The legendary singer Jerry Lee Lewis has died after a career spanning many decades
US singer Jerry Lee Lewis has died aged of 87, his publicist said.
Jerry was catapulted to fame with his 1957 hit, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, and went on to earn the nickname The Killer for his ability to knock out audiences – evening lighting his piano on fire to close out a show.
Zach Farnum, publicist for Jerry, said in a statement: “Lewis, perhaps the last true, great icon of the birth of rock ân’ roll, whose marriage of blues, gospel, country, honky-tonk and raw, pounding stage performances so threatened a young Elvis Presley that it made him cry, has died.
“He was there at the beginning, with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, and the rest, and watched them fade away one by one till it was him alone to bear witness, and sing of the birth of rock ân’ roll.”