Jerry Lee Lewis Biography

Jerry Lee Lewis was an American singer and pianist. Considered a pioneer of rockabilly and rock and roll music, Jerry was known for his innovative and flamboyant piano playing style and catchy, fast-paced songs. His first major hit, Whole LottaShakin' Goin'On catapulted him to stardom. He followed it up with the single ‘Great Balls of Fire.’ Just as his career began to peak, he made wrong life choices that checked his career growth. His marriage to his cousin MyraGale Brown, who was only 13 years old at the time, resulted in an outcry in the US as well as abroad. Radio stations refused to play his songs, and he was not considered for live performances. He managed to come up with one more hit song titled ‘High School Confidential’ during this period before his career nose-dived. In the 1960s, he tried to revive his music career as a country singer. He then recorded several country albums over the next few years. The singer was introduced to a new generation of music lovers through the biopic ‘Great Balls of Fire.’ In the albums ‘Last Man Standing’ and ‘Mean Old Man,’ he revisited many rock, blues, and country classics along with famous admirers, such as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson. In 2004, ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine ranked him 24th in its ‘100 Greatest Artists of All Time’ list.