For nearly sixty years, Jerry Lee Lewis has been a monumental figure in American life. The wildest and most dangerous of the early rock and rollers, he electrified the world with hit records such as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Great Balls of Fire," and "Breathless." His music was raucous, exube[...]
One of Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Books of the YearFor nearly sixty years, Jerry Lee Lewis has been a monumental figure in American life. He electrified the world with hits like "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," "Great Balls of Fire," and "Breathless." Poised to steal the crown from Elvis Presley, [...]
The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis--and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time.A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent hi[...]
Legendary singer/songwriter and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis was one of the first great rock & roll artists. Nicknamed "The Killer," Jerry Lee Lewis was as famous for his music and energetic live performances as his controversial personal life. This book provides the lyrics along with piano and chord arr[...]
Alfred's Artist series is pleased to introduce the latest DVD from acclaimed artist Jerry Lee Lewis. On the heels of his landmark recording Last Man Standing, Jerry Lee Lewis talks about his 50-year recording career, and, for the first time, demonstrates the piano style that defined rock and roll fo[...]
Otherwise known as The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis has lived an extraordinary life. He spent his childhood raising hell in Louisiana and Mississippi; gave rock-and-roll its devil's edge with hit records like 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' and 'Great Balls of Fire'; performed with everyone from Elvis Pre[...]
Jerry Lee Lewis has lived an extraordinary life. He gave rock and roll its devil's edge with hit records like 'Great Balls of Fire'. His incendiary shows caused riots and boycotts. He ran a decade-long marathon of drugs, drinking, and women, and married his thirteen-year-old second cousin, the third[...]
In "Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found", author Joe Bonomo delves deeply into the accidental intersection between fading American Rockabilly and the ascending Beatlemania. By first taking a look at the critical years before his famed night in 1964 at West Germany's Star-Club, then the tumultuous years [...]
Three cousins, inseparably bonded through music. Each became a star; their story would become a legend. J. D. Davis's enthralling new biography of famous cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley, born within a twelve-month span in small-town Louisiana during the Great Depression, d[...]
Jerry Lee Lewis dramatiska och förtärande liv är det mest sägenomspunna i rockhistorien. Skärseld (Hellfire) är en stormande och fängslande biografi som hyllades världen över när den gavs ut första gången 1982. I dag betraktas den som en amerikansk klassiker.
Jerry Lee föddes[...]
"En fulländad rockbiografi."
Time
Jerry Lee Lewis dramatiska och förtärande liv är det mest sägenomspunna i rockhistorien. Han föddes i Louisiana, in i en släkt märkt av stort mod och ännu större galenskap. Under hela sitt liv har han slitits mellan pingströrelsens s[...]