Roy Orbison, who before becoming a pop star himself wrote songs for Jerry Lee, called him the best raw performer in rock ‘n’ roll history. Lewis unleashed the saints and demons of primal rock ...

Perkins and Lewis. He was also part of the legendary Class of ’55 album with Cash, Perkins, Elvis and Roy Orbison. As a piano player, Jerry Lee had a very unique style, blending rockabilly ...

Rock and roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87 ... Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison. He was known for his wild performances on the piano, running his hand along the entire keyboard ...

Rock 'n' roll's first great wild man, Jerry Lee Lewis — the singer ... Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison — called Lewis "the most talented man I ever worked with, black or white ...

For the longest time, it seemed that if Jerry ... the end, Lewis also outlasted the rest of the Sun Records clan that took rock ’n’ roll from Memphis to the world. Presley, Roy Orbison ...

By Jennifer Frederick Jerry Lee Lewis ... Perkins and Lewis. (Lewis later was part of the legendary Presley tribute Class of ’55 album with Cash, Perkins and Roy Orbison.) ...

Jerry Lee Lewis ... “High School Confidential” opened with Lewis singing the title song on the back of a flatbed truck. The late Roy Orbison, one of Lewis’ colleagues at Sun Records in ...

With his pounding piano, his impassioned vocals and his incendiary performing style, Mr. Lewis lived up to his nickname, the Killer. By William Grimes Jerry Lee Lewis, the hard-driving rockabilly ...

Jerry Lee Lewis — the singer and pianist nicknamed “The Killer” — has died. He was 87 years old. Sam Philips, the founder of Sun Records — and the producer who also discovered Elvis, Howlin’ Wolf, ...