Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
	Foto publikasi, ca 1950s
Informasi latar belakang
Lahir	29 September 1935; Ferriday, Louisiana, Amerika Serikat
Meninggal	28 Oktober 2022 (umur 87); DeSoto County, Mississippi, Amerika Serikat
Genre	Rock and roll; rockabilly; country; gospel; honky-tonk;
Pekerjaan	Penyanyi; penulis lagu; pianis;
Instrumen	Vokal; piano;
Tahun aktif	1949–2022
Label	Sun; Smash; Mercury; Sire; Warner Bros; MCA;
Artis terkait	Johnny Cash; Carl Perkins; Elvis Presley; Roy Orbison; Million Dollar Quartet; Class of '55; Chuck Berry;
Situs web	jerryleelewis.com
Suami/istri	; Dorothy Barton; (m. 1952; c. 1953) ; Jane Mitchum; (m. 1953; c. 1957) ; Myra Gale Brown; (m. 1958; c. 1970) ; Jaren Elizabeth Gunn Pate; (m. 1971; meninggal 1982) ; Shawn Stephens; (m. 1983; meninggal 1983) ; Karrie McCarver; (m. 1984; c. 2005) ; Judith Lewis; (m. 2012)

Jerry Lee Lewis (29 September 1935 – 28 Oktober 2022) adalah seorang penyanyi, penulis lagu, musisi, dan pianis Amerika, yang lebih dikenal dengan julukannya, The Killer. Ia disebut sebagai "pria luar besar pertama dari rock & roll."^[8]

Sebagai seorang pionir dari musik rock and roll dan rockabilly, Lewis membuat rekaman-rekaman pertamanya pada 1956 di Sun Records, Memphis. "Crazy Arms" terjual 300,000 salinan di kawasan Selatan, tetapi hit tahun 1957-nya "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" yang membuat Lewis meraih ketenaran di seluruh dunia. Ia menyusulnya dengan "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless" dan "High School Confidential". Namun, karier rock and roll Lewis kandas saat ia menikahi sepupu jauhnya yang berusia 13 tahun saat ia berusia 23 tahun.

Referensi

^ "Jerry Lee Lewis". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Diakses tanggal September 4, 2016.
^ "Jerry Lee Lewis, Known for 1950s Rockabilly Piano Hits 'Great Balls of Fire' and 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On,' Has Suffered a Stroke". WGHP-TV. March 2, 2019. Diakses tanggal October 23, 2019.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Jerry Lee Lewis". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Da Capo Press. hlm. 225. ISBN 0-30680409-3. His drive, his timing, his off-hand vocal power, his unmistakable boogie-plus piano, and his absolute confidence in the face of the void make Jerry Lee the quintessential rock and roller. He's a country artist out of geography and simple pique at rock's scared-shitless powers-that-be—it was the inadequacy of country's moralism, after all, that drove him to rockabilly.
^ Koda, Cub. "Jerry Lee Lewis". AllMusic. Diakses tanggal September 23, 2015.
^ Ratliff, Ben (November 26, 2007). "A Piano Pounder Stops by, but Things Remain Orderly". The New York Times. Diakses tanggal October 16, 2020. "He fished from his pool of old honky-tonk and rock 'n' roll songs"...
^ Bonomo 2009, hlm. 96
^ Daley, Lauren (August 2, 2007). "Last Man Standing: Jerry Lee at the Z". South Coast Today. Diakses tanggal September 30, 2020. He made his public debut in 1949 at 14, sitting in with a local country/western band in a Ford dealership parking lot.
^ Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001). All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide to Popular Music. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. hlm. 234.

Daftar pustaka

Bonomo, Joe (2009). Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found. New York: Continuum Books.
Tosches, Nick (1982). Hellfire. New York: Grove Press.
Gutterman, Jimmy (1991). Rockin' My Life Away: Listening to Jerry Lee Lewis. Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press.
Gutterman, Jimmy (1993). The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer, No Filler. Rhino Records.
Lewis, Myra; Silver, Murray (1981). Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis. William Morrow/Quill/St. Martin's Press.
Whitburn, Joel (1985). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits.