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Additional Reading

Biographies include Myra Lewis and Murray Silver, Great Balls of Fire (1982), written in part by Jerry Lee Lewis’s third wife; and Nick Tosches, Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story (1982).

Representative Works

  • “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”/“It’ll Be Me” (1957)
  • “Great Balls of Fire”/“You Win Again” (1957)
  • “What’d I Say”/“Livin’ Lovin’ Wreck” (1961)
  • The Greatest Live Show on Earth (1964)
  • “Another Place, Another Time” (1968)

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Jerry Lee Lewis. Aug 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Jerry Lee Lewis: Live, Singing As If Life Depended on It. Mar 23, 2026
Add new Web site: TeachRock - Jerry Lee Lewis. Dec 04, 2025
Anniversary information added. Oct 24, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 25, 2025
Fixed display issue. Jul 01, 2025
Article revised and updated. Jul 01, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Remembering Jerry Lee Lewis. Mar 24, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC News - Jerry Lee Lewis: A toxic cocktail of scandal, addiction and violence. May 28, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Jerry Lee Lewis. Dec 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Jerry Lewis Profile. Aug 15, 2023
Noted that he died on October 28, 2022. Oct 28, 2022
Added the album Rock & Roll Time. May 15, 2019
Add new Web site: Mississippi Writers and Musicians - Biography of Jerry Lee Lewis. Mar 29, 2019
Add new Web site: 64 Parishes - Biography of Jerry Lee Lewis. Mar 30, 2014
Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Jerry Lee Lewis. May 17, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Jerry Lee Lewis. May 17, 2013
Added the albums Last Man Standing (2006) and Mean Old Man (2010). Also added his 1986 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sep 07, 2010
Added new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Jerry Lee Lewis. May 14, 2009
Added new Web site: Official Site of Jerry Lee Lewis. May 14, 2009
Article revised. Feb 09, 2000
Article added to new online database. Oct 27, 1999
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