Author: Rick Bragg Publisher: Canongate Books ISBN: 0857861603 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 653
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Jerry Lee Lewis has lived an extraordinary life. He gave rock and roll its devil's edge with hit records like 'Great Balls of Fire'. His incendiary shows caused riots and boycotts. He ran a decade-long marathon of drugs, drinking, and women, and married his thirteen-year-old second cousin, the third of seven wives. He also nearly met his maker, at least twice. He survived it all to be hailed as one of the greatest music icons. For the very first time, he reveals the truth behind the Last Man Standing of the rock-and-roll era.
Author: J.D. Davis Publisher: BrownBooks.ORM ISBN: 1612540759 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 494
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“Engaging . . . [a] biography of three men bound by blood, music, and a lifelong struggle to strike a balance between the sacred and secular.”—Publishers Weekly Three cousins, inseparably bonded through music. Each became a star; their story would become a legend. J. D. Davis’s enthralling new biography of famous cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley, born within a twelve-month span in small-town Louisiana during the Great Depression, draws from exhaustive research and personal connections with friends and family. Davis recreates the irresistible and life-changing power of music that surrounded the cousins as boys and shaped their engagingly distinct paths to fame. With three personal journeys set alongside important landmarks in pop-culture history, Davis presents a unique tale of American music centered on the trials, tribulations, and achievements of three men who remain truly Unconquered. A ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award Honorable Mention for Biography “This is a good read, and not just for the hard-core fan. It will appeal to anyone interested in the dynamics of rock ’n’ roll, country music, and evangelical Christianity and what happens when the aesthetics and lifestyles of those three worlds collide. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal “God, the devil, and everything in between. This book is a great representation of the duality plane on which we exist.'”—Leon Russell, legendary musician, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member “Unconquered clearly depicts the fascinating story of three great musical artists who were cousins in real life but icons in the world of music. Each man conquered life’s roadblocks to achieve his ultimate goals.”—Tom Schedler, former Louisiana Secretary of State
Author: Jerry Lee Lewis Publisher: Alfred Music ISBN: 9780739043813 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 0
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Legendary singer/songwriter and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis was one of the first great rock & roll artists. Nicknamed The Killer," Jerry Lee Lewis was as famous for his music and energetic live performances as his controversial personal life. This book provides the lyrics along with piano and chord arrangements for 30 of Jerry Lee Lewis' most famous hit songs. A must-have for Jerry Lee Lewis fans! Titles: Another Place Another Time * Big Legged Woman * Breathless * Carry Me Back to Ole Virginia * Chantilly Lace * Crawdad Song * End of the Road * Great Balls of Fire * High School Confidential * I Am What I Am * Lewis Boogie * Lucille * Me and Bobby McGee * Middle Age Crazy * New Orleans Boogie * Once More with Feeling * One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) * Over the Rainbow * Rockin' My Life Away * She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye * She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me) * Think About It Darlin' * Thirty Nine and Holding * To Make Love Sweeter for You * Wall Around Heaven * What'd I Say * What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) * Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On * Would You Take Another Chance on Me * You Win Again."
Author: Nick Tosches Publisher: Grove Press ISBN: 9780802135667 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 296
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A portrait of singer Jerry Lee Lewis details his early life, music, controversial marriage, problems and decline, endurance, and revival in popularity.
Author: Jerry Lee Lewis Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN: 1495038521 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 10
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(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part as well as in the vocal line.
Author: Stephen Miller Publisher: Omnibus Press ISBN: 0857128566 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 270
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Million Dollar Quartet’ is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an impromptu jam session among Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash.The events of the session. Very few participants survive. Includes interviews with the drummer and the sound engineer. A detailed analysis of the music played – and its relevance to subsequent popular music. The early lives and careers of the quartet – where they were in 1956. Relevant social and economic factors which meant that a massive audience of young people were keenly looking for a new kind of music they could call their own. The “reunions” of surviving members of the quartet. The emergence of the tapes, first on bootleg and then on legitimate CDs. The genesis of the stage show and its reception – the enduring appeal of the music.
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