Jerry Lee Lewis

All you want to know about Jerry Lee Lewis

For a list of singles and albums, see Jerry Lee Lewis discography.

The Hits and Awards

Between 1957 and 2006, the date of his latest release 'Last Man Standing', 47 singles plus 22 albums (The Session counted as 2 albums) made the Top Twenty Pop, Jukebox, Rock, Indie and/or Country charts in USA or UK. 14 reached #1 position. He's had 9 official gold disks, plus unofficial ones issues by his record company Mercury for albums which sold over a quarter of a million copies. His 2006 duets CD 'Last Man Standing' has sold over half a million worldwide, his biggest selling album ever. Jerry Lee Lewis is also among the Top 50 all-time Billboard Country artists. It is also rumored that the soundtrack album to the movie, 'Great Balls Of Fire', has now sold over a million copies. The original Sun cut of 'Great Balls of Fire' was elected to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, and Jerry's Sun recording of 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On' received this honor in 1999. Only recordings which are at least 25 years old and have left a lasting impression can receive this honor. Along with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison, Jerry received a Grammy in the spoken word category for the very rare album of interviews released with some early copies of the 'The Class of 55' album in 1986. On February 12th, 2005 Jerry received the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award the day before the Recording Academy's main Grammy Awards ceremony, which he also attended, picture below. On October 10th, 2007 Jerry received the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame's American Music Masters Award.

See also

Notes

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Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008)
  1. ^ "The Immortals: The First Fifty". Rolling Stone Issue 946. Rolling Stone.
  2. ^ All Killer, No Filler! Rolling Stone Magazine online. (November 1, 2003). Accessed September 30, 2007.
  3. ^ Natchez Under The Hill Saloon - Natchez Mississippi
  4. ^ Johnny Cash, Cash: The Autobiography, 1997, p. 98.
  5. ^ Jerry Lee Lewis – Greatest Live Performances of the '50s, '60s and '70s – DVD, 2007.
  6. ^ "The Steve Allen Show" (1956-1957) (Retrieved on January 31, 2008)
  7. ^ Andrew Ford. "Jerry Lee Lewis Plays Mozart." Composer to Composer London: Quartet Books, 1993. pp 192-195, p 194
  8. ^ Peter Checksfield, "Jerry Lee Lewis. The Greatest Live Show on Earth", Record Collector, #188 - April 1995, p. 79.
  9. ^ Milo Miles, Album review of Live at the Star Club, Hamburg. Rolling Stone, #899/900 - July 2002, p.112.
  10. ^ Q Magazine, #1, 2002, p.59.
  11. ^ Mojo, 3/01/04, p.52.
  12. ^ a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Album Review: "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg" at Allmusic.
  13. ^ Steven Stoulder, Editorial review of "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg" at Amazon.com.
  14. ^ Rob Patterson, "Jerry Lee Lewis: ‘The Killer’ Keeps Comin’ Back", at BMI / MusicWorld, December 22, 2006.
  15. ^ Jerry Lee Lewis FAQ - Nesbit Ranch
  16. ^ Jerry Lee Lewis
  17. ^ Jerry Lee Lewis Home, Nesbit, Mississippi - Backroads of American Music
  18. ^ [1], official London Rock 'n' Roll Festival website

References

  • Tosches, Nick (1982). Hellfire. New York: Grove Press. 
  • Gutterman, Jimmy (1991). Rockin' My Life Away: Listening to Jerry Lee Lewis. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press. 
  • Gutterman, Jimmy (1993). The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer, No Filler. Rhino Records. 
  • Lewis, Myra (1981). Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis. William Morrow/Quill/St. Martin's Press. 
  • Whitburn, Joel (1985). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. 

External links and sources


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NAME Lewis, Jerry Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lewis, Jerry Lee
SHORT DESCRIPTION Singer, Songwriter, Pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1935-9-29
PLACE OF BIRTH Ferriday, Louisiana, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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