Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story (Harper), by Rick Bragg Jerry Lee Lewis was a Louisiana-born supernova who helped create rock n roll and raced toward stardom in the 1950s until his marriage to his ...

Rock 'n' roll's first great wild man, Jerry Lee Lewis — the singer and pianist nicknamed "The Killer" — has died. He was 87 years old. Sam Philips, the founder of Sun Records — and the producer who ...

Rock fans everywhere are mourning the loss of Jerry Lee Lewis. The New York Times reports that Lewis died on Friday, October 28, 2022, at age 87. He died in his home in DeSoto County, Mississippi, ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, whose frenetic piano playing on hits like “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and “Great Balls of Fire” defined the early years of rock ‘n’ roll music, has died, according to a statement ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, an incendiary keyboard player and pioneering rock ‘n’ roll singer, has died at age 87. Lewis died at home on Friday morning in Desoto County, Mississippi, south of Memphis, according ...

Elton John, Ringo Starr and Dennis Quaid were among the celebrities who paid tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis following his death at the age of 87. The rock n' roll star, whose biggest hits include "Great ...

Famed musician Jerry Lee Lewis had two sons named after him Globe Photos/ZUMAPRESS ; PA Images / Alamy Over the course of his life, the late singer Jerry Lee Lewis grew a large family. A peer of Elvis ...

Jerry Lee Lewis showed his fans in Dallas-Fort Worth many times over the decades that he was a master showman who couldn’t resist the urge to wail his signature hits, pound the keys on a keyboard and ...

With his pounding piano, his impassioned vocals and his incendiary performing style, Mr. Lewis lived up to his nickname, the Killer. By William Grimes Jerry Lee Lewis, the hard-driving rockabilly ...