Saturday, 18 February 2023

Jerry Lee Lewis "Original Golden Hits" 1969 Vol. 1 of 3

...With the release of his first single, the road beckoned and it was here that Lewis' lasting stage persona was developed. Discouraged because he couldn't dance around the stage strumming a guitar like Carl Perkins, he stood up in mid-song, kicked back the piano stool and, as Perkins has so saliently pointed out, "a new Jerry Lee Lewis was born."..
...This newfound stage confidence was not lost on Sam Phillips. While he loved the music of Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, he saw neither artist as a true contender to Elvis' throne; with Lewis he thought he had a real shot. For the first time in his very parsimonious life, Sam Phillips threw every dime of promotional capital he had into Lewis' next single, and the gamble paid off a million times over. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" went to number one on the country and the R&B charts, and was only held out of the top spot on the pop charts by Debbie Reynolds' "Tammy." Suddenly, Lewis was the hottest, newest, most exciting rock & roller out there. His television appearances and stage shows were legendary for their manic energy, and his competitive nature to outdo anyone else on the bill led to the story about how he once set his piano on fire at set's end to make it impossible for Chuck Berry to follow his act. Nobody messed with the Killer... - by Cub Koda
traxfromwax:
1 Crazy Arms 2 End Of The Road 3 Great Balls Of Fire 4 It'll Be Me 5 Move On Down The Line 6 You Win Again 7 Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On 8 Little Queenie 9 Breathless 10 Teen-Age Letter 11 Lewis Boogie
Ripped from Vinyl by RYP with Audacity 3.2.3 : Thorens TD 318/Audio-Technica VM95E - Yamaha A-S301 - Q Acoustics 3020i / Yamaha NS-SW050

3 comments:

RYP said...

Jerry Lee Lewis "Original Golden Hits" 1969 Vol. 1
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Anonymous said...

Thanks RYP for the Jerry Lee. Great Sound On It. Ginny

LittleJack said...

Thanks RYP !