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Jerry Lee Lewis, Rock Pioneer and ‘Great Balls of Fire’ Singer, Dies at 87
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSinger-pianist Jerry Lee Lewis, the hell-raising, larger-than-life rock ‘n’ roll pioneer and...
Jerry Lee Lewis, rock 'n' roll pioneer and perpetual ball of fire, dies at 87
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor the longest time, it seemed that if Jerry Lee Lewis wasn’t dead already, then obviously nothing...
Jerry Lee Lewis Dead at 87
Billboard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJerry Lee Lewis, piano-bashing rock n’ roll founding father, swaggering country shouter and the last surviving member of the inaugural (1986) class of...
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis dies at 87
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHe was hailed as rock 'n' roll’s first great wild man and lived long enough to be its last. Sun Records star, Million Dollar Quartet member and American...
Jerry Lee Lewis, rock ‘n’ roll icon, dies at 87 at Memphis home
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJerry Lee Lewis, who said rock ’n’ roll would send him to hell and kept playing it anyway, may know now whether his fears were justified. Lewis died Friday at his home in Desoto County, Miss ...
Jerry Lee Lewis Was a Rock & Roll Titan. That Doesn’t Justify What He Did Offstage
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe singer lived out rock's audacity in extreme fashion, making him one of the defining performers...
'The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll': New book explores Sun Records' legacy, Sam Phillips' impact
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn March of 1952, Sam Phillips put out the first release on Sun Records: “Drivin' Slow,” an...
70 years of Sun Records discussed by Peter Guralnick, co-author of new retrospective
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRock 'n' roll is well shy of the tenure of blues and country in the annals of American popular...
From 'Selena' to 'La Bamba': Here are 10 music biopics to include on your watchlist
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBaz Luhrmann's "Elvis" was released in June and is the fifth-highest-grossing musical biopic,...
Why you've probably never heard of one of L.A.'s most influential rockers
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn "Leon Russell," Bill Janovitz tracks a rocker who played with Jagger and Dylan, turned Willie Nelson into a hippie, made six gold records and faded away.