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Jerry Lee Lewis
When Jerry Lee he was 13 he played his first night club engagement at the Blue Cat Club in nearby Natchez, Mississippi. By age 22, Jerry Lee, with the help of Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, had recorded two records with one million sales each: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," and "Great Balls of Fire," which revealed his rare talent and his strong determination. Nicknamed "The Killer," Jerry Lee worked his way back to the top of the charts with country-and-western music after a deep fall that lasted almost 10 years. No one has ever pounded a piano to bring an audience to such a shouting frenzy as Jerry Lee Lewis. His legendary music lives on. [Biography courtesy Ferriday Museum]
Links Concordia Parish Library web site for Ferriday Museum includes biographies of famous Ferridians. Concordia Parish, LA -- Prominent Figures from the USGenWeb Project Jerry Lee Lewis Homepage Jerry Lee Lewis Page at the Rock+Roll Hall of Fame Jerry Lee Lewis World Fan Club has information on events. The Lewis Museum 11/3/99 Interview with Jerry Lee Lewis in RealAudio from his ranch in Mississippi on Public Radio International's American Routes radio program in New Orleans. ©2004 Louisiana
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Jerry Lee Lewis, born
September 29, 1935, in Ferriday, Louisiana, with a God-given talent, at an
early age became a world-famous rock-and-roll star. At age 8 he sang for
the first time to an audience at the Assembly of God Church on Texas Avenue in
Ferriday.