Jerry Lee Lewis
USA
Born: 29 September 1935
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Rock & Roll/Roots, Traditional Country, Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Honky Tonk
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Is there an early rock & roller who has a crazier reputation than the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis? His exploits as a piano-thumping, egocentric wild man with an unquenchable thirst for living have become the fodder for numerous biographies, film documentaries, and a full-length Hollywood movie. Certainly few other artists came to the party with more ego and talent than he and lived to tell the tale. And certainly even fewer could successfully channel that energy into their music and prosper doing it as well as Jerry Lee. When he broke on the nation...
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