Jerry Lee Lewis
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title:
Jerry Lee Lewis
text:
Jerry Lee Lewis 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 and 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
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American rock and roll musician (1935–2022)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lee_Lewis
date created:
2002-10-02T21:50:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T18:28:43Z
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