Jerry Lee Lewis

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human pianist rock and roll musician rockabilly musician singer songwriter

Jerry Lee Lewis was a pioneering American rock and roll and rockabilly singer-pianist, famed for his wild performance style and hits like "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On."

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Label Occurrences
Jerry Lee Lewis canonical 60
Jerry Lee 1
Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
rock and roll musician ⓘ
rockabilly musician ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Carl Perkins ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Sam Phillips ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Hall of Fame Award ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
induction into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
induction into Rockabilly Hall of Fame ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-09-29 ⓘ
familyName Lewis ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
rockabilly ⓘ
givenName Jerry ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Sun Records ⓘ
surface form: Sun Records Million Dollar Quartet
movement rockabilly ⓘ
name Jerry Lee Lewis self-link ⓘ
nickname The Killer ⓘ
notableFeature energetic piano playing ⓘ
wild performance style ⓘ
notableWork Breathless ⓘ
Great Balls of Fire! ⓘ
surface form: Great Balls of Fire

High School Confidential ⓘ
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On ⓘ
occupation pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ferriday, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
recordLabel MCA Records ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ
Smash Records ⓘ
Sun Records ⓘ
relative Jimmy Swaggart ⓘ
Mickey Gilley ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Myra Gale Brown ⓘ
multiple spouses ⓘ

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Sun Studio → recordedArtist → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
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Elton John → influencedBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
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Jerry Lee Lewis → name → Jerry Lee Lewis self-link ⓘ
Carl Perkins → collaboratedWith → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Sam Phillips → discovered → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Sam Phillips → recorded → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Memphis Recording Service → notableArtistRecorded → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
706 Union Avenue → associatedWithPerson → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Sun Records → notableArtist → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) → firstRecordingArtist → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Lewis → hasNotableBearer → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio? → mentions → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jerry Lee
Turn On Your Love Light → hasCoverVersionBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Johnny B. Goode → widelyCoveredBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Paul McCartney and Wings → hasAssociatedAct → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Sister Rosetta Tharpe → influenced → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Stardust (1974 film) → musicBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Help Me Make It Through the Night → notableCoverPerformer → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
For the Good Times → recordedBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Funny How Time Slips Away → hasCoverVersionBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Baker Knight → wroteSongFor → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Room Full of Roses → recordedBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Money (That's What I Want) → hasCoverVersion → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Wayne Carson → songRecordedBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Great Balls of Fire! → basedOn → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Great Balls of Fire! → basedOn → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
this entity surface form: rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis
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Young Blood → hasCoverVersion → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Chris Isaak → influencedBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
“Green, Green Grass of Home” → recordedBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: Green, Green Grass of Home
“Green, Green Grass of Home” → associatedAct → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: Green, Green Grass of Home
“Misery Loves Company” → hasCoverVersionBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
subject surface form: Misery Loves Company
Mickey Gilley → relative → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
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Shake, Rattle and Roll → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Roll Over Beethoven → coveredBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Little Queenie → coveredBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Matchbox → recordedBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Matchbox → coverVersionBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
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Honey Don’t → recordedBy → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
Million Dollar Quartet → featuredArtist → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Jerry Lee Lewis – piano
The Killer → refersTo → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
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The Killer → bearerBirthName → Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ