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JL

Station

Jerry Lee Lewis

1956 to 2022 · on Rockabilly · born 1935, died 2022

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Active years

192019401960198020002020

The journey

1950195519601965Rockabilly1957
  1. 1957Rockabilly · Sun Records piano

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Platform

  1. Rockabilly1957 to 1960

    Sun Records piano

    "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire" (both 1957) put the piano at the centre of rockabilly. The 1958 scandal over his marriage cut the run short; he rebuilt a career in country music in the 1960s, outside this slice.

    Key album: Jerry Lee Lewis, 1958

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jerry Lee Lewis (opens in a new tab)

The line

Rockabilly (Rock family)

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jerry Lee Lewis (opens in a new tab)
  2. Holly George-Warren and Patricia Romanowski (editors), The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Fireside, 2001

Cite this page

The Metro Map of Music, ‘Jerry Lee Lewis: station’, /stations/jerry-lee-lewis.