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JERRY LEE LEWIS - COMPLETE JERRY LEE LEWIS ON SUN - If rock'n'roll was a person, it would be Jerry Lee Lewis. Back in 1957, when Jerry Lee Lewis exploded on radio and jukeboxes with "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" and "Great BallsOf Fire, " rock'n'roll was brand new, young and wild, loud and dangerous. The same could be said of Jerry Lee. Jerry Lee was in Louisiana when he heard Elvis and Carl Perkins and knew he had to get to Memphis and Sam Phillips, aman he thought would understand his music. He was right. When Sam heard that wild, free spirit with a no holds barredpiano pounding style, he put a microphone in front of him and turned on the recording machine. In this collection, you willhear all of the songs that Jerry Lee Lewis recorded for Sun Records, including those that were never released when he wason Sun. You can hear the piano rumble from Jerry Lee's left hand and feel the wild, manic energy pulsing through the studioas he sang and played. Jerry Lee's single, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" entered the Billboard country chart on June 17, 1957, the Hot 100 a weeklater and the R&B chart on August 19. It reached number one on the country chart (for two weeks), number three on the Hot100 and number one on the R&B chart. The next single, "Great Balls Of Fire, " also released in 1957, reached number oneon the country chart, number two on the Hot 100 and number three on the R&B chart. Nobody had heard anything like itand those who went to see Jerry Lee perform had never seen anything like him. He was a Louisiana Wild Man set loose andeverything he did, said, sang or played screamed ROCK'N'ROLL!Listening to these songs, recorded over a seven year period, you can hear the roots of rock'n'roll. The early rockabilly performerswere considered country at the beginning and you hear a strong dose of country when Jerry Lee played-he coveredJimmy Rodgers, Hank Williams and country hits. You hear him play R&B from Ray Charles and The Drifters. And you hear himplay pop hits like "Near You" and "Love Letters In The Sand. " But Jerry Lee did not simply cover a song, he took a song andmade it his own, no matter where it came from. No matter who wrote a song, when Jerry Lee played it, it became a Jerry LeeLewis song. There are few performers who are that original. Rock'n'roll during the 1950s was a mixture of something old, something new, something borrowed and some blues. You'llhear that spectrum in this Complete Jerry Lee Lewis set. During the 1950s, rock'n'roll was a teenager's first love. It wasa music that excited them, moved them and gave them a music of their own-stupendously different from their parent'smusic. It was a music that grabbed the heart, moved the feet and changed the world. Listening to rock'n'roll was a rite ofpassage for teenagers in the 1950s, a baptism of freedom for a youth rebellion. Sun Records in Memphis, led by Sam Phillips, was the birthplace of rock'n'roll and Jerry Lee Lewis was a favorite son. -Don Cusic
TracksCredits
- Disc 1 -
1 Crazy Arms
2 End of the Road
3 Born to Lose
4 Silver Threads Among the Gold
5 I'm Throwing Rice (At the Girl I Love)
6 Loie You So Much It Hurts
7 Deep Elm Blues
8 Goodnight Irene
9 Honey Hush
10 Crawdad Song
11 Dixie
12 Marine's Hymn
13 That Lucky Old Sun
14 Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
15 You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
16 Lewis Boogie
17 I Can't Help It If Still in Lovewith You
18 Cold Cold Heart
19 Shame on You
20 I'll Keep on Loving You (Aka If the World Keeps on Turning)
21 You Are My Sunshine
22 Tomorrow Night
23 Sixty Minute Man
24 It All Depends (Who Will Buy the Wine)
25 I Don't Love Nobody
26 Ole Pal of Yesterday
27 You Win Again
28 Love Letters in the Sand
29 Little Green Valley
30 Pumpin' Pianorock
- Disc 2 -
1 Whole Lot of Shakin Going on (Aka Whole Lotta Shakin Goin on)
2 It'll Be Me
3 All Night Long
4 Old Time Religion
5 When the Saints Go Marching in
6 My Carolina Sunshine Girl
7 Long Gone Lonesome Blues
8 Singing the Blues
9 Matchbox
10 Ubangi Stomp
11 Rock Ruby
12 So Long I'm Gone
13 0Oby Booby
14 I'm Feeling Sorry
15 Mean Woman Blues
16 Turn Around
17 Why Should I Cry
18 Great Balls of Fire
19 I'm Sorry I'm Not Sorry
20 Down the Line (Aka Mown on Down the Line)
21 Cool Cool Ways (Sexy Ways)
22 Milkshake Mademoiselle (Aka Milk Shake Mademoiselle)
23 Lewis Workout
24 When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
25 When I Get Paid II
26 Love Made a Fool of Me
27 No More Than I Get
28 I Forgot to Remember to Forget
29 My Pretty Quadroon
- Disc 3 -
1 Breathless
2 Pink Pedal Pushers
3 Jailhouse Rock
4 Don't Be Cruel
5 Someday You'll Want Me to Want You
6 Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
7 Friday Night
8 Big Legged Woman
9 Hello Hello Baby
10 Fi Ankle and Johnny
11 Your Cheatin' Heart
12 Lovesick Blues
13 Put Me Down
14 High School Confidential
15 Slippin' Around
16 I'll See You in My Dreams
17 Real Wild One (Wild One)
18 Let the Good Times Roll
19 Fools Like Me
20 Setting the Woods on Fire
21 Memory of You
22 Come What May
23 Crazy Heart
24 Live and Let Live
25 It Hurt Me So
26 Bigbien' Baby
27 Lovin' Up a Storm
28 Sick and Tired
29 Shanty in Old Shanty Town
- Disc 4 -
1 Release Me
2 Near You
3 I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
4 Hillbilly Music
5 Little (Weenie)
6 Home
7 Will the Circle Be Unbroken
8 Ballad of Billy Joe
9 Sail Away
10 Am I to Be the One
11 Night Train to Memphis
12 Im the Guilty One
13 Let'stalk About Us
14 Wild Side of Life
15 Billy Boy (Aka Charming Billy)
16 My Bonnie
17 Mexicali Rose
18 In the Mood
19 I Get the Blues When It Rains
20 Don't Drop It
21 Great Speckled Bird
22 Baby Baby Bye Bye
23 Old Black Joe
24 Bonnie B
25 Hound Dog
26 As Long As I Live
27 What'd I Say
28 Keep Your Hands Off of It - Birthday Cake
29 Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes
30 John Henry
31 C.C. Rider
- Disc 5 -
1 Livin' Lovin' Wreck
2 It Won't Happen with Me
3 I Love You Because
4 Save the Last Dance for Me
5 High Powered Woman
6 My Blue Heaven
7 Hamblin' Rose
8 Money
9 Rockin' the Boat of Love
10 I've Been Twistin'
11 I Know What It Means
12 Hello Josephine
13 Set My Mind at Ease
14 Sweet Little Sixteen
15 Good Rockin' Tonight
16 Be Bop a Lula
17 How's My Ex Treating You
18 I Can't Trust Me (In Your Arms Anymore)
19 Good Golly Miss Molly
20 Waiting for a Train
21 Teenage Letter
22 Seasons of My Heart
23 Your Lovin Ways
24 Just Who Is to Blame
25 Hong Kong Blues
26 Love on Broadway
27 One Minute Past Eternity
28 Invitation to Your Part
29 I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye
30 Carry Me Back to Old Virginia
