Jerry Lee Lewis
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| "[Jerry Lee Lewis] started down the wide street, paved with gold, hypnotising millions of disciples, in the sin that is the [[devil's music]]. [[Rock and roll]] is like a painted woman. And he could not resist her charms."--[[Jimmy Swaggart]] in [[Great Balls of Fire! (film) |''Great Balls of Fire!'']] (1989) | "[Jerry Lee Lewis] started down the wide street, paved with gold, hypnotising millions of disciples, in the sin that is the [[devil's music]]. [[Rock and roll]] is like a painted woman. And he could not resist her charms."--[[Jimmy Swaggart]] in [[Great Balls of Fire! (film) |''Great Balls of Fire!'']] (1989) | ||
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| - | "In 1957, [[Sam Phillips|Phillips]], engineer [[Jack Clement]], [[Billy Lee Riley]], and [[Jerry Lee Lewis]] were setting up to make “[[Great Balls of Fire]]," [...] Suddenly [...] Jerry Lee objected. In 1949, as a kid in Ferriday, he had talked his way onto a bandstand for a chance to bang out “Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee,” but the road to Sun took him through an outbreak of [[glossolalia]] in Ferriday to the Southwest Bible College in Waxahachie, Texas; like all Sun rockabilly ravers, he was raised on the [[gospel]], and unlike most he knew it by heart. Sitting in Phillips’s studio, reading over the lead sheet for “Great Balls of Fire,” the meaning of the image must have hit him. “Great balls of fire”: that was a [[Pentecostal]] image, that meant [[Judgment Day]]—and now Sam Phillips wanted Jerry Lee to turn that image into a smutty joke, to defile it. Jerry Lee said no."--''[[Mystery Train (book)|Mystery Train]]'' (1975) by Greil Marcus | + | ""Great balls of fire": that was a [[Pentecostal]] image, that meant [[Judgment Day]]—and now [[Sam Phillips]] wanted [[Jerry Lee Lewis|Jerry Lee]] to turn that image into a smutty joke, to defile it. Jerry Lee said no."--''[[Mystery Train (book)|Mystery Train]]'' (1975) by Greil Marcus |
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| '''Jerry Lee Lewis''' (1935 - 2022) was an [[American singer]], songwriter and pianist working within the [[rock and roll]] and [[rockabilly]] tradition, known for such songs as "[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On]]" (1957) and "[[Great Balls of Fire]]" (1957). | '''Jerry Lee Lewis''' (1935 - 2022) was an [[American singer]], songwriter and pianist working within the [[rock and roll]] and [[rockabilly]] tradition, known for such songs as "[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On]]" (1957) and "[[Great Balls of Fire]]" (1957). | ||
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| + | His rock and roll career faltered in the wake of his marriage to [[Myra Gale Brown]], his 13-year-old cousin once removed, and his popularity quickly eroded following the [[scandal]]. | ||
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| + | He was the cousin of televangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart]]. | ||
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"[Jerry Lee Lewis] started down the wide street, paved with gold, hypnotising millions of disciples, in the sin that is the devil's music. Rock and roll is like a painted woman. And he could not resist her charms."--Jimmy Swaggart in Great Balls of Fire! (1989) ""Great balls of fire": that was a Pentecostal image, that meant Judgment Day—and now Sam Phillips wanted Jerry Lee to turn that image into a smutty joke, to defile it. Jerry Lee said no."--Mystery Train (1975) by Greil Marcus You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain --"Great Balls of Fire" (1957) |
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Jerry Lee Lewis (1935 - 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist working within the rock and roll and rockabilly tradition, known for such songs as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (1957) and "Great Balls of Fire" (1957).
His rock and roll career faltered in the wake of his marriage to Myra Gale Brown, his 13-year-old cousin once removed, and his popularity quickly eroded following the scandal.
He was the cousin of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart.
