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Do not fill this in! {{Short description|American rock 'n' roll musician (1935–2022)}} {{distinguish|text=[[Jerry Lewis]], the comedian}} {{Use American English|date=November 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{More citations needed|biography|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = <!-- defaults to article title when left blank --> | image = Jerry Lee Lewis 1950s publicity photo cropped retouched.jpg | alt = Lewis posing and smiling in a black-and-white photo | caption = Publicity photo, 1950s | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|09|29}} | birth_place = [[Ferriday, Louisiana]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|28|1935|09|29}} | death_place = [[Nesbit, Mississippi]], U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Pianist|singer|songwriter}} | years_active = 1949–2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Daley |first=Lauren |date=August 2, 2007 |title=Last Man Standing: Jerry Lee at the Z |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20070802/entertain/708020326 |access-date=September 30, 2020 |quote="He made his public debut in 1949 at 14, sitting in with a local country/western band in a Ford dealership parking lot." |newspaper=South Coast Today |archive-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011020956/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20070802/entertain/708020326 |url-status=live }}</ref> | spouse = {{Plainlist| *{{marriage|Dorothy Barton|1952|1953|end=divorced}} *{{marriage|Jane Mitcham|1953|1957|end=divorced}} *{{marriage|[[Myra Gale Brown]]|1957|1970|end=divorced}} *{{marriage|Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate|1971|1982|end=died}} *{{marriage|Shawn Stephens|1983|1983|end=died}} *{{marriage|Karrie McCarver|1984|2005|end=divorced}} *{{marriage|Judith Brown|2012|<!-- 2022|end -->}} }} | children = 6 | relatives = {{Plainlist| *[[Myra Gale Brown]] (cousin) *[[Linda Gail Lewis]] (sister) *[[Mickey Gilley]] (cousin) *[[Carl McVoy]] (cousin) *[[Jimmy Swaggart]] (double first cousin) }} | module = {{Infobox musical artist |embed=yes | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Rock and roll]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/jerry-lee-lewis |access-date=September 4, 2016 |website=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001212832/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[rockabilly]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2019 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, Known for 1950s Rockabilly Piano Hits 'Great Balls of Fire' and 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On,' Has Suffered a Stroke |url=https://myfox8.com/2019/03/02/jerry-lee-lewis-known-for-1950s-rockabilly-piano-hits-great-balls-of-fire-and-whole-lotta-shakin-goin-on-has-suffered-a-stroke/ |access-date=October 23, 2019 |publisher=[[WGHP|WGHP-TV]] |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023092644/https://myfox8.com/2019/03/02/jerry-lee-lewis-known-for-1950s-rockabilly-piano-hits-great-balls-of-fire-and-whole-lotta-shakin-goin-on-has-suffered-a-stroke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[Country music|country]]<ref name="Christgau">{{Cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s]] |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |year=1981 |isbn=0-30680409-3 |page=225 |chapter=Jerry Lee Lewis |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70 |quote=His drive, his timing, his off-hand vocal power, his unmistakable boogie-plus piano, and his absolute confidence in the face of the void make Jerry Lee the quintessential rock and roller. He's a country artist out of geography and simple pique at rock's scared-shitless powers-that-be—it was the inadequacy of country's moralism, after all, that drove him to rockabilly. |author-link=Robert Christgau |access-date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=May 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525112140/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=L&bk=70 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[gospel music|gospel]]<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |last=Koda |first=Cub |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-lee-lewis-mn0000332141/biography |access-date=September 23, 2015 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925211454/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jerry-lee-lewis-mn0000332141/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[honky-tonk#music|honky-tonk]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ratliff, Ben |date=November 26, 2007 |title=A Piano Pounder Stops by, but Things Remain Orderly |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/arts/music/26lewi.html |access-date=October 16, 2020 |quote="He fished from his pool of old honky-tonk and rock 'n' roll songs"... |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028170105/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/arts/music/26lewi.html |url-status=live }}</ref> }} | instrument = {{flatlist| *Piano *vocals }} | discography = [[Jerry Lee Lewis discography|Full list]] | label = {{flatlist| *[[Sun Records|Sun]] *[[Smash Records|Smash]] *[[Mercury Records|Mercury]] *[[Sire Records|Sire]] *[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros]] *[[MCA Records|MCA]]}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Johnny Cash]]|[[Carl Perkins]]|[[Elvis Presley]]|[[Roy Orbison]]|[[Million Dollar Quartet]]|[[Class of '55]]|[[Chuck Berry]]}} }} | website = {{URL|jerryleelewis.com}} }} '''Jerry Lee Lewis''' (September 29, 1935{{snd}}October 28, 2022) was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "'''The Killer'''", he was described as "[[rock 'n' roll]]'s first great wild man". A pioneer of rock 'n' roll and [[rockabilly]] music, Lewis made his first recordings in 1952 at [[Cosimo Matassa]]'s J&M Studio in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, and early recordings in 1956 at [[Sun Records]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. "[[Crazy Arms]]" sold 300,000 copies in the Southern United States, but it was his 1957 hit "[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On]]" that shot Lewis to worldwide fame. He followed this with the major hits "[[Great Balls of Fire]]", "[[Breathless (Jerry Lee Lewis song)|Breathless]]", and "[[High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis song)|High School Confidential]]". His rock and roll career faltered in the wake of his marriage to [[Myra Gale Brown]], his 13-year-old first cousin once removed. His popularity quickly eroded following the scandal, and with few exceptions, such as a cover of [[Ray Charles]]'s "[[What'd I Say]]", he did not have much chart success in the early 1960s. His live performances at this time were increasingly wild and energetic. His 1964 live album ''[[Live at the Star Club, Hamburg]]'' is regarded by many music journalists and fans as one of the wildest and greatest live rock albums ever. In 1968, Lewis made a transition into [[country music]] and had hits with songs such as "[[Another Place, Another Time (Del Reeves song)|Another Place, Another Time]]". This reignited his career, and throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, he regularly topped the country-western charts; throughout his seven-decade career, Lewis had 30 songs reach the Top 10 on the [[Hot Country Songs|''Billboard'' Country and Western Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Marc |date=October 24, 2014 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, the Enduring Rebel of Rock 'n' Roll |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/jerry-lee-lewis-the-enduring-rebel-of-rocknroll-1413908005 |website=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=March 8, 2017 |archive-date=March 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321082649/https://www.wsj.com/articles/jerry-lee-lewis-the-enduring-rebel-of-rocknroll-1413908005 |url-status=live }}</ref> His No. 1 country hits included "[[To Make Love Sweeter for You]]", "[[There Must Be More to Love Than This]]", "[[Would You Take Another Chance on Me]]", and "[[Me and Bobby McGee]]". Lewis's successes continued throughout the decades, and he embraced his rock and roll past with songs such as a cover of [[The Big Bopper]]'s "[[Chantilly Lace (song)|Chantilly Lace]]" and [[Mack Vickery]]'s "Rockin' My Life Away". In the 21st century, Lewis continued to tour worldwide and released new albums. His 2006 album ''[[Last Man Standing (Jerry Lee Lewis album)|Last Man Standing]]'' was his best-selling release, with over a million copies worldwide. This was followed by ''[[Mean Old Man]]'' in 2010, another of his bestselling albums. Lewis had a dozen [[Music recording certification|gold records]] in rock and country. He won four Grammy awards, including a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] and two [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] Awards. Lewis was inducted into the inaugural class of the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1986, and his pioneering contribution to the genre was recognized by the [[Rockabilly Hall of Fame]]. He was also a member of the inaugural class inducted into the [[Memphis Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memphis Music Hall of Fame |url=http://memphismusichalloffame.com/ |access-date=October 12, 2016 |website=Memphismusichalloffame.com |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009220210/http://memphismusichalloffame.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] in 2022. In 1989, his life was chronicled in the movie ''[[Great Balls of Fire! (film)|Great Balls of Fire]]'', starring [[Dennis Quaid]]. In 2003, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' listed his box set ''[[All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology]]'' at number 242 on their list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 1, 2003 |title=All Killer, No Filler! |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jerryleelewis/articles/story/6599768/242_all_killer_no_filler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205025124/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jerryleelewis/articles/story/6599768/242_all_killer_no_filler |archive-date=December 5, 2008}}</ref> In 2004, they ranked him No. 24 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The Immortals: The First Fifty |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 16, 2006 |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=946}}</ref> Lewis was the last surviving member of [[Sun Records]]' [[Million Dollar Quartet]] and the album ''[[Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming|Class of '55]]'', which also included [[Johnny Cash]], [[Carl Perkins]], [[Roy Orbison]], and [[Elvis Presley]]. Music critic [[Robert Christgau]] said of Lewis: "His drive, his timing, his offhand vocal power, his unmistakable [[boogie]]-plus piano, and his absolute confidence in the face of [[The Void (philosophy)|the void]] make Jerry Lee the quintessential rock and roller."<ref name="Christgau"/> ==Early life== Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29, 1935, to Elmo Kidd Lewis Sr. and Mary "Mamie" Herron Lewis in [[Ferriday, Louisiana]]. He grew up in an impoverished farming family in Eastern Louisiana. In his youth, he began playing the piano with two of his cousins, [[Mickey Gilley]] (later a popular country music singer) and [[Jimmy Swaggart]] (later a popular televangelist). His parents [[Mortgage loan|mortgaged]] their farm to buy him a piano. Lewis was influenced by a piano-playing older cousin, [[Carl McVoy]] (who later recorded with [[Bill Black]]'s Combo), the radio, and the sounds from Haney's Big House, a black [[juke joint]] across the tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 16, 2004 |title=Natchez Under The Hill Saloon – Natchez Mississippi |url=http://www.underthehillsaloon.com/custom/webpage.cfm?content=newsletter&id=50 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040716210854/http://www.underthehillsaloon.com/custom/webpage.cfm?content=newsletter&id=50 |archive-date=July 16, 2004 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |publisher=Underthehillsaloon.com}}</ref> On November 19, 1949, Lewis made his first public performance of his career, playing with a [[country and western]] band at a car dealership in Ferriday. The hit of his set was his performance of [[R&B]] artist [[Stick McGhee]]'s "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Palmer |first=Robert |date=December 13, 1979 |title=The Devil and Jerry Lee Lewis |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-devil-and-jerry-lee-lewis-2-179111/}}</ref> On the live album ''By Request, More of the Greatest Live Show on Earth'', Lewis is heard naming [[Moon Mullican]] as an artist who inspired him.<ref name="allmusic.com">{{Cite web |title=Moon Mullican {{!}} Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/moon-mullican-mn0000594267/biography |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=AllMusic |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804185528/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/moon-mullican-mn0000594267/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> His mother enrolled him at the [[Southwestern Assemblies of God University|Southwest Bible Institute]] in [[Waxahachie, Texas]], so that he could sing evangelical songs exclusively. When Lewis daringly played a [[boogie-woogie]] rendition of "My God Is Real" at a church assembly, it ended his association with the school the same night. Pearry Green, then president of the student body, related how during a talent show Lewis played some "worldly" music. The next morning, the [[Dean (education)|dean]] of the school called Lewis and Green into his office to expel them. After that incident, he went home and started playing at clubs in and around Ferriday and [[Natchez, Mississippi]], becoming part of the burgeoning new [[rock and roll]] sound and cutting his first demo recording in 1952 for [[Cosimo Matassa]] in New Orleans.<ref name=jms>{{Cite web |last=Halsey |first=Jay |year=2021 |title=The Killer Rocks J&M |url=http://cosimocode.com/killer.html |website=The Cosimo Code |access-date=October 29, 2022 |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902142443/http://cosimocode.com/killer.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Tomko|first=Gene|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZKzDwAAQBAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Louisiana Musicians: Jazz, Blues, Cajun, Creole, Zydeco, Swamp Pop, and Gospel|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|year=2020|isbn=978-0807169322|location=Baton Rouge|pages=160|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173501/https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZKzDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Around 1955, he traveled to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], where he played in clubs and attempted to build interest, but was turned down by the [[Grand Ole Opry]], as he was already at the [[Louisiana Hayride]] country stage and radio show in [[Shreveport]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2012 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis {{!}} Sun Record Company |url=https://www.sunrecords.com/artists/jerry-lee-lewis |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204174946/https://www.sunrecords.com/artists/jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Career== ===J&M Studio=== Lewis made his first recordings in 1952 at [[Cosimo Matassa]]'s J&M Studio in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana. He covered [[Lefty Frizzell]]'s "Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)" and his own instrumental composition "Jerry's Boogie" ({{aka}} New Orleans Boogie).<ref name=jms/> ===Sun Records=== [[File:Sun Studio, Memphis, TN (3636820842).jpg|left|thumb|[[Sun Records]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], where Lewis began his career and recorded many of his most famous singles]] [[File:GreenbackDollar.ogg|right|thumb|[[Sun Records]] artist [[Ray Harris]] singing the song "Greenback Dollar", with Lewis playing the piano]] In November 1956, Lewis traveled to [[Memphis, Tennessee]], to audition for [[Sun Records]]. Label owner [[Sam Phillips]] was in Florida, but producer and engineer [[Jack Clement]] recorded Lewis's rendition of [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]]'s "[[Crazy Arms]]" and his own composition "[[End of the Road (Jerry Lee Lewis song)|End of the Road]]". In December 1956, Lewis began recording prolifically as a solo artist and as a [[session musician]] for other Sun artists, including [[Carl Perkins]] and [[Johnny Cash]]. His distinctive piano playing can be heard on many tracks recorded at Sun in late 1956 and early 1957, including Carl Perkins's "[[Matchbox (song)|Matchbox]]", "[[Your True Love]]", and "Put Your Cat Clothes On" and [[Billy Lee Riley]]'s "Flyin' Saucers Rock'n'Roll". On December 4, 1956, [[Elvis Presley]] dropped in on Phillips to pay a social visit while Perkins was in the studio cutting new tracks with Lewis backing him on piano. Johnny Cash was also there watching Perkins. The four then started an impromptu [[jam session]] and Phillips left the tape running.<ref name=pc8 /> These recordings, almost half of which were gospel songs, were released on CD as ''[[Million Dollar Quartet]]''. Tracks also include Elvis Presley's "[[Don't Be Cruel]]" and "[[Paralyzed (Elvis Presley song)|Paralyzed]]", [[Chuck Berry]]'s "[[Brown Eyed Handsome Man]]", and [[Pat Boone]]'s "Don't Forbid Me". [[File:Great Balls of Fire - You Win Again - Cash Box ad 1957.jpg|thumb|''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' advertisement, November 16, 1957]] Lewis's own singles (on which he was billed as "Jerry Lee Lewis And His Pumping Piano") advanced his career as a soloist during 1957, with hits such as "[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On]]", a [[Big Maybelle]] cover, and "[[Great Balls of Fire]]", his biggest hit, bringing him international fame and criticism of the songs, which prompted some radio stations to boycott them. In 2005, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" was selected for permanent preservation in the [[National Recording Registry]] of the [[Library of Congress]]. According to several first-hand sources, including [[Johnny Cash]], Lewis, a devout Christian, was troubled by the sinful nature of his own material, which he believed was leading him and his audience to [[Hell]].<ref>Cash, Johnny (1997). ''[[Cash: The Autobiography]]''. p. 98.</ref> This aspect of Lewis's character was depicted in [[Waylon Payne]]'s portrayal of Lewis in the 2005 film ''[[Walk the Line]]'', based on Cash's autobiographies. As part of his stage act, Lewis pounded the keys with his heel, kicked the [[piano bench]] aside and played standing, raking his hands up and down the keys, sat on the keyboard and stood on the piano. He told ''the [[Pop Chronicles]]'' that kicking over the bench originally happened by accident, but when it got a favorable response, he kept it in the act.<ref name="pc8">{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19756/m1/ |title=Show 8 – The All American Boy: Enter Elvis and the Rock-a-Billies. [Part 2] |show=8}}</ref> His inaugural television appearance, in which he demonstrated some of these moves, was on ''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'' on July 28, 1957, where he played "[[Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On]]".<ref name="dvd-live50-60-70">'' Jerry Lee Lewis – Greatest Live Performances of the '50s, '60s and '70s'' – DVD, 2007.</ref><ref name="steve-allen-show">{{Cite web |date=June 24, 1956 |title=The Steve Allen Show – Episode Guide |url=http://www.tv.com/the-steve-allen-show/show/1465/episode_guide.html?season=2&tag=season_nav;previous |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210210727/http://www.tv.com/the-steve-allen-show/show/1465/episode_guide.html?season=2&tag=season_nav%3Bprevious |archive-date=December 10, 2008 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |publisher=TV.com}}</ref> His dynamic performance style can be seen in films such as ''[[High School Confidential (film)|High School Confidential]]'' (he sang the title song from the back of a [[flatbed truck]]), and ''[[Jamboree (1957 film)|Jamboree]]''. [[Cub Koda]] called him "rock & roll's first great wild man" and also "rock & roll's first great eclectic".<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Cub |last1=Koda |author-link=Cub Koda |editor-last=Bogdanov |editor-first=Vladimir |url=https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidedef00bogd |title=All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music |publisher=Backbeat Books |year=2001 |isbn=9780879306274 |location=San Francisco |page=[https://archive.org/details/allmusicguidedef00bogd/page/234 234] |url-access=registration}}</ref> Classical composer [[Michael Nyman]] has also cited Lewis's style as the progenitor of his own aesthetic.<ref>[[Andrew Ford (composer)|Andrew Ford]]. "Jerry Lee Lewis Plays Mozart". ''Composer to Composer'' London: Quartet Books, 1993. pp 192–195, p 194</ref> In 1960, Phillips opened a new state-of-the-art studio at 639 Madison Avenue in Memphis,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Phillips: The Sound and Legacy of Sun Records |url=https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/nov/phillips/011128.sam.phillips.html |access-date=September 13, 2014 |publisher=npr.org |archive-date=October 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016031755/http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/nov/phillips/011128.sam.phillips.html |url-status=live }}</ref> abandoning the old Union Avenue studio where Phillips had recorded [[B.B. King]], [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Roy Orbison]], [[Carl Perkins]], Lewis, [[Johnny Cash]], and others, and also opened a studio in [[Nashville]]. It was at the latter studio that Lewis recorded his only major hit during this period, a rendition of [[Ray Charles]]'s "[[What'd I Say]]" in 1961. In Europe, other updated versions of "[[Sweet Little Sixteen]]" (September 1962 UK) and "[[Good Golly, Miss Molly]]" (March 1963) entered the [[hit parade]]. On popular EPs, "Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes", "I've Been Twistin{{'"}}, "Money", and "Hello Josephine" also became turntable hits, especially in nascent [[discothèque]]s. Another recording of Lewis playing an instrumental boogie arrangement of the [[Glenn Miller Orchestra]]'s "[[In the Mood]]" was issued on the [[Phillips International Records|Phillips International]] label under the pseudonym "The Hawk".<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2012 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis {{!}} Sun Record Company |url=https://www.sunrecords.com/artists/jerry-lee-lewis |access-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=February 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204174946/https://www.sunrecords.com/artists/jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Marriage controversy=== Lewis's turbulent personal life was hidden from the public until a May 1958 British tour where Ray Berry, a news agency reporter at London's [[Heathrow Airport]] (the only journalist present), learned about Lewis's third wife, Myra Gale Brown. She is Lewis's [[first cousin once removed]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devin Miller |date=April 17, 1998 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Online Wild One's Clubhouse: The Largest Jerry Lee Lewis Homepage on the Internet! |url=http://jerry9.tripod.com/Myra.htm |access-date=July 11, 2015 |publisher=Jerry9.tripod.com |archive-date=June 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623135413/http://jerry9.tripod.com/Myra.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cecil Adams |date=October 1, 2004 |title=What's wrong with cousins marrying? |url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/041001.html |access-date=July 11, 2015 |publisher=The Straight Dope |archive-date=May 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526033048/http://www.straightdope.com/columns/041001.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><!-- DO NOT CHANGE COUSIN STATEMENT - SEE TALK PAGE --> and was 13 years old when they married—though Lewis, who was 22 years old at the time, claimed she was actually 15. The publicity caused an uproar, and the tour was canceled after only three concerts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 27, 2019 |orig-year=November 13, 2009 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis drops a bombshell in London |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jerry-lee-lewis-drops-a-bombshell-in-london |access-date=October 1, 2019 |website=History.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks |archive-date=November 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126113301/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jerry-lee-lewis-drops-a-bombshell-in-london |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Smash Records=== Lewis's Sun recording contract ended in 1963, and he joined [[Smash Records]], where he made several rock recordings that did not further his career. The team at Smash (a division of [[Mercury Records]]) came up with "I'm on Fire", a song that they felt would be perfect for Lewis and, as [[Colin Escott]] writes in the sleeve to the retrospective ''A Half Century of Hits'', "Mercury held the presses, thinking they had found Lewis's comeback hit, and it might have happened if [[the Beatles]] hadn't arrived in America, changing radio playlists almost overnight. Mercury didn't really know what to do with Lewis after that."<ref name="Escott">{{citation|title=A Half Century Of Hits|url=http://albumlinernotes.com/A_Half_Century_Of_Hits.html|type=CD liner|date=January 2006|author=Colin Escott|publisher=[[Time Life]]|access-date=October 30, 2022|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420104332/http://albumlinernotes.com/A_Half_Century_Of_Hits.html|url-status=live}}</ref> One of Smash's first decisions was to record a retread of his Sun hits, ''[[Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis]]'', which was inspired by the continuing enthusiasm European fans had shown for Lewis's firebrand rock and roll. In June 1963, Lewis returned to the UK for the first time since the scandal that nearly ended his career five years earlier, to headline a performance on the ''[[MV Royal Daffodil (1939)|MV Royal Daffodil]]'', for a [[English Channel|cross-channel]] rock and roll cruise from [[Southend-on-Sea|Southend, Essex]], to [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne, France]]. For this performance, he was backed by [[Ritchie Blackmore]] and [[The Outlaws (band)|the Outlaws]].<ref name="Bloom2009">{{Cite book |last=Jerry Bloom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1f53kihTyRMC&pg=PA100-IA5 |title=Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore |date=November 5, 2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-053-3 |pages=100 |access-date=March 10, 2020 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173507/https://books.google.com/books?id=1f53kihTyRMC&pg=PA100-IA5 |url-status=live }}</ref> None of Lewis's early Smash albums, including ''[[The Return of Rock]]'', ''[[Memphis Beat]]'', and ''[[Soul My Way]]'', were commercial successes. ===''Live at the Star Club, Hamburg''=== One major success during these lost years was the concert album ''[[Live at the Star Club, Hamburg]]'', recorded with [[the Nashville Teens]] in 1964, which is considered one of the greatest live albums ever.<ref name="Checksfield">Checksfield, Peter (1995). "Jerry Lee Lewis. The Greatest Live Show on Earth". ''[[Record Collector]]'', No. 188, April 1995, p. 79.</ref><ref name="Q-2002">{{Cite magazine |year=2002 |title=Live at the Star Club, Hamburg |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=1 |page=59}}</ref><ref name="Mojo-2004">{{Cite magazine |date=March 1, 2004 |title=Live at the Star Club, Hamburg : Review |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |page=52}}</ref><ref name="AMG-Erlewine">Stephen Thomas Erlewine, [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r78332|pure_url=yes}} Album Review: "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg"] at ''[[AllMusic]]''.</ref><ref name="Rolling-Stone-2009">{{Cite magazine |title=Jerry Lee Lewis: Live at the Star Club, Hamburg [Bear Family] |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jerryleelewis/albums/album/284513/review/5940644/live_at_the_star_club_hamburg_bear_family |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910033507/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jerryleelewis/albums/album/284513/review/5940644/live_at_the_star_club_hamburg_bear_family |archive-date=September 10, 2009 |access-date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> In [[Joe Bonomo]]'s book ''Lost and Found'', producer [[Siegfried_Loch|Siggi Loch]] stated that the recording setup was uncomplicated, with microphones placed as close to the instruments as possible and a stereo mic placed in the audience to capture the ambience. The results were sonically astonishing, with Bonomo observing, "Detractors complain of the album's crashing noisiness, the lack of subtlety with which Jerry Lee revisits the songs, the fact that the piano is mixed too loudly, but what is certain is that Siggi Loch on this spring evening captured something brutally honest about the Killer, about the primal and timeless centre of the very best rock & roll..." The album showcases Lewis's skills as a pianist and singer, honed by relentless touring. In a 5-out-of-5-stars review, Milo Miles wrote in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine that "''Live at the Star Club, Hamburg'' is not an album, it's a crime scene: Jerry Lee Lewis slaughters his rivals in a thirteen-song set that feels like one long convulsion." ===Country comeback=== [[File:Carl Perkins Roy Orbison Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis 1977.jpg|thumb|left|Lewis performing with [[Roy Orbison]], [[Johnny Cash]] and [[Carl Perkins]] on ''The Johnny Cash Christmas Special'' in November 1977]] Frustrated by Smash's inability to score a hit, Lewis was planning on leaving the label when promotions manager [[Eddie Kilroy]] pitched the idea of cutting a pure country record in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]. With nothing to lose, Lewis agreed to record the [[Jerry Chesnut]] song "[[Another Place, Another Time (Del Reeves song)|Another Place, Another Time]]", which was released as a single on March 9, 1968, and, to everyone's amazement, shot up the country charts. At the time of the release, Lewis had been playing [[Iago]] in a rock and roll adaptation of ''Othello'' called ''Catch My Soul'' in Los Angeles but was soon rushed back to Nashville to record another batch of songs with producer [[Jerry Kennedy]]. What followed was a string of hits that no one could have predicted, although country music always remained a major part of Lewis's repertoire. As Colin Escott observes in the sleeve to the 1995 compilation ''Killer Country'', the conversion to country music in 1968 "looked at the time like a radical shift, but it was neither as abrupt nor as unexpected as it seemed. Jerry had always recorded country music, and his country breakthrough 'Another Place, Another Time' had been preceded by countless country records starting with his first, '[[Crazy Arms]]', in 1956." The last time Lewis had had a song on the country charts was with "Pen and Paper" in 1964, which had reached number 36, but "Another Place, Another Time" would go all the way to number 4 and remain on the charts for 17 weeks. Between 1968 and 1977, Lewis had 17 Top 10 hit singles on the Billboard country chart, including four chart-toppers. Hits include "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out of Me)", "To Make Love Sweeter For You", "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)", "Since I Met You Baby", "Once More With Feeling", "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)", and "Sometimes A Memory Ain't Enough". The production on his early country albums, such as ''[[Another Place, Another Time (album)|Another Place, Another Time]]'' and ''She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye'', was sparse, quite different from the slick "[[Nashville sound]]" that was predominant on country radio at the time, and also expressed a full commitment by Lewis to a country audience. The songs still featured Lewis's inimitable piano flourishes, but critics were most taken aback by the rock and roll pioneer's effortlessly soulful vocals, which possessed an emotional resonance on par with the most respected country singers of the time, such as [[George Jones]] and [[Merle Haggard]]. In his book ''Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story'', biographer Rick Bragg notes that the songs Lewis was recording "were of the kind they were starting to call 'hard country', not because it had a rock beat or crossed over into rock in a real way, but because it was more substantial than the cloying, overproduced mess out there on country radio". In a remarkable turnaround, Lewis became the most bankable country star in the world. He was so huge in 1970 that his former Smash producer [[Shelby Singleton]], who purchased [[Sun Records]] from [[Sam Phillips]] in July 1969, wasted no time in repackaging many of Lewis's old country recordings with such effectiveness that many fans assumed they were recent releases. One of his later unreleased Sun recordings, "[[One Minute Past Eternity]]", was issued as a single and soared to number 2 on the country chart, following Lewis's recent [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] hit "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye". Singleton would milk these unreleased recordings for years, following ''The Golden Cream of the Country'' with ''[[A Taste of Country]]'' later in 1970. ===Grand Ole Opry appearance=== Lewis played the [[Grand Ole Opry]] only once, on January 20, 1973. As Colin Escott writes in the liner notes to ''A Half Century of Hits'', he had maintained an ambivalence to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Music City]] ever since he was turned away as an aspiring musician before his glory days at [[Sun Records]]: "It was 18 years since he had left [[Nashville]] broke and disheartened...Lewis was never truly accepted in Nashville. He didn't move there and didn't [[schmooze]] there. He didn't fit in with the family values crowd. Lewis family values weren't necessarily worse, but they were different."<ref name="Escott"/> As recounted in a 2015 online ''Rolling Stone'' article by Beville Dunkerly, Lewis opened with his comeback single "[[Another Place, Another Time (Del Reeves song)|Another Place, Another Time]]". Ignoring his allotted time constraints—and, thus, commercial breaks—Lewis played for 40 minutes (the average Opry performance is two songs, for about eight minutes of stage time maximum) and invited [[Del Wood]]—the one member of the Opry who had been kind to him when he had been there as a teenager—out on stage to sing with him. He also blasted through "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On", "Workin' Man Blues", "Good Golly, Miss Molly", and a number of other classics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunkerly, Beville |date=January 20, 2015 |title=Flashback: Jerry Lee Lewis Drops an F-Bomb on the Grand Ole Opry |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-jerry-lee-lewis-drops-an-f-bomb-on-the-grand-ole-opry-167176/ |access-date=September 30, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021172629/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-jerry-lee-lewis-drops-an-f-bomb-on-the-grand-ole-opry-167176/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ===''The Session'' and ''Southern Roots''=== [[File:JerryLee Lewis 1977.jpg|thumb|right|Lewis performing in 1977]] Lewis returned to the pop charts with "[[Me and Bobby McGee]]" in 1971 and "[[Chantilly Lace (song)|Chantilly Lace]]" in 1972, and this, coupled with a revitalized public interest in vintage [[rock and roll]], inspired Mercury to fly Lewis to London in 1973 to record with a cadre of British and Irish musicians, including [[Rory Gallagher]], [[Kenney Jones]], and Albert Lee. By all accounts the sessions were tense. The remake of Lewis's old Sun cut "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" was the album's hit single, reaching number 20 on the ''Billboard'' country chart and peaking at number 41 on the pop chart. ''The Session'' was his highest pop charting album since 1964's ''[[Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis]]'', hitting number 37. It did far better on the country albums chart, rising to number 4. Later that year, he went to Memphis and recorded ''[[Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis]]'', a soul-infused rock album produced by Huey Meaux. According to Rick Bragg's authorized 2014 biography, "the Killer" was in a foul mood when he showed up at Trans Maximus Studios in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] to record: "During these sessions, he insulted the producer, threatened to kill a photographer, and drank and medicated his way into but not out of a fog." During one exchange that can be heard on the 2013 reissue ''Southern Roots: The Original Sessions'', Meaux asks Lewis, "Do you wanna try one?", meaning a take, to which Lewis replies, "If you got enough fuckin' sense to cut it."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Little |first=Michael H. |date=September 29, 2020 |title=Graded on a Curve: Jerry Lee Lewis, Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis |url=http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/2020/09/graded-on-a-curve-jerry-lee-lewis-southern-roots-back-home-to-memphis-2/ |access-date=March 22, 2021 |website=The Vinyl District |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115110247/http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/2020/09/graded-on-a-curve-jerry-lee-lewis-southern-roots-back-home-to-memphis-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lewis was still pumping out country albums, although the hits were beginning to dry up. His last big hit with Mercury was "Middle Age Crazy", which made it to number 4 in 1977. ===Later career=== [[File:Jerry Lee Lewis @ Credicard Hall 01.jpg|thumb|Lewis performing in 2009]] In 1979, Lewis switched record labels to [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] and produced the critically acclaimed ''Jerry Lee Lewis'', although sales were disappointing. In 1986, Lewis was one of the inaugural inductees into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]. Although looking frail after several hospitalizations due to stomach problems, Lewis was responsible for beginning an unplanned jam at the end of the evening, which was incorporated into all future events. That year, he returned to Sun Studio in Memphis to team up with Orbison, Cash, and Perkins along with longtime admirers like [[John Fogerty]] to create the album ''[[Class of '55]]''. In 1989, a major motion picture based on his early life in rock and roll, ''[[Great Balls of Fire! (film)|Great Balls of Fire!]]'', brought him back into the public eye, especially when he decided to re-record all his songs for the movie soundtrack. The film was based on the book by Lewis's ex-wife, Myra Gale Lewis, and starred [[Dennis Quaid]] as Lewis, [[Winona Ryder]] as Myra, and [[Alec Baldwin]] as Jimmy Swaggart. The movie focuses on Lewis's early career and his relationship with Myra and ends with the scandal of the late 1950s. A year later, in 1990, Lewis made minor news when a new song he recorded called "It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)" was included in the soundtrack to the hit movie ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]''. The song is also heard in the movie, playing on the radio. The public downfall of his cousin, [[televangelist]] [[Jimmy Swaggart]] around the same time, resulted in more adverse publicity to a troubled family. Swaggart is also a piano player, as is another cousin, country music star [[Mickey Gilley]]. All three listened to the same music in their youth and frequented Haney's Big House, the Ferriday club that featured black blues acts. Lewis and Swaggart had a complex relationship over the years. [[File:JerryLeeLewis.jpg|thumb|left|Lewis performing at the Rhythm Festival in [[Bedford, England|Bedford]], England, in 2006]] In 1998, Lewis toured Europe with [[Chuck Berry]] and [[Little Richard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=RHOF Archived Reviews |url=http://www.rockabillyhall.com/Rev9804.MiroS01.html |access-date=March 22, 2021 |website=Rockabillyhall.com |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917123541/http://www.rockabillyhall.com/Rev9804.MiroS01.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> On February 12, 2005, he was given a [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]] by [[The Recording Academy]].<ref name=":2" /> On September 26, 2006, a new album titled ''[[Last Man Standing (Jerry Lee Lewis album)|Last Man Standing]]'' was released, featuring many of rock and roll's elite as guest stars. Receiving positive reviews, the album charted on four different Billboard charts, including a two-week stay at number one on the Indie charts. A DVD entitled ''[[Last Man Standing Live]]'', featuring concert footage with many guest artists, was released in March 2007. [[File:Jerry Lee Lewis4 - Photo by Anthony Pepitone.jpg|thumb|left|Lewis performing in 2006]] In October 2008, as part of a successful European tour, Lewis appeared at two London shows: a special private show at the [[100 Club]] on October 25, and at the [[London Forum]] on October 28 with [[Wanda Jackson]] and his sister, [[Linda Gail Lewis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=londonrocknroll.com |url=http://ww5.londonrocknroll.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801192449/http://www.londonrocknroll.com/ |archive-date=August 1, 2015 |website=Londonrocknroll.com}}</ref> In August 2009, in advance of his new album, a single entitled "[[Mean Old Man]]" was released for download. It was written by [[Kris Kristofferson]]. An EP featuring this song and four more was also released on November 11. On October 29, 2009, Lewis opened the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concert at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soeder, John |date=October 30, 2009 |title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame anniversary concerts kick off with Jerry Lee Lewis and 'Whole Lotta Shakin' |url=https://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/2009/10/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_ann.html |access-date=September 30, 2020 |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130211445/https://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/2009/10/rock_and_roll_hall_of_fame_ann.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2013, Lewis opened a new club on Beale Street in Memphis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2013 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis To Open Beale Street Club |url=https://wreg.com/2013/02/26/jerry-lee-lewis-to-open-beale-street-club/ |access-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725194837/https://wreg.com/2013/02/26/jerry-lee-lewis-to-open-beale-street-club/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2017 |title=Our Venue |url=https://jerryleelewismemphis.com/about/our-venue/ |access-date=November 11, 2020 |website=Jerryleelewismemphis.com |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125025644/https://jerryleelewismemphis.com/about/our-venue/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis was still considered actively performing in concert,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Concerts: Upcoming Events |url=http://jerryleelewis.com/?page_id=4 |access-date=June 8, 2018 |publisher=JerryLeeLewis.com |archive-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606104753/http://jerryleelewis.com/?page_id=4 |url-status=live }}</ref> though he had to cancel all shows following his February 28, 2019, stroke, waiting for his doctors' go-ahead.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Recovery Update: Jerry Lee Lewis Is Heading In The Right Direction |url=https://jerryleelewis.com/2019/03/18/recovery-update-jerry-lee-lewis-is-heading-in-the-right-direction/ |website=Jerryleelewis.com |access-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725194840/https://jerryleelewis.com/2019/03/18/recovery-update-jerry-lee-lewis-is-heading-in-the-right-direction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, Lewis had a personal presence at The Country Music Television ''Skyville Live'' show. It was a specially recorded performance featuring a whole array of artists paying tribute to the music of Lewis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/tributes-paid-to-rockabilly-legend-jerry-lee-lewis-3203123|title=Tributes paid to rockabilly legend Jerry Lee Lewis|website=Newsletter.co.uk|date=April 17, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427153933/https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/tributes-paid-to-rockabilly-legend-jerry-lee-lewis-3203123|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://latfusa.com/article/2021/4/skyville-live-honoring-jerry-lee-lewis-debuts-on/|title=Skyville Live Honoring Jerry Lee Lewis Debuts On CMT April 13 | LATF USA|website=Latfusa.com|date=April 13, 2021|access-date=April 27, 2021|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427153934/http://latfusa.com/article/2021/4/skyville-live-honoring-jerry-lee-lewis-debuts-on/|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2020, it was announced that Lewis, together with producer [[T-Bone Burnett]] and guitarist [[James Burton]], was recording a new album of gospel covers. It was the first time he entered a recording studio following his stroke.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2020 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Recording New Album of Gospel Covers After Stroke Left Him Fearful He'd Never Play Music Again |url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/03/01/news/jerry-lee-lewis-recording-new-album-of-gospel-covers-after-stroke-left-him-fearful-hed-never-play-music-again/ |access-date=November 11, 2020 |website=Music.mxdwn.com |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228101845/https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/03/01/news/jerry-lee-lewis-recording-new-album-of-gospel-covers-after-stroke-left-him-fearful-hed-never-play-music-again/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/ethan-coen-jerry-lee-lewis-documentary-reuniting-with-joel-coen-cannes-interview-1235029988/|title=Ethan Coen On His Killer Jerry Lee Lewis Docu, How The 'Great Balls Of Fire' Singer Invented Cancel Culture & Reuniting With Brother Joel Coen: Cannes Q&A|first1=Mike Jr.|last1=Fleming|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 22, 2022|access-date=June 9, 2022|archive-date=June 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609183821/https://deadline.com/2022/05/ethan-coen-jerry-lee-lewis-documentary-reuniting-with-joel-coen-cannes-interview-1235029988/|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2023}}, it is unknown how much progress was made with this gospel album, or if it was ever completed, as nothing from these sessions has been released; Lewis later recorded another gospel album with cousin Jimmy Swaggart that was unrelated to the 2020 project with Burnett and Burton. On October 27, 2020, to celebrate Lewis's 85th birthday, a livestream aired on YouTube, Facebook, and his official website. The livestream special, ''Whole Lotta Celebratin' Goin' On'', featured appearances and performances by [[Willie Nelson]], [[Elton John]], [[Mike Love]], [[Priscilla Presley]], [[Joe Walsh]], and others. [[John Stamos]] served as the host.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 15, 2020 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis 85th Birthday Stream To Feature Elton John, Willie Nelson, More |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/jerry-lee-lewis-birthday-stream/ |access-date=November 11, 2020 |website=Liveforlivemusaic.com |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019200416/https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/jerry-lee-lewis-birthday-stream/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Leimkuehler |first=Matthew |title=Elton John, Willie Nelson, Bill Clinton set for virtual Jerry Lee Lewis birthday bash |work=[[The Tennessean]] |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/13/elton-john-willie-nelson-jerry-lee-lewis-birthday-show-lineup-how-to-watch/5978453002/ |access-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173516/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/10/13/elton-john-willie-nelson-jerry-lee-lewis-birthday-show-lineup-how-to-watch/5978453002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind]]'' is a documentary on Lewis, released in 2022 and directed by [[Ethan Coen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/jerry-lee-lewis-trouble-in-mind-review-ethan-coen-1235274528/|title='Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind' Review: Ethan Coen's First Solo Outing Spotlights Lewis's Timelessly Wild Rock 'n' Roll Joy|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|website=Variety|date=May 22, 2022|access-date=June 9, 2022|archive-date=June 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609183821/https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/jerry-lee-lewis-trouble-in-mind-review-ethan-coen-1235274528/|url-status=live}}</ref> That same year, a Lewis and Swaggert collaborated on and released a gospel album, called ''The Boys from Ferriday''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Redfern |first=David |date=October 28, 2022 |title=Rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis dead at 87 |url=https://www.wxhc.com/rock-n-roll-legend-jerry-lee-lewis-dead-at-87/ |access-date=October 28, 2022 |website=X101 Always Classic |language=en-US |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028175851/https://www.wxhc.com/rock-n-roll-legend-jerry-lee-lewis-dead-at-87/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Music legacy== ===Accolades=== [[File:2011-01-08 Downtown Memphis TN 43.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lewis's "Brass Note" at the Beale Street Walk of Fame in Memphis]] [[File: Jerry Lee Lewis Drive in Ferriday IMG 1201.JPG|right|thumb|Jerry Lee Lewis Avenue in Ferriday, Louisiana]] Along with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Roy Orbison, Lewis received the first [[Grammy Award]] in the spoken-word category for the very rare album of interviews released with some early copies of the ''Class of '55'' album in 1986.<ref name=":2" /> The original Sun cut of "Great Balls of Fire" was elected to the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 1998, and Lewis's Sun recording of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" received this honor in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2010 |title=Grammy Hall of Fame |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame |website=Recording Academy Grammy Hall of Fame |access-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626221355/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/hall-of-fame |url-status=live }}</ref> Only recordings that are at least 25 years old and have left a lasting impression can receive this honor. On February 12, 2005, Lewis received the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award the day before the Recording Academy's main Grammy Awards ceremony, which he also attended.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=November 23, 2020 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jerry-lee-lewis |website=Recording Academy Grammy Awards |access-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607003815/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2019 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jerry-lee-lewis/4890 |access-date=November 11, 2020 |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110129/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jerry-lee-lewis/4890 |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 1989, Lewis was honored for his contribution to the recording industry with a star along [[Hollywood Boulevard]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. On October 10, 2007, Lewis received the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's American Music Masters Award. His next album, ''[[Mean Old Man (album)|Mean Old Man]]'', was released in September 2010 and reached No. 30 on the Billboard 200 album chart. On November 5, 2007, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, honored Lewis with six days of conferences, interviews, a DVD premiere, and film clips, dedicated to him and entitled ''The Life And Music of Jerry Lee Lewis''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=https://www.classicbands.com/jerrylee.html |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Classicbands.com |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423140656/http://www.classicbands.com/jerrylee.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 10, the week culminated with a tribute concert compered by [[Kris Kristofferson]]. Lewis was present to accept the American Music Masters Award and closed his own tribute show with a rendition of "[[Over the Rainbow]]". On February 10, 2008, he appeared with [[John Fogerty]] and [[Little Richard]] on the [[50th Annual Grammy Awards|50th Grammy Awards]], performing "Great Balls of Fire" in a medley with "[[Good Golly Miss Molly]]". On June 4, 2008, Lewis was inducted into the [[Louisiana Music Hall of Fame]] and appeared on ''[[A Capitol Fourth]]'' and performed the finale's final act with a medley of "[[Roll Over Beethoven]]", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On", and "Great Balls of Fire". In December 2019, Lewis was honored with a Mississippi Country Music Trail marker at his ranch in [[Nesbit, Mississippi]] to celebrate his contributions to country music.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2019 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Receives Mississippi Country Music Trail Marker |url=https://visitmississippi.org/jerry-lee-lewis-receives-mississippi-country-music-trail-marker/ |website=Visit Mississippi |access-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-date=February 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204105154/https://visitmississippi.org/jerry-lee-lewis-receives-mississippi-country-music-trail-marker/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In May 2022, Lewis was announced as a member-elect to the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]], to be inducted in October 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eu.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2022/05/17/country-music-hall-fame-class-2022-inductees/9805843002/ | title=Keith Whitley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Joe Galante are headed to the Country Music Hall of Fame | access-date=May 17, 2022 | archive-date=July 13, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173504/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2022/05/17/country-music-hall-fame-class-2022-inductees/9805843002/ | url-status=live }}</ref> "This year's inductees are trailblazers who each paved their own unique path within country music," Sarah Trahern, CMA chief executive officer, said. "Jerry Lee, Keith ([[Keith Whitley|Whitley]]), and Joe ([[Joe Galante|Galante]]) each found their musical callings early in life and displayed a strong-minded and fierce passion for music making. In very different ways, they all have left a lasting impact on the industry and generations of fans alike. I am thrilled to welcome this deserving class to the Country Music Hall of Fame." "I'm just overwhelmed that they asked me here today," Lewis, 86, said during an event earlier that week at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, adding that his career had taught him to "be a good person and treat people right."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-rotunda/induction-ceremony-medallion/|title=Induction Ceremony Medallion | Nashville, Tennessee|website=Countryhalloffame.org|access-date=May 25, 2022|archive-date=July 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714152827/https://countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-rotunda/induction-ceremony-medallion/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>supertalk.fm/jerry-lee-lewis-to-be-inducted-into-country-hall-of-fame/</ref> ===Piano style=== Lewis was an incendiary showman who often played with his fists, elbows, feet, and backside, sometimes climbing on top of the piano during gigs and even apocryphally setting it on fire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robert Fontenot |date=March 4, 2019 |title=Did Jerry Lee Lewis Really Set His Pianos on Fire Onstage? |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/jerry-lee-lewis-setting-his-pianos-on-fire-on-stage-2523388 |access-date=October 1, 2019 |website=Thoughtco.com |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417065338/https://www.thoughtco.com/jerry-lee-lewis-setting-his-pianos-on-fire-on-stage-2523388 |url-status=live }}</ref> Like Chuck Berry's guitar playing, Lewis's piano style became synonymous with rock and roll, having influenced generations of piano players. In a 2013 interview with Leah Harper, [[Elton John]] recalls that up until "Great Balls of Fire", "the piano playing that I had heard had been more sedate. My dad collected [[George Shearing]] records, but this was the first time I heard someone beat the shit out of a piano. When I saw Little Richard at the Harrow Granada, he played it standing up, but Jerry Lee Lewis actually jumped on the piano! This was astonishing to me, that people could do that. Those records had such a huge effect on me, and they were just so great. I learned to play like that." Lewis was primarily known for his "[[boogie-woogie]]" style, which is characterized by a regular left-hand bass figure and dancing beat, but his command of the instrument and highly individualistic style set him apart. Appearing on ''Memphis Sounds with [[George Klein (disc jockey)|George Klein]]'' in 2011, Lewis credited his older piano-playing cousin Carl McVoy as being a crucial influence, stating, "He was a great piano player, a great singer, and a nice-looking man, carried himself real well. I miss Carl very much." Lewis also cited [[Moon Mullican]] as a source of inspiration.<ref name="allmusic.com" /> Although almost entirely self-taught, Lewis conceded to biographer Rich Bragg in 2014 that Paul Whitehead, a blind pianist from Meadville, Mississippi, was another key influence on him in his earliest days playing clubs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Episode 59: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by Jerry Lee Lewis - A History Of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs |url=https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1437402802/a-history-of-rock-music-in-five-hundred-songs/episode-59-whole-lotta-shakin-goin-on-by-jerry-lee-lewis |access-date=March 21, 2021 |website=Poddtoppen |language=sv |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922062821/https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1437402802/a-history-of-rock-music-in-five-hundred-songs/episode-59-whole-lotta-shakin-goin-on-by-jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Personal life== ===Relationships and children=== Lewis was married seven times, including bigamous marriages and a marriage with his underage cousin.<ref name="Seven">{{Cite news |date=March 29, 2012 |title=Cousin's ex becomes Jerry Lee Lewis's 7th wife |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/showbiz/jerry-lee-lewis-wedding/ |access-date=March 30, 2012 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402010500/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/showbiz/jerry-lee-lewis-wedding/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He had six children during his marriages. When Jerry Lee Lewis was 16, he married Dorothy Barton, the daughter of a preacher.<ref name=Cramer1984>{{Cite magazine |last=Cramer |first=Richard Ben |date=March 1, 1984 |title=The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/the-strange-and-mysterious-death-of-mrs-jerry-lee-lewis-179980/4/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=October 27, 2022|page=4}}</ref> The union lasted from February 1952 to October 1953.<ref name="PEOPLE">{{Cite magazine |last=Jerome |first=Jim |date=April 24, 1978 |title=Fame, Tragedy and Fame Again: Jerry Lee Lewis Has Been Through Great Balls of Fire, Otherwise Known as Hell |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070691,00.html |magazine=People |access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref> Lewis's second marriage to Sally Jane Mitcham in September 1953, was of dubious validity because it occurred 23 days before his divorce from Barton was final. They had two children: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. (1954–1973) and Ronnie Guy Lewis (b. 1956). After four years, he filed for divorce in October 1957. Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. died in 1973, at the age of 19, when the Jeep he was driving overturned.<ref name="PEOPLE" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Simons |first=Jeff |date=June 18, 2000 |title=Jerry Lee Is Still Burnin' Down the House |work=Sunday Free Lance Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapersid%3Dsu8yAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6568%2C4893058 |access-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173510/https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en |url-status=live }}</ref> His third marriage was to 13-year-old [[Myra Gale Brown]], his [[first cousin once removed]], on December 12, 1957.<ref>{{harvnb|Bonomo|2009|pages=19}}</ref> His divorce from Jane Mitcham was not finalized before the ceremony took place, so he remarried Brown on June 4, 1958.<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine |date=May 20, 1994 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis's short-lived music success |url=https://ew.com/article/1994/05/20/jerry-lee-lewiss-short-lived-music-success/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> They had two children: Steve Allen Lewis (1959–1962) and Phoebe Allen Lewis (b. 1963). Brown was only 14 years old when their son was born.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2022 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' teenage bride speaks out: 'I was the adult and Jerry was the child' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-29/jerry-lee-lewis-myra-brown-williams-marriage-13-cousin |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030205937/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2022-10-29/jerry-lee-lewis-myra-brown-williams-marriage-13-cousin |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1962, Steve Allen Lewis drowned in a swimming pool accident at the age of 3.<ref name="PEOPLE" /> In 1970, Brown filed for divorce on the grounds of [[adultery]] and [[Domestic violence|abuse]],<ref name=":3" /> stating that she had been "subject to every type of [[Physical abuse|physical]] and [[Psychological abuse|mental abuse]] imaginable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Light |first=Alan |date=May 1, 2017 |title=Ballad of the 13-Year-Old Bride |url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/ballad-of-the-13-year-old-bride-f909cbe1c6b4 |website=Medium.com |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111947/https://medium.com/cuepoint/ballad-of-the-13-year-old-bride-f909cbe1c6b4 |url-status=live }}</ref> His fourth marriage was to Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate, from October 1971 to June 8, 1982. Pate drowned in a swimming pool at the home of a friend with whom she was staying, several weeks before divorce proceedings could be finalized.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 10, 1982 |title=Lewis' Wife Dies in Pool |work=The Tuscaloosa News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTMdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4215,2121527 |access-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121104245/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PTMdAAAAIBAJ&pg=4215%2C2121527 |url-status=live }}</ref> They had one daughter, Lori Lee Lewis (b. 1972). Mary Kathy "K.K." Jones of [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]], testified in court during Lewis's income [[tax evasion]] trial in 1984 that she lived with him from 1980 to 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Amanda |date=October 16, 1984 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' driver told a federal court Tuesday… |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/10/16/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-driver-told-a-federal-court-Tuesday/3471466747200/ |work=United Press International |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111954/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/10/16/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-driver-told-a-federal-court-Tuesday/3471466747200/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis's fifth marriage, to Shawn Stephens, lasted 77 days, from June to August 1983, ending with her death<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 25, 1983 |title=Jerry's Bride Dies |page=3 |work=Evening Times |location=Glasgow |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HdFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6536,4647594&dq=shawn-stephens+jerry-lee-lewis |access-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103103553/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HdFAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6536,4647594&dq=shawn-stephens+jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref> from an overdose of [[methadone]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Grimes|first=William|date=October 28, 2022|title=Jerry Lee Lewis, a Rock 'n' Roll Original, Dies at 87|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/music/jerry-lee-lewis-dead.html|url-status=live|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221028171552/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/music/jerry-lee-lewis-dead.html|archive-date=October 28, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref> Journalist [[Richard Ben Cramer]] alleged that Lewis abused and may have killed her, neither of which was proven.<ref name=Cramer1984/> His sixth marriage, to Kerrie McCarver, lasted 21 years, from April 1984 to June 2005. They had one child: Jerry Lee Lewis III (b. 1987).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Peter |date=April 2, 2012 |title=Rock 'n' roll king of controversy |url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/311982/Rock-n-roll-king-of-controversy |website=Daily Express |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111954/https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/311982/Rock-n-roll-king-of-controversy |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1993, Lewis moved to [[Ireland]] with his family in what was suggested (but denied) to be a move to avoid issues with the [[Internal Revenue Service]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lakeland Ledger |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19930510&id=i6ZNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6705,7628004 |website=News Archive Search |access-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102221612/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19930510&id=i6ZNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6705,7628004 |url-status=live }}</ref> He lived in a rented house on Westminster Road in [[Foxrock]], [[Dublin]], and during his time there was sued by the German company Neue Constantin Film Production GmbH for failure to appear at a concert in Munich in 1993.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jerry Lee Lewis sued by German company in Irish court |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/jerry-lee-lewis-sued-by-german-company-in-irish-court-1.60284 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=January 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105427/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/jerry-lee-lewis-sued-by-german-company-in-irish-court-1.60284 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis returned to the U.S. in 1997 after his tax issues had been resolved by Irish promoter Kieran Cavanagh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Team |url=http://www.rhythmofthedance.com/team.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214144048/http://www.rhythmofthedance.com/team.php |archive-date=February 14, 2014 |website=Rhythm of the Dance}}</ref> Lewis lived on a ranch in [[Nesbit, Mississippi]], with his family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis FAQ – Nesbit Ranch |url=http://oldies.about.com/od/rockabill1/f/jerryleeranch.htm |access-date=July 11, 2015 |publisher=Oldies.about.com |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120416/http://oldies.about.com/od/rockabill1/f/jerryleeranch.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pore-Lee-Dunn Productions |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=http://www.classicbands.com/jerrylee.html |website=classicbands.com |access-date=April 14, 2008 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701215622/http://www.classicbands.com/jerrylee.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Home, Nesbit, Mississippi – Backroads of American Music |url=http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com/archive/2007/10/04/jerry-lee-lewis-home-nesbit-mississippi.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090627085458/http://www.backroadsofamericanmusic.com/archive/2007/10/04/jerry-lee-lewis-home-nesbit-mississippi.aspx |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref> Lewis married his seventh wife, Judith Lewis (née Brown, [[Myra Gale Brown]]'s brother's former wife), on March 9, 2012.<ref name="Seven" /> The next day, Lewis severed business ties with his daughter, Phoebe Lewis-Loftin, who was his manager, and revoked her [[power of attorney]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |title=Jerry Lee Lewis' Lawsuit Against Daughter Dismissed by Judge |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8510035/jerry-lee-lewis-lawsuit-against-daughter-dismissed-by-judge |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In 2017, Lewis sued his daughter and her husband Zeke Loftin, claiming that she owed him "substantial sums of money".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amy |first=Jeff |date=May 3, 2019 |title=Judge dismisses most of the suit between Jerry Lee Lewis, family |url=https://apnews.com/cd155888d72d4906a08c92bf196ae09e |website=Apnews.com |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111948/https://apnews.com/cd155888d72d4906a08c92bf196ae09e |url-status=live }}</ref> In the lawsuit, Lewis, his wife Judith Lewis, and his son Jerry Lee Lewis III also claimed Loftin defamed them on [[Facebook]]. Lewis-Loftin and her husband counter-sued, claiming Judith Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis III interfered in the business relationship. In April 2019, U.S. District Judge [[Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.|Neal Biggers]] ruled that most of the claims were barred by a three-year statute of limitations except the defamation claims.<ref name=":1" />{{update inline|date=October 2022}} ===Religious beliefs=== As a teenager, Lewis studied at the Southwest Bible Institute in [[Waxahachie, Texas]], before being thrown out for playing a 'worldly' [[boogie-woogie]] version of "My God Is Real", and that early incident foreshadowed his lifelong conflict over his faith in God and his love of playing "the devil's music". Lewis had a recorded argument with [[Sam Phillips]] during the recording session for "[[Great Balls of Fire]]", a song he initially refused to record because he considered it blasphemous ("How can... How can the devil save souls? What are you ''talkin' about''?" he asks Phillips during one heated exchange.) During the famous [[Million Dollar Quartet]] jam involving Lewis, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash, they performed several gospel songs. Lewis's biographer [[Rick Bragg]] explains that part of the reason the recording only features Lewis and Elvis singing is because "only Elvis and Jerry Lee [were] raised in the [[Assemblies of God|Assembly of God]]", and {{"'}}Johnny and Carl didn't really know the words... they was [[Baptists]]', [Lewis] said, and therefore deprived."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bragg |first=Rick |author-link=Rick Bragg |date=October–November 2014 |title=Jerry Lee and Me |url=http://www.gardenandgun.com/print/article/jerry-lee-and-me |url-status=dead |journal=[[Garden & Gun]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121073447/http://www.gardenandgun.com/print/article/jerry-lee-and-me |archive-date=November 21, 2015 |access-date=October 7, 2015}}</ref> In the 1990 documentary ''The Jerry Lee Lewis Story'', Lewis said to the interviewer, "The Bible doesn't even speak of religion. No word of religion is even in the Bible. ''Sanctification!'' Are you sanctified? Have you been ''saved''? See, I was a good preacher, I know my Bible? I find myself falling short of the glory of God." Gospel music was a staple of his performing repertoire. After a string of hit country albums, he recorded [[In Loving Memories: The Jerry Lee Lewis Gospel Album|a gospel album]] for the first time in 1970 (it was released in 1971).<ref>{{Citation |title=Jerry Lee Lewis - In Loving Memories Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/in-loving-memories-mr0002561399 |work=AllMusic |language=en |access-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030134931/https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/in-loving-memories-mr0002561399 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis was also a cousin of the televangelist [[Jimmy Swaggart]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Jimmy Swaggart |url=https://archive.org/details/tocrossriver00swag |title=To cross a river |author2=Robert Paul Lamb |publisher=Jimmy Swaggart Ministries |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-88270-221-6 |edition=3rd |location=Baton Rouge, La. |pages=1 |url-access=registration}}</ref> ===Graceland arrest=== [[File:Jerry Lee Lewis 1976 mugshot.jpg|thumb|Mugshot in 1976]] On September 29, 1976 (Lewis's 41st birthday), Lewis fired a [[.357 Magnum]] at a Coke bottle in his bedroom. The bullet ricocheted and accidentally hit bassist Butch Owens in the chest. Owens survived.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Young |first=Charles M. |date=October 19, 2006 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis: The Killer Reloaded |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jerry-lee-lewis-the-killer-reloaded-39491/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> On November 23, 1976, Lewis was arrested outside [[Elvis Presley]]'s [[Graceland]] home for allegedly intending to shoot him.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dan Epstein |first=Richard Bienstock |date=February 27, 2014 |title=30 Most Embarrassing Rock-Star Arrests |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/30-most-embarrassing-rock-star-arrests-22579/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> In Rick Bragg's 2014 authorized biography, ''Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story'', Lewis said that the reclusive Presley had been trying to reach him and finally did on November 23, imploring him to "come out to the house." Lewis replied that he would if he had time, but that he was busy trying to get his father, Elmo, out of jail in [[Tunica, Mississippi|Tunica]] for [[driving under the influence]]. Later that night, Lewis was at a [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] nightclub called the Vapors drinking champagne when he was given a gun. Lewis suddenly remembered that Elvis wanted to see him and, climbing aboard his new [[Lincoln Continental]] with the loaded pistol on the dash and a bottle of champagne under his arm, tore off for Graceland. Just before three o'clock in the morning, Lewis accidentally smashed into the famous Graceland gates. Presley's astonished cousin Harold Lloyd was manning the gate and watched Lewis attempt to hurl the champagne bottle out the car window, not realizing the window was rolled up, smashing both. Bragg reports that Lewis denies ever intending to do Presley harm, that the two were friends, but "Elvis, watching on the [[closed-circuit television]], told guards to call the police. The [[Memphis police]] found the gun in the car and put Lewis, protesting, hollering, threatening them, away in handcuffs." Lewis said, "The cops asked Elvis, 'What do you want us to do? And Elvis told 'em, 'Lock him up.' That hurt my feelings. To be scared of me – knowin' me the way he did – was ridiculous." Lewis was charged with carrying a pistol and public drunkenness. Released on a $250 bond, his defiant mugshot was wired around the world. Presley himself died at Graceland nine months later.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tosches |first=Nick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALrR8lHmv44C&pg=PT86 |title=Country: The Twisted Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll |date=2009 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-0-7867-5098-6 |access-date=August 17, 2015 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173511/https://books.google.com/books?id=ALrR8lHmv44C&pg=PT86 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 4, 2014 |title=The Killer at Peace: Jerry Lee Lewis' Golden Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-killer-at-peace-jerry-lee-lewis-golden-years-47174/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis |url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/music/jerry-lee-lewis |website=The Smoking Gun |date=June 12, 2014 |access-date=August 17, 2015 |archive-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915081623/http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/music/jerry-lee-lewis |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Debt=== [[File:Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch DeSoto County MS 006.jpg|thumb|The gate to Lewis's ranch in [[Nesbit, Mississippi]]]] In 1979, the [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] seized property from Lewis to compensate a $274,000 tax debt.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=November 9, 1988 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Files Bankruptcy Petition |url=https://www.apnews.com/14622642563978a1739790fcb13843cf |website=Apnews.com |access-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818111948/https://www.apnews.com/14622642563978a1739790fcb13843cf |url-status=live }}</ref> The property included several automobiles, a tractor, five motorcycles, jewelry, musical instruments, home entertainment equipment, and firearms. In 1980, an auction was held, but only 150 potential bidders showed up. The auction amassed $91,382, a third of the debt.<ref name=":0" /> In 1984, Lewis was found innocent of evading taxes, but he still owed the IRS money. The next year, the IRS seized property from his Nesbit, Mississippi ranch.<ref name=":0" /> In 1988, Lewis filed for bankruptcy, petitioning that he was more than $3 million in debt, including $2 million he owed to the IRS.<ref name=":0" /> ===Health and death=== Lewis had a minor stroke in Memphis on February 28, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alsup |first=Dave |date=March 1, 2019 |title=Singer Jerry Lee Lewis suffers minor stroke |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/entertainment/jerry-lee-lewis-stroke/ |access-date=October 25, 2019 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001172320/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/entertainment/jerry-lee-lewis-stroke/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He had to cancel several appearances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 19, 2019 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis stroke rehabilitation |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/19/us/jerry-lee-lewis-stroke-rehab/ |publisher=CNN |access-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001172322/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/19/us/jerry-lee-lewis-stroke-rehab/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis died at his home on October 28, 2022, in Nesbit, Mississippi, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |last=Italie |first=Hillel |url=https://apnews.com/article/165d562af27b23da9d6d11fc480541e8 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713173518/https://apnews.com/article/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-165d562af27b23da9d6d11fc480541e8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Arkin |first=Daniel |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/jerry-lee-lewis-free-wheeling-wild-man-rock-n-roll-dies-87-rcna4456 |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, free-wheeling 'wild man' of rock 'n' roll, dies at 87 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028170359/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/jerry-lee-lewis-free-wheeling-wild-man-rock-n-roll-dies-87-rcna4456 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jerry-lee-lewis-dead-obituary-1234616945/ |title=Jerry Lee Lewis, Influential and Condemned Rock & Roll Pioneer, Dead at 87 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 }}</ref> His death was mistakenly reported by [[TMZ]] two days before he died,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Lee Lewis Not Dead, Alive in Memphis |url=https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/26/jerry-lee-lewis-not-dead/ |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=TMZ |date=October 26, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108115010/https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/26/jerry-lee-lewis-not-dead/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with a representative stating that TMZ had reported "erroneously off of an anonymous tip."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=October 27, 2022 |title=TMZ walks back report Jerry Lee Lewis died {{!}} CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/media/jerry-lee-lewis-death-tmz/index.html |access-date=November 15, 2022 |publisher=CNN |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115052234/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/27/media/jerry-lee-lewis-death-tmz/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Lewis' funeral was held on November 5, 2022, in his hometown of Ferriday, Louisiana. The service was officiated by his cousin Jimmy Swaggart and Swaggart's son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/11/05/jerry-lee-lewis-funeral-ferriday-louisiana-jimmy-swaggart/69618337007/|title=Family, friends say goodbye to music legend Jerry Lee Lewis during service in Louisiana|website=The Commercial Appeal|access-date=November 7, 2022|archive-date=November 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107101842/https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/11/05/jerry-lee-lewis-funeral-ferriday-louisiana-jimmy-swaggart/69618337007/|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Selected discography== {{Main|Jerry Lee Lewis discography}} {{div col|colwidth=27em}} * ''[[Jerry Lee Lewis (album)|Jerry Lee Lewis]]'' (1958) * ''[[Jerry Lee's Greatest!]]'' (1962) * ''[[Live at the Star Club, Hamburg]]'' (1964) * ''[[The Return of Rock]]'' (1965) * ''[[Country Songs for City Folks|Country Songs for City Folks/All Country]]'' (1965) * ''[[Memphis Beat (album)|Memphis Beat]]'' (1966) * ''[[Soul My Way]]'' (1967) * ''[[Another Place, Another Time (album)|Another Place, Another Time]]'' (1968) * ''[[She Still Comes Around]]'' (1969) * ''[[Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1]]'' (1969) * ''[[Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2]]'' (1969) * ''[[The Golden Cream of the Country]]'' (1969) * ''[[She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye (album)|She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye]]'' (1970) * ''[[A Taste of Country]]'' (1970) * ''[[There Must Be More to Love Than This (album)|There Must Be More to Love Than This]]'' (1971) * ''[[Touching Home (album)|Touching Home]]'' (1971) * ''[[Would You Take Another Chance on Me?]]'' (1971) * ''[[The Killer Rocks On]]'' (1972) * ''[[Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?]]'' (1972) * ''[[The Session...Recorded in London with Great Artists]]'' (1973) * ''[[Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough]]'' (1973) * ''[[Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis]]'' (1973) * ''[[I-40 Country]]'' (1974) * ''[[Boogie Woogie Country Man]]'' (1975) * ''[[Odd Man In]]'' (1975) * ''[[Country Class]]'' (1976) * ''[[Country Memories]]'' (1977) * ''[[Jerry Lee Keeps Rockin']]'' (1978) * ''[[Jerry Lee Lewis (Elektra album)|Jerry Lee Lewis]]'' (1979) * ''[[When Two Worlds Collide]]'' (1980) * ''[[Killer Country]]'' (1980) * ''[[Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming|Class of '55]]'' (1986) * ''[[Young Blood (album)|Young Blood]]'' (1995) * ''[[Last Man Standing (Jerry Lee Lewis album)|Last Man Standing]]'' (2006) * ''[[Last Man Standing Live]]'' (2007) * ''[[Mean Old Man]]'' (2010) * ''[[Rock & Roll Time|Rock and Roll Time]]'' (2014) * ''[[The Boys from Ferriday]]'' [with Jimmy Swaggart as Jimmy Lee & Jerry Lee] (2022){{div col end}} ===Compositions=== Lewis wrote or co-wrote the following songs: "[[End of the Road (Jerry Lee Lewis song)|End of the Road]]" (1956), "[[Lewis Boogie]]" (1956), "Pumpin' Piano Rock" (1957), "[[High School Confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis song)|High School Confidential]]" (1958), "Memory of You" (1958), "[[Baby Baby Bye Bye]]" (1960; although Discogs credits Jerry Lee Lewis and Huey "Piano" Smith as the songwriters, the song was copyrighted in 1960 as by Lewis Smith),<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 8, 1961 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzAhAQAAIAAJ&q=smith+lewis+baby+baby+bye+bye++catalog+copyright+entries&pg=PA925 |via=Google Books |access-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-date=July 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713174005/https://books.google.com/books?id=qzAhAQAAIAAJ&q=smith+lewis+baby+baby+bye+bye++catalog+copyright+entries&pg=PA925 |url-status=live }}</ref> "Lewis Workout"<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine|Erlewine, Stephen Thomas]] |title=Classic – Jerry Lee Lewis | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/classic-mw0000316442 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710183652/http://www.allmusic.com/album/classic-mw0000316442 |url-status=live }}</ref> (1960), "He Took It Like a Man" (1963, from the 1967 album ''[[Soul My Way]]''), "[[Baby, Hold Me Close]]" (1965) from the 1965 album ''[[The Return of Rock]]'', "What a Heck of a Mess" (1966), "Lincoln Limousine" (1966), "Alvin"<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine|Erlewine, Stephen Thomas]] |title=Mercury Smashes...and Rockin' Sessions – Jerry Lee Lewis | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mercury-smashesand-rockin-sessions-mw0000109621 |access-date=July 11, 2015 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=May 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521105206/http://www.allmusic.com/album/mercury-smashesand-rockin-sessions-mw0000109621 |url-status=live }}</ref> (1970), "Wall Around Heaven" from the 1972 album ''[[Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?]]'', "Rockin' Jerry Lee" (1980, the B-side of "Honky Tonk Stuff", from the album ''[[When Two Worlds Collide]]''), "Pilot Baby" (1983), "[[Crown Victoria Custom '51]]" (1995), released as a Sire 45 single B-side, and "Ol' Glory" (2006) from the album ''[[Last Man Standing (Jerry Lee Lewis album)|Last Man Standing]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ol' Glory - Jerry Lee Lewis | Song Info |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/ol-glory-mt0035525583 |access-date=October 25, 2019 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=October 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024235555/https://www.allmusic.com/song/ol-glory-mt0035525583 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ===Sources cited=== *{{Cite book |last=Bonomo |first=Joe |title=Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found |publisher=Continuum Books |year=2009 |location=New York |author-link=Joe Bonomo}} ==Further reading== *{{Cite book |last=Tosches |first=Nick |title=Hellfire |publisher=Grove Press |year=1982 |location=New York |author-link=Nick Tosches|ref=none}} *{{Cite book |last=Gutterman |first=Jimmy |title=Rockin' My Life Away: Listening to Jerry Lee Lewis |publisher=Rutledge Hill Press |year=1991 |location=Nashville|ref=none}} *{{Cite book |last=Gutterman |first=Jimmy |title=The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer, No Filler |publisher=Rhino Records |year=1993|ref=none}} *{{Cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Myra |url=https://archive.org/details/greatballsoffire00lewi_0 |title=Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis |last2=Silver |first2=Murray |publisher=William Morrow/Quill/St. Martin's Press |year=1981 |url-access=registration|ref=none}} *{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/billboardbookoft0000whit |title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits |year=1985 |author-link=Joel Whitburn |url-access=registration|ref=none}} ==External links== {{Sister project links|d=Q202729|c=Category:Jerry Lee Lewis|n=no|b=no|v=no|voy=no|m=no|mw=no|s=no|wikt=no|species=no}} * {{Official website}} * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4753}} * {{Discogs artist|Jerry Lee Lewis}} * {{IMDb name|0507350}} * [http://www.45cat.com/artist/jerry-lee-lewis Jerry Lee Lewis] at 45cat.com * [http://guterman.com/guterman_jerrylee/guterman_jerrylee.html ''Rockin' My Life Away'' by Jimmy Guterman, a full online biography] * [https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/jerry-lee-lewis Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame] *[http://www.hankwilliamslistings.com/ind-jlle9x.htm Listing of all Lewis's Sun Records recordings and alternatives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109102838/http://www.hankwilliamslistings.com/ind-jlle9x.htm |date=January 9, 2019 }} {{Jerry Lee Lewis|state=expanded}} {{Navboxes | title = Awards for Jerry Lee Lewis | list = {{Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album}} {{1986 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame}} {{2020s Country Music Hall of Fame}} }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Jerry Lee}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century American composers]] [[Category:20th-century American 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