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Is there an early rock & roller who has a crazier reputation than the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis? His exploits as a piano-thumping, egocentric wild man with an unquenchable thirst for living have become the fodder for numerous biographies, film documentaries, and a full-length Hollywood movie. Certainly few other artists came to the party with more ego and talent than he and lived to tell the tale. And certainly even fewer could successfully channel that energy into their music and prosper doing it as well as Jerry Lee. When he broke on the national scene in 1957 with his classic "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," he was every parents' worst nightmare perfectly realized: a long, blonde-haired Southerner who played the piano and sang with uncontrolled fury and abandon, while simultaneously reveling in his own sexuality. He was rock & roll's first great wild man and also rock & roll's first great eclectic. Ignoring all manner of musical boundaries is something that has not only allowed his music to have wide variety, but to survive the fads and fashions as well. Whether singing a melancholy country ballad, a lowdown blues, or a blazing rocker, Lewis' wholesale commitment to the moment brings forth performances that are totally grounded in his personality and all singularly of one piece. Like the recordings of Hank Williams, Louis Armstrong, and few others, Jerry Lee's early recorded work is one of the most amazing collections of American music in existence. 
He was born to Elmo and Mamie Lewis on September 29, 1935. Though the family was dirt poor, there was enough money to be had to purchase a third-hand upright piano for the family's country shack in Ferriday, LA. Sharing piano lessons with his two cousins, Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Lee Swaggart, a ten-year old Jerry Lee Lewis showed remarkable aptitude toward the instrument. A visit from piano-playing older cousin Carl McVoy unlocked the secrets to the boogie-woogie styles he was hearing on the radio and across the tracks at Haney's Big House, owned by his uncle, Lee Calhoun, and catering to blacks exclusively. Lewis mixed that up with gospel and country and started coming up with his own style. He even mixed genres in the way he syncopated his rhythms on the piano; his left hand generally played a rock-solid boogie pattern while his right played the high keys with much flamboyant filigree and showiness, equal parts gospel fervor and Liberace showmanship. By the time he was 14, by all family accounts, he was as good as he was ever going to get. Lewis was already ready for prime time.



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Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless (The killer)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Elektra Recordings, More
Jerry Lee Lewis - Enregistrement public
Jerry Lee Lewis - Ferriday Fireball
Jerry Lee Lewis - Greatest Live Show On Earth
Jerry Lee Lewis - Helsinki 27-8-2007
Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer Country
Jerry Lee Lewis - Larry King live 1996
Jerry Lee Lewis - Le Bataclan, Paris
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Grand Ole Opry
Jerry Lee Lewis - Memphis Beat
Jerry Lee Lewis - Monsters
Jerry Lee Lewis - Rockin' The Blues
Jerry Lee Lewis - She Still Comes Around
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sometimes a memory ain't enough
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sunstroke (With Carl Perkins)
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Complete Palomino Recordings
Jerry Lee Lewis - The country collection
Jerry Lee Lewis - The EP Collection
jerry lee lewis - the ep collection - vol.2
jerry lee lewis - the ep collection vol 1
Jerry Lee Lewis - The golden cream of the country
Jerry Lee Lewis - The killer collection
Jerry Lee Lewis - The 'killer' rocks on
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Killer Rocks On-Boogie Woogie Country Man
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Road Begins
Jerry lee Lewis - The Session
Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More To Love Than This
Jerry Lee Lewis - Touching Home
Jerry Lee Lewis - Vienne, France 24-7-2009
Jerry Lee Lewis - When Two Worlds Collide
Jerry Lee Lewis & Little Richard - Kings Of Rock And Roll 2 cd's
Little Richard & Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock & Roll Legenden 2009 (2cd's)


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