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Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
1957
"Great Balls of Fire" is a song recorded by American rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer. The song was featured in a performance by Jerry Lee Lewis and his band in the 1957 Warner Brothers rock and roll film Jamboree.
It sold one million copies in its first 10 days of release in the US making it one of the best-selling singles in the US at that time. It reached number 2 on the Billboard pop charts, number 3 on the R&B charts, and number 1 on the country charts. It also reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and appeared on the New Zealand Singles Chart and the Dutch Top 40. It was ranked as the 96th greatest song ever by Rolling Stone. In 1998, "Great Balls of Fire" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
In the 1986 film Top Gun, LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards) plays the song in a bar with his family and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise). The song is performed again in the sequel, the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick by Goose's son LT Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw (Miles Teller).
"Great Balls of Fire" received a total of 75,4% yes votes!
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Great balls of fire! Atop a piano, Jerry Lee Lewis gives a rip roarin' performance at the Café de Paris in New York, June 10, 1958.
Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images/Fine Art America
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December 4, 1956
Elvis, with Vegas Showgirl Marilyn Evans, showed up at Sun Records where Carl Perkins and his band with Jerry Lee Lewis hired for the session was recording. Elvis’ drop by turned the session into The Legendary Jam Session. Sam Phillips called the press, leveraged the unexpected visit for publicity and called Johnny Cash, newly signed to the label for the photographs.
The Perkins session that became known as The Million Dollar Quartet was recorded by Phillips. knowing it could never be released – already sold to RCA Presley was a national and breaking international star – while Perkins and Cash were on his label.
Jerry Lee Lewis was still trying to convince Phillips, and was there as a session musician.
Phillips recorded the mostly gospel, with Chuck Berry songs, and Elvis doing impersonations of Country Singers Bill Monroe and Hank Snow as well as impersonating Jackie Wilson who sang lead for Billy Ward and His Dominos, whom Elvis had just seen perform in Vegas.
A copy of the tape was made for Elvis and it was located in the 1980s in his Graceland bedroom closet, along with a recording of the 1956 Tupelo Homecoming show and an interview with Elvis and both of his parents.
Most of the infamous jam is gospel music, which was changed for the Broadway Play. Also, Elvis plays piano for most of the recordings and while Johnny Cash is in the photos, he’s not evident on any of the tape. Elvis’ Vegas Showgirl Date – Marilyn Evans is – she quips about “This Rover Boy Trio”
The four ended up taping some songs together, but recordings from the impromptu session would not be pressed on to discs for another 25 years when they were released as “The Million Dollar Quartet”. Elvis Presley had a copy of the session tapes which RCA used, while the Sun Studio was later sold and their original tapes were used by the new owner. Who also had Jimmy Ellis sing “Elvis on Jerry Lee Lewis recordings.
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Jerry Lee Lewis
September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022
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Jerry Lee Lewis
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𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 - 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐆𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧 (𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟕)
Dave "Curlee" Williams / James Faye "Roy" Hall
from: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" / "It'll Be Me"
Rock 'n' Roll | Rockabilly | 1st Wave Rock and Roll
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Personnel:
Jerry Lee Lewis: Vocals / Piano
Roland Janes: Guitar
J.M. Van Eaton: Drums
Engineered by Jack "Cowboy" Clement
Produced by Jack "Cowboy" Clement
Recorded:
@ Sun Records Studios
Memphis, Tennessee USA
February, 1955
Released:
on April 15, 1957
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Ranked the 61st greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
In 2005, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" was selected for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
"Perhaps the quintessential rockabilly anthem"
- Charles L. Ponce de Leon
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AD:
"Cash Box" Magazine
July 20, 1957
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I don't know who Brian Auger, the guy at the top, was, but he would seem to have had rather a high opinion of himself.
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The Killer is dead (© Barrie Wentzell)
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Mick Jagger & Jerry Lee Lewis.
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Jerry Lee Lewis, September 29, 1935 – October 28, 2022.
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April 9, 1932
Carl Perkins was born in Tiptonville, Tennessee.
he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. Among his best-known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Honey Don't", "Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".
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