | - | - |
US31 (3 weeks) US |
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| 2006 | Last man standing |
DE57 (3 weeks) DE |
AT34 (4 weeks) AT |
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US26 (9 weeks) US |
Country4 (26 weeks) Country |
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| 2010 | Mean Old Man | - |
AT53 (1 week) AT |
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US30 (4 weeks) US |
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| 2014 | Rock & Roll Time | - | - | - |
US140 (1 week) US |
Country27 (3 weeks) Country |
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More albums
- 1957: Jerry Lee Lewis
- 1965: Country Songs for City Folks
- 1967: Soul My Way
- 1978: Duets: Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends (with Jimmy "Orion" Ellis & Charlie Rich )
- 1981: The Million Dollar Quartet (with Johnny Cash , Carl Perkins & Elvis Presley )
- 1984: I Am What I Am
- 1992: Pretty Much Country
- 1993: Solid Ground
- 1995: Young Blood
Live albums
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| 1964 | Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg |
DE9 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - | |
| The Greatest Live Show on Earth | - | - | - |
US71 (17 weeks) US |
- | ||
| 1970 | Live at the International, Las Vegas | - | - | - |
US149 (6 weeks) US |
Country5 (23 weeks) Country |
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| 1982 | The Survivors Live | - | - | - | - |
Country21 (13 weeks) Country |
with Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins
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More live albums
- 1966: By Request: More of the Greatest Live Show on Earth
- 1999: Live at Gilley’s
- 2007: Last Man Standing Live
- 2007: Live from Austin, TX
- 2011: Jerry Lee Lewis: Live at Third Man Records
Compilations
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| 1969 | Original Golden Hits, Vol. 1 | - | - | - |
US119 (4 weeks) US |
Country8 (20 weeks) Country |
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| Original Golden Hits, Vol. 2 | - | - | - |
US122 (5 weeks) US |
Country6 (22 weeks) Country |
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| 1970 | A Taste of Country | - | - | - | - |
Country16 (24 weeks) Country |
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| The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis | - | - | - |
US114 (14 weeks) US |
Country8 (47 weeks) Country |
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| 1971 | Monsters | - | - | - | - |
Country44 (3 weeks) Country |
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| 1978 | The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis, Volume II | - | - | - | - |
Country23 (11 weeks) Country |
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| 1982 | The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis featuring 39 and Holding | - | - | - | - |
Country49 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 2012 | Sun Recordings: Greatest Hits | - | - | - | - |
Country71 (2 weeks) Country |
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More compilations
- 1969: Rockin 'Rhythm and Blues
- 1970: Ole Tyme Country Music
- 1971: Original Golden Hits, Vol. 3
- 1974: Breathless (High Heel Sneakers + Roll Over Beethoven)
- 1976: The Jerry Lee Lewis Collection (UK:
silver) - 1981: Best of / Vol. 3
- 1989: Jerry Lee Lewis - 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits
- 1993: All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology
- 1994: Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On
- 1998: Great Balls Of Fire and Other Hits
- 2006: A Half-Century of Hits
Soundtracks
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| 1989 | Great Balls of Fire | - |
AT13 (6 weeks) AT |
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Singles
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| 1957 |
Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On |
- |
UK8 (11 weeks) UK |
US3 (29 weeks) US |
Country1 (... week) Country |
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Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee's Greatest! |
- |
UK1 (12 weeks) UK |
US2 (21 weeks) US |
Country1 (... week) Country |
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| You Win Again Jerry Lee's Greatest! |
- | - |
US95 (1 week) US |
Country4 (... weeks) Country |
B-side of Great Balls of Fire
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| 1958 | Breathless |
- |
UK8 (7 weeks) UK |
US7 (15 weeks) US |
Country4 (... weeks) Country |
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| High School Confidential Jerry Lee Lewis |
- |
UK12 (6 weeks) UK |
US21 (11 weeks) US |
Country9 (... weeks) Country |
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| Break Up Jerry Lee's Greatest! |
- | - |
US52 (5 weeks) US |
- | ||
| I'll Make It All Up to You |
- | - |
US85 (1 week) US |
Country19 (1 week) Country |
B-side of Break Up
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| I'll Sail My Ship Alone |
- | - |
US93 (1 week) US |
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| 1959 | Lovin 'Up a Storm |
- |
UK28 (1 week) UK |
- | - | |
| 1960 | Baby baby bye bye |
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UK47 (1 week) UK |
- | - | |
| 1961 | What'd I Say Jerry Lee's Greatest! |
- |
UK10 (14 weeks) UK |
US30 (8 weeks) US |
Country27 (1 week) Country |
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| Cold, Cold Heart Jerry Lee's Greatest! |
- | - | - |
Country22 (8 weeks) Country |
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| 1962 | Sweet Little Sixteen Jerry Lee's Greatest! |
- |
UK38 (5 weeks) UK |
US95 (3 weeks) US |
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| Good Golly Miss Molly Jerry Lee's Greatest! |
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UK31 (6 weeks) UK |
- | - | ||
| 1963 | Pen and paper |
- | - | - |
Country36 (2 weeks) Country |
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| 1964 | I'm on fire |
- | - |
US98 (1 week) US |
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| Long Tall Sally |
DE7 (12 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | ||
| Hi Heel Sneakers The Greatest Live Show on Earth |
- | - |
US91 (1 week) US |
- | ||
| 1968 | Another place, another time, another place, another time |
- | - |
US97 (2 weeks) US |
Country4 (17 weeks) Country |
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| What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) Another Place, Another Time |
- | - |
US94 (3 weeks) US |
Country2 (16 weeks) Country |
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| She Still Comes Around (to Love What's Left of Me) She Still Comes Around |
- | - | - |
Country2 (12 weeks) Country |
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| To Make Love Sweeter for You She Still Comes Around |
- | - | - |
Country1 (15 weeks) Country |
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| 1969 | One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) The Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2 |
- | - | - |
Country3 (15 weeks) Country |
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| Invitation to Your Party The Golden Cream of the Country |
- | - | - |
Country6 (12 weeks) Country |
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| She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye |
- | - | - |
Country2 (13 weeks) Country |
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| One Minute Past Eternity The Golden Cream of the Country |
- | - | - |
Country2 (16 weeks) Country |
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| Don't Let Me Cross Over Together |
- | - | - |
Country9 (11 weeks) Country |
with Linda Gail Lewis
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| 1970 |
Roll Over Beethoven Together |
- | - | - |
Country71 (2 weeks) Country |
with Linda Gail Lewis
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| There Must Be More to Love Than This There Must Be More to Love Than This |
- | - | - |
Country1 (15 weeks) Country |
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| Once More with Feeling She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye |
- | - | - |
Country2 (14 weeks) Country |
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| I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye A Taste of Country |
- | - | - |
Country7 (15 weeks) Country |
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| Waiting for a Train Ole Tyme Country Music |
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Country11 (12 weeks) Country |
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| In Loving Memories In Loving Memories |
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Country48 (8 weeks) Country |
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| 1971 | Touching Home Touching Home |
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Country3 (16 weeks) Country |
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| Love on Broadway Original Golden Hits - Volume III |
- | - | - |
Country31 (9 weeks) Country |
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| When He Walks on You (Like You Have Walked on Me) Touching Home |
- | - | - |
Country11 (13 weeks) Country |
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| Me and Bobby McGee / Would You Take Another Chance on Me Touching Home |
- | - |
US40 (10 weeks) US |
Country1 (15 weeks) Country |
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| 1972 | Chantilly Lace / Think About It Darlin ' The Killer Rocks On |
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UK33 (5 weeks) UK |
US43 (10 weeks) US |
Country1 (15 weeks) Country |
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| Lonely Weekends The Killer Rocks On |
- | - | - |
Country11 (11 weeks) Country |
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| Turn On Your Love Light The Killer Rocks On |
- | - |
US95 (3 weeks) US |
- |
B-side of Lonely Weekends
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| Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano Who’s Gonna Play This Old Piano? |
- | - | - |
Country14 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 1973 | No More Hanging On Who’s Gonna Play This Old Piano? |
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Country19 (10 weeks) Country |
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| No Headstone on My Grave The Session |
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Country60 (6 weeks) Country |
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| Drinkin 'Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee The Session |
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US41 (10 weeks) US |
Country20 (11 weeks) Country |
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| Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough |
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Country6 (14 weeks) Country |
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| 1974 | I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough |
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Country21 (12 weeks) Country |
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| Tell Tale Signs I-40 Country |
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Country18 (12 weeks) Country |
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| He Can't Fill My Shoes I-40 Country |
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Country8 (12 weeks) Country |
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| 1975 | I Can Still Hear The Music in the Restroom Boogie Woogie Country Man |
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Country13 (12 weeks) Country |
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| Boogie Woogie Country Man Boogie Woogie Country Man |
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Country24 (13 weeks) Country |
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| A Damn Good Country Song Odd Man In |
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Country68 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 1976 | Don't Boogie Woogie Odd Man In |
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Country58 (6 weeks) Country |
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| Let's Put It Back Together Again Country Class |
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Country6 (15 weeks) Country |
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| The Closest Thing to You Country Class |
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Country27 (11 weeks) Country |
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| 1977 | Middle Age Crazy Country Memories |
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Country4 (18 weeks) Country |
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| 1978 | Come On In Country Memories |
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Country10 (12 weeks) Country |
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| I'll Find It Where I Can Jerry Lee Lewis Keeps Rockin ' |
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Country10 (12 weeks) Country |
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| 1979 | Save the Last Dance for Me Duets |
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Country26 (13 weeks) Country |
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| Rockin 'My Life Away Jerry Lee Lewis |
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Country18 (11 weeks) Country |
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| Who Will the Next Fool Be? Jerry Lee Lewis |
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Country20 (11 weeks) Country |
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| 1980 | When Two Worlds Collide When Two Worlds Collide |
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Country11 (12 weeks) Country |
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| Honky Tonk Stuff When Two Worlds Collide |
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Country28 (12 weeks) Country |
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| Somewhere over the Rainbow Killer Country |
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Country10 (12 weeks) Country |
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| 1981 | Thirty Nine and Holding Killer Country |
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Country4 (15 weeks) Country |
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| 1982 | I'm So Lonesome I Cry The Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Volume 1 |
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Country43 (11 weeks) Country |
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| I'd Do It All Again The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis |
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Country52 (7 weeks) Country |
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| My Fingers Do the Talkin ' My Fingers Do the Talkin' |
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Country44 (10 weeks) Country |
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| 1983 | Come as You Were My Fingers Do the Talkin ' |
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Country66 (6 weeks) Country |
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| Why You Been Gone So Long? My Fingers Do the Talkin ' |
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Country69 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 1986 | Sixteen Candles Class of '55 |
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Country61 (6 weeks) Country |
with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison
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More singles
- 1956: Crazy Arms
- 1958: Lewis Boogie
- 1959: Let's Talk About Us
- 1959: Little Queenie
- 1960: John Henry
- 1960: When I Get Paid
- 1961: Save the Last Dance for Me
- 1961: Money
- 1962: I've Been Twistin '
- 1963: Teenage Letter
- 1964: She Was My Baby (He Was My Friend)
- 1965: Green Green Grass of Home
- 1965: Carry Me Back to Old Virginia
- 1965: Baby, Hold Me Close
- 1966: Sticks and Stones
- 1966: Memphis Beat
- 1967: It's a Hang Up Baby
- 1967: Turn On Your Love Light
- 1973: Meat Man
- 1984: I Am What I Am
- 1986: Get Out Your Big Roll Daddy
- 1990: It Was the Whiskey Talkin '(Not Me)
- 1995: Goosebumps
- 2006: Pink Cadillac (with Bruce Springsteen )
- 2007: Honky Tonk Woman (with Kid Rock )
- 2009: Mean Old Man
Guest Posts
| year | Title album |
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Country
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| 1989 | Never Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll I'm Still Missing You |
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Country50 (7 weeks) Country |
with Ronnie McDowell
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Filmography
- 1958 At seventeen on the precipice
- 1985 High School Confidential [Video]
- 1986 Killer Performance [live]
- 1989 Great Balls of Fire [Video]
- 1991 Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends [Video / DVD]
- 1992 Shindig! Presents: Jerry Lee Lewis
- 1995 I Am What I Am [Video]
- 1996 show
- 2001 Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock and Roll [Document]
- 2002 Story of Rock & Roll [Video / DVD]
- 2002 The Jerry Lee Lewis Show
- 2002 Jerry Lewis Show
- 2005 Legends in Concert: Inside & Out [live]
- 2005 Jerry Lee Lewis [CD / DVD]
- 2006 Most Famous Hits [DVD]
- 2006 Great Balls of Fire - In Concert [live]
- 2007 Last Man Standing: Live [DVD]
- 2007 Greatest Live Performances of the 50s, 60s and ...
- 2007 Jerry Lee Lewis: Greatest Ever Performan
- 2007 Live from Austin, TX [DVD]
- 2007 Killer Piano (Alfred's Artist Series) [DVD]
- 2007 The Anthology
- 2007 Breathless [DVD]
- 2007 Country Legends Live Mini Concert
Awards
- 1986: Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- 2005: Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for his life's work
- Induction into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
literature
- Rick Bragg: Jerry Lee Lewis - His own story. HarperCollins Publishers, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-06-207822-3 .
- Nick Tosches: Hellfire - The Jerry Lee Lewis Story. Edition Tiamat, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89320-119-8 .
- Myra Lewis, Murrey Silver Jr .: Great Balls of Fire! - Jerry Lee Lewis - A Life for Rock'n'Roll. Goldmann, ISBN 3-442-09718-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jerry Lee Lewis in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jerry Lee Lewis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- Jerry Lee Lewis at Rock'n'Roll AG
- 1st. Bavarian Jerry Lee Lewis Site
- Manfred Prescher : about the album “Last Man Standing” in EVOLVER.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Colin Escott: Good Rockin 'Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock' n 'Roll . P. 192; St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-08199-5 .
- ↑ IMDB.com
- ↑ Trivia page on "Great Balls of Fire!" (IMDB.com, English)
- ↑ Patrick Doyle, Patrick Doyle: Jerry Lee Lewis Returns to Music: 'I Thought I Would Never Play Again'. In: Rolling Stone. February 19, 2020, accessed May 11, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 8, 2017 .
- ↑ 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Rolling Stone , December 2, 2010, accessed August 8, 2017 .
- ↑ After Little Richard's death: Jerry Lee Lewis is the last living rock'n'roller of the first hour. May 9, 2020, accessed on May 11, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Vintage Rock presents Jerry Lee Lewis. Special Edition, Anthem, Bath 2019, p. 93; Linda Gails and Robbie Fulks recorded Wild! Wild! Wild! named Rolling Stone 2018 one of the ten best collaborations of the year.
- ↑ http://www.history-of-rock.com/lewis.htm . Accessed April 17, 2014.
- ↑ www.examiner.com: Jerry Lee Lewis, his 7 wives, music and children . Accessed April 17, 2014.
- ↑ www.dailymail.co.uk: Keeping it in the family: Jerry Lee Lewis, 76, marries for the seventh time wedding his cousin's ex-wife . Accessed May 20, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lewis, Jerry Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rock 'n' roll pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ferriday , Louisiana , USA |