 |
| Above, Jerry Lee Lewis and the rest of the Million Dollar Quartet are enshrined at the Sun Studio soda fountain in Memphis, Tennessee. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The last member of the "Million Dollar Quartet" at Sun Records died yesterday.
Jerry Lee Lewis had a controversial life but managed to rise in esteem in his later years.
WREG in Memphis reported:
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jerry Lee Lewis, the last surviving member of the Million-Dollar Quartet at Sun Studio, has passed away at the age of 87, his publicist confirmed Friday.
The music world is mourning the loss of a Mid-South man being called one of the greatest entertainers and piano players ever. For decades, Jerry Lee Lewis was known to fans simply as The Killer for his songs and the way he rattled the ivory. It was a musical ability that he knew was a gift.
Friends and fans say nobody played the piano like Jerry Lee. Even as a kid, his piano teacher found that out the hard way when Jerry Lee gave him a lesson on how music should be played.
His music would take him from his home in Louisiana to Memphis to record at Sam Phillip’s Sun Studio. This was the place where Jerry Lee would make records and history with one hit song after another. His first big hit was called “Crazy Arms.”
Later, as a part of the Million-Dollar Quartet at Sun Studio along with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins, he turned vinyl records into gold.
To read more, go here.
No comments:
Post a Comment