NPR 100 Fact Sheet. Title: Great Balls of Fire. Artist: Words/music Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer. As performed by Jerry Lee Lewis. Reporter: Don Dixon ...

Dennis Quaid revealed he used cocaine to prepare for his role in "Great Balls of Fire!" Quaid spent 12 hours a day learning piano to portray Jerry Lee Lewis in the 1989 biopic. Quaid has been open ...

Actor Dennis Quaid played Lewis in the 1989 music biopic “Great Balls of Fire.” In 2014, Alabama author Rick Bragg wrote a biography of Lewis, titled “Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story.” ...

From “Great Balls of Fire” to “Over the Rainbow,” whether the songs were brash or tearful, Jerry Lee Lewis was indomitable. By Jon Pareles He never mellowed. Jerry Lee Lewis, who died on ...