Jerry Lee Lewis

Songwriter: Dallas Frazier Sanger D. Shafer

Producer: Jerry Kennedy

The one that I took dancing the one that I called a baby
Walked down the aisle this morning with her old used to be
Waitress take the band another round and tell them it's on me
And ask them to do me one more favor please
Let that lonesome fiddle man take the lead
He gets the kind of sound that my lonely heart needs
I hear he's lost his darlin' just like me let that lonesome fiddle man take the lead

He struck a tune earlier this evening
A lonesome song called Faded Love his favorite melody
When I hear he's lost his darlin' just like me
Let that lonesome fiddle man take the lead

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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