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Jerry Lee Lewis
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Jerry Lee Lewis, the Killer, is the rock n' roll singer-songwriter and pianist, whose enduring image will be him standing at the piano, limbs flailing, quiff flying, while he belts out "Great Balls of Fire" - his signature tune.

Lewis developed his style early, mixing boogie-woogie, rock, gospel and rhythm and blues. As a youth he was expelled from university for playing 'worldly' music. He moved… Read more in Amazon's Jerry Lee Lewis Store

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  • Audio CD (June 7, 1999)
  • Original Release Date: June 7, 1999
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Recall Records UK
  • ASIN: B00000IGOO
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #277,799 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Disc: 1
1. Crazy Arms
2. End of the Road
3. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
4. It'll Be Me
5. Great Balls of Fire
6. You Win Again
7. Mean Woman Blues
8. Breathless
9. Down the Line
10. High School Confidential
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Disc: 2
1. Let's Talk About Us
2. Ballad of Billy Joe
3. Little Queenie
4. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
5. Baby Baby Bye Bye
6. Old Black Joe
7. Hang up My Rock & Roll Shoes
8. John Henry
9. When I Get Paid
10. What'd I Say
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36 track retrospective of the early rock'n'roll great's hit years on the Sun label. Features all of his U.S. chart hits for them, including 'Great Balls Of Fire', 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On', 'Breathless', 'Sweet Little Sixteen', 'What'd I Say', 'I'll Sail My Ship Alone' and more! Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The rock'n'roll years, March 15, 2005
Jerry Lee's personal life has been eventful to say the least, but his brilliance as a singer and pianist has never been in question. As far as his music is concerned, there were two distinct phases to his recording career - the rock'n'roll music of the late fifties and early sixties (the subject of this compilation) and the country music of the late sixties and seventies (brilliant but often overlooked, best represented on Rhino's out of print Anthology).

Jerry Lee's later switch to country music should not have surprised anybody as his rock'n'roll recordings included a fair number of rocking covers of country songs. Indeed, his very first single was a cover of Crazy arms (originally a country song by Ray Price). However, it was Jerry Lee's second single, Whole lotta shaking going on, that gave him a major international hit. More classic hits followed (Great balls of fire, Breathless, High school confidential, Loving up a storm, Baby baby bye bye) but Jerry Lee soon became a controversial figure, which affected his popularity and (ultimately) record sales.

Jerry Lee managed a UK top ten with a cover of What'd I say (Ray Charles) in 1961, but that was his last major pop hit on either side of the Atlantic. He only had three further (minor) hits in the UK (Sweet little sixteen, Good golly miss Molly, Chantilly lace). Of these, Chantilly lace was a 1972 recording and is outside the scope of this compilation.

This compilation includes all of Jerry Lee's hits from the fifties and early sixties as well as his distinctive covers of various R+B, pop and country songs including You win again, Mean woman blues, I'll sail my ship alone, Cold cold heart and Save the last dance for me.

Every rock'n'roll fan needs a Jerry Lee compilation. This is as good as any you ewill find.
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