Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer-Mercury Years 1963-1977 3CD

Born September 29, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana, Jerry Lee had only one or two piano lessons, the teacher whacking him for wanting to play in his own style right from the start. Instead, Jerry taught himself from the radio and juke box, soaking up the styles of Hank Williams, Jimmy Rodgers, Al Jolson and other artists in a glorious era of American popular music. Another major influence came from sneaking into Haney's Big House, the black blues club in Ferriday, where the songs were revelatory both in subject matter and beat to a boy who had been raised in the tightly buttoned tradition of Assembly of God Christianity. After two marriages, a brief try at Bible college (expelled for playing the piano his way), and a disastrous episode selling vacuum cleaners door to door, Jerry noticed some interesting new music on the radio, most of which seemed to be emanating from Sun Records. He and his father, Elmo Lewis, pooled their extremely limited funds and drove to Memphis where Jerry announced himself at Sun and demanded an audition in November 1956. Sun owner Sam Phillips quickly signed Jerry in hopes of replacing Elvis Presley, whose contract he had recently sold to RCA. Even without Presley, Sun had a stellar roster with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison. Jerry soon eclipsed them all with two monster hit singles in 1957: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On and Great Balls of Fire. His debut appearance on The Steve Allen Show on July 28 took early rock to a stunning and unsurpassed level of intensity. The following year Jerry went on his now legendary, then catastrophic tour of England. The press discovered that he had married his 13-year-old second cousin Myra Brown and hounded him out of the country. When he returned to the States, he found his career in ruins, with most DJs refusing to play his records. Although Jerry was always able to make a living playing clubs, he did not have another major hit until 1968 with the classic country ballad Another Place Another Time. With the revival of interest in 50s music during the 70s, Jerry kept one foot in rock and blues (Southern Roots) and one foot in country, where he continued to have hit singles like What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me). His 1978 performance in American Hot Wax, which re-created the concerts of rock's early years, was the movie's high point. In 1989, he got his own movie biography, Great Balls of Fire, which was a greater success musically than dramatically. Even if the screenplay didn't quite work, Jerry's piano certainly did. Although the country audience was the first to forgive and welcome back Jerry after his marriage to Myra, his continued rock & roll behavior always made him a suspect figure to the Nashville establishment. Whether broadcasting to millions or singing to a few dozen fans in a small club, Jerry was liable to mouth off at any moment, lacing into his backup musicians for a wrong note or spelling out what is mostly implied in the original Whole Lotta Shakin' lyric. Also fast with his hands, he has been known to bash unruly fans in the face with his mike stand and not miss a note of his piano solo. Despite a vast recording career that few artists have matched in quantity or quality, Jerry rarely got to enjoy the fruits of his labor in the form of royalties because of an endless string of lawsuits, outright theft and simple inattention to detail during the early part of his amazing career. Jerry's other travails have been well documented over the decades. Two of his children and two of his wives died in tragic accidents. He had three monumental battles with the Internal Revenue Service. He had a war with alcohol and pills that almost killed him. And his long and rocky sixth marriage ended in an even longer and rockier divorce that was finally granted in the summer of 2005. Now a free man, drinking grape soda instead of what's made Milwaukee famous, Jerry is actively touring and poised to make another assault on the record charts with The Last Man Standing, his first studio album since 1995, the Jerry Lee Lewis Definitive Collection from Universal Records and the impressive new 3 CD box set from Time Life, aptly entitled Legends of American Music: Jerry Lee Lewis A Half Century of Hits. Who would have guessed that out of all the great musicians who created rock & roll in Memphis Tennessee at Sun Records in the 1950's, The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis would be the last man standing and still going strong. Just point me to the piano and in fifteen minutes, I'll have 'em shakin', shoutin', shiverin' and shackin. He can still sing like nobody else. He can still play the piano like nobody else, and defying all the actuarial tables for rock & roll outlaws, Jerry Lee Lewis is alive and well and thrilling audiences around the world. (Chuck Young, 2006) - - - Jerry left Sun records in September 1963 after being with the company for nearly 7 years. He then signed to Smash records where he remained for the next 15 years, though the Smash label was dissolved in 1970 & thereafter all releases were on the parent company Mercury. This three-volume set takes you through the best of the Mercury years, country, rock and gospel styles. - - - Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer-the Mercury years. Vol. 1, 1963-1968 (Chicago Mercury 1989) 1. Corrine, Corrina. 2. The hole he said he'd dig for me. 3. She was my baby (he was my friend). 4. Got you on my mind. 5. Mathilda. 6. Memphis beat. 7. Don't let go. 8. Skid row. 9. I believe in you. 10. Baby, hold me close. 11. Funny how time slips away. 12. This must be the place. 13. Who will the next fool be? 14. Rockin' Jerry Lee. 15. Dream baby. 16. Louisiana man. 17. Today I started loving you again. 18. I'm on fire. 19. The wild side of life. 20. Walking the floor over you. 21. Another place, another time. 22. Break my mind. 23. Swinging doors. 24. What's made Milwaukee famous Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer-the Mercury years. Vol. 2, 1969-1972 (Chicago Mercury 1989) 1. Jambalaya. 2. Home away from home. 3. I can't stop loving you. 4. Oh lonesome me. 5. You've still got a place in my heart. 6. Why don't you love me (like you used to). 7. Reuben James. 8. Since I met you baby. 9. You went out of your way (to walk on me). 10. Handwriting on the wall. 11. You don't miss your water. 12. On the Jericho Road, I'll fly away. 13. Flip, flop and fly. 14. Blue suede shoes. 15. Stagger Lee. 16. Today I started loving you again. 17. Shoeshine man. 18. I'm in the Gloryland way. 19. When he walks on you (like you walked on me). 20. Workin' man blues. 21. I get the blues when it rains. 22. Please don't talk about me when I'm gone. 23. Another hand shakin' goodbye. 24. Me and Bobby McGee Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer-the Mercury years. Vol 3, 1973-1977 (Chicago Mercury 1989) 1. Haunted house 2. Meat man 3. Born to be a loser 4. Just a little bit 5. Honey hush 6. Ill find it where I can 7. Boogie woogie country man 8. Im still jealous of you 9. Honky tonk wine 10. Im left, yore right, shes gone 11. No one knows me 12. Jerrys place 13. Jesus is on the mainline (call him sometime) 14. Shake, rattle & roll 15. The house of blue lights 16. Goodnight Irene 17. Lord, Ive tried everything but you 18. Country memories 19. I can help 20. I dont want to be lonely tonight 21. That kind of fool 22. Your cheatin heart 23. Crawdad song 24. As long as we live 25. Ivory tears

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