American Songwriter

On This Day in 1958. Jerry Lee Lewis Was at No. 1 With a Legendary Song He Almost Refused to Record

Sixty-eight years ago today, Jerry Lee Lewis topped the country chart with a song his producer had to convince him to record.
WREG

“They weren’t playing Jerry’s music”: Lewis’ widow details issues with Beale St. club

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The wife of the late, great Jerry Lee Lewis is speaking out for the first time regarding her husband’s former club, Jerry Lee Lewis’ Honky Tonk on Beale Street. “Not only were they ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1972, Jerry Lee Lewis Turns a Flirty Telephone Call Into a No. 1 Hit With “Chantilly Lace”

The landscape of rock music shifted forever in July 1957, when Jerry Lee Lewis made his TV debut on The Steve Allen Show. For more than seven decades, the Louisiana-born rockabilly pioneer churned out ...
Commercial Appeal

The Killers pay tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley during Memphis music festival

The Killers headlined the second night of the RiverBeat Music Festival in Memphis. The band paid tribute to Memphis music history with a cover of Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire." The Killers ...
Shreveport Times on MSN

Farewell to Louisiana's King of Honky Tonk Heaven Jimmy Swaggart

Louisiana's King of Honky Tonk Heaven Jimmy Swaggart was the last surviving musical cousins from Ferriday that included Jerry ...