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In 1986 , the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened and the inaugural class was inducted. The first one in ? Well, none other than The Killer of course! His contributions to rock and roll have been recognised and celebrated for decades but what seems to have somehow fallen through the cracks is his enormous contributions to country music. Between 1957 & 2014, Jerry Lee Lewis entered the US country charts more than 100 times with 65 of his singles and 42 of his albums. Needless to say, he was extremely successful in country music. This CD doesn't come close to capturing all the Killer's country best but how could it possibly? The CD has just 20 songs and he had 30 top 10s! It doesn't try to be a "greatest hits" package. Instead, it focuses on the period of 1963 - 1978, the Smash/ Mercury years. During this time, his career was at it's absolute peak. Many of the hit singles are included here, beginning with "Another Place, Another Time" & "What Made Milwaukee Famous", the two songs that launched his country comeback in 1968. This collection also includes "The Hole He Said He'd Dig For Me" from his first Smash session 5 years earlier that helps illustrate that the Killer didn't just wake up one day and decide to start singing country music, he'd been recording it all along. Country number ones "There Must Be More To Love Than This" , "Me And Bobby McGee" and "Think About It, Darlin" are here alongside a few rare tracks like "Jack Daniels Old Number 7" and "You're All Too Ugly Tonight" that help keep the collection interesting. "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye" , "Touching Home" and "Middle Age Crazy" were some of his most durable hits, and all prime examples of "Killer Country" and are all rightfully included and at the end, there's "A Damn Good Country Song" (which seems to sum it all up.) There is no one stop shop for all the Killer's greatest hits. This is simply a place to start. I consider Killer Country an essential album. It's indispensable. I've had to rebuild my collection a few times and this is always where I restart. Day one, my first dollar spent. Jerry Lee Lewis. Killer Country. Music just doesn't get any better than this . A disc for a desert Isle.
...Think about it!
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