Jerry Lee Lewis

Released: September 7, 2010

Featuring: Gillian Welch

Songwriter: Dub Williams Eddie Miller Robert Yount

Producer: Jim Keltner Steve Bing

Please release me, let me go
You know, woman, I don't love you anymore
To live together, it would be a sin
Release me and let me love again

I have found a new love, dear
And all killer needs that woman near
Her lips are warm, yours are cold
Release me, hey darling, let me go

Please release me, let me go
Honey, I just don't need you anymore
You know for me and you to live together
In the eyes of God, it would be a sin
Release me, let me get it again

Please release me, let me go
I don't love you anymore
To live together would be a sin
Release me and let me love again

Jerry Lee Lewis was a leading figure in the popularization of rock & roll during the 1950s. He was first signed to Sun Records in 1956 where he was labelmates with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, and other early rock artists. Of those musicians, however, he was the only piano player and combined with his heavy-handed playing style, sexually suggestive lyrics, and provocative stage antics he came to epitomize the rebelliousness of the genre.

He rose to international fame for his 1957 versions of the songs “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.”

Lewis' popularity rapidly tumbled, however, when in 1958, when at the age of 22, he married his 13-year-old cousin. Though this scandal continued to tarnish his image, Lewis never retired from music. As of October 2015, he continues to perform live.

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