"Yeah, that piano burned like a house on fire. The fire department was there with them as and them rubber suits on, and boy, they got on my case" ~ Jerry Lee Lewis, to GQ "I was supposed to be the ...

By Jennifer Frederick Jerry Lee Lewis ... “Crazy Arms.” Lewis went on to work at the studio as a session musician, playing piano on numerous recordings by Cash, Billy Lee Riley (“Flyin ...

By Jennifer Frederick Jerry Lee Lewis, piano-bashing rock ‘n’ roll founding father, swaggering country shouter and the last surviving member of the inaugural (1986) class of the Rock and Roll ...

A savage, raw energy burning within him ... His vocals were soulful; his piano flourishes delightful. His career was back on track. By 1970, Jerry Lee Lewis had become the most bankable country ...

passionate piano solos over a rich string section. Produced by eccentric pop’s best friend, Andy Paley, Lee Lewis’ 1995 album “Young Blood” is full of Jerry Lee’s fire and dynamite of ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, the early rock n' roll star who skyrocketed to fame with a string of hits in the 1950s, had died, his publicist confirmed to CBS News. He was 87. The last survivor of a generation ...

Jerry Lee Lewis grew up caught in a binary quandary over music and morality, perpetually torn between his religious upbringing and a burning desire ... buy young Jerry a piano.

For the longest time, it seemed that if Jerry Lee Lewis wasn’t dead already, then obviously nothing could kill him. But what alcohol, painkillers, a perforated stomach ulcer, angry fathers and ...

With his pounding piano, his impassioned vocals and his incendiary performing style, Mr. Lewis lived up to his nickname, the Killer. By William Grimes Jerry Lee Lewis, the hard-driving rockabilly ...

The music world is mourning the loss of a Mid-South man being called one of the greatest entertainers and piano players ever. For decades, Jerry Lee Lewis was known to fans simply as The Killer ...