Jerry Lee Lewis

American musician, one of the founders of rock’n’roll - Jerry Lee Lewis was born in 1935 in Louisiana. His talent was recognized by millions of music lovers all around the world, and in 1986, when Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame was established, Lewis was honored to become one of its ten first members. The famous musical magazine Rolling Stone included Jerry into the list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time to the 24th place in 2004. All these facts prove the incredible talent and the highest level of performer’s skills. There is absolutely no doubt that Lewis has become the legendary musician indeed.

Jerry’s professional career began in 1956, when he released his first hit Crazy Arms, which immediately attracted listeners’ attention to Lewis’ creativity. The singer pleased music lovers with another hit Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On in 1957. Later that record became not only one of the artist’s most recognizable songs, but also one of the classical rhythm and blues compositions. Jerry was gaining popularity, but in 1958 the press on both sides of the Atlantic was put against him: Lewis married his thirteen years old cousin Myra Gale Brown. Thereby numerous radio stations refused to play his music, however he did not give up and kept on creating new material.

Albums Rockin' With Jerry Lee Lewis (1963), The Return Of Rock (1965), Another Place, Another Time (1968) and others were extremely popular: numerous listeners enjoyed that bright artist’s creativity. During his career, Jerry has been working in various genres, from rock’n’roll to country, but he had always remained faithful to his own style. Lewis’ concerts always attracted attention, and the singer’s nickname “The Killer” describes his performances perfectly: his powerful voice and unusual, sometimes even furious manner of playing the piano produced the great effect.

Lewis released the amazing album titled Last Man Standing in 2006. That record will please music lovers with such famous compositions as Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin, Chuck Berry’s Sweet Little 16 and many others. In spite of the long career, Jerry is still eager to create music, and Last Man Standing proved that perfectly. The new duets album Mean Old Man saw the light in 2010 and immediately intrigued the rock lovers: that record included collaborations with Kid Rock, Slash, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr and other famous musicians. Of course, the quality of Mean Old Man is traditionally high and that long play will be interesting for all the original and sincere music lovers without any exceptions.