Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29, 1935, to Elmo Kidd Lewis Sr. and Mary "Mamie" Herron Lewis in Ferriday, Louisiana. He grew up in an impoverished farming family in Eastern Louisiana. He grew up in an impoverished farming family in Eastern Louisiana.
Myra Gale Lewis Williams (née Brown; born July 11, 1944) is an American author, best known for her controversial marriage at the age of 13 to rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis, who was her first cousin once removed and was 22 at the time.
There's a "whole lotta shaking goin' on" in the great beyond right now as Jerry Lee Lewis passed away today, Oct. 28, at the age of 87. ... He was preceded in death by his parents Elmo and Mamie ...
Jerry Lee Lewis was acclaimed critically but was not a commercial success, peaking at number 23 on the Billboard country albums chart and limping to number 186 on the Top 200. The New York Times wrote that "what justifies the disk is Mr. Lewis's singing, which recalls the rave-up frenzies of his youth and blends the still-exciting edge with a ...
Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin ...
Jerry Lee Lewis, one of the Founding Fathers of rock 'n' roll, died Friday at age 87. "Sunday Morning" anchor Jane Pauley looks back on the singer whose hits included "Great Balls of Fire."
Country Class produced one Top Ten hit, "Let's Put It Back Together Again," which made it to number 6 on the country singles chart. A portion of the album hearkens back to Jerry Lee's musical roots, with two Hank Williams covers and a moving rendition of the traditional "Old Country Church," but it mostly features ballads couched in the smooth production provided by long-time producer Jerry ...
Lewis was known for his energetic stage performances, which included antics such as playing the piano with his feet and lighting the instrument on fire. Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire ...