Jerry Lee Lewis in Memphis, in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images But he brilliantly defined the new music by revealing its tangled roots—in white and Black gospel stylings, in the boogie-woogie ...

News of the death of first generation rock ‘n’ roll star Jerry Lee Lewis brought an outpouring from across the cultural landscape, with fellow musicians, authors, actors and even a former president of ...

Rock 'n' roll's first great wild man, 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 ...

Jerry Lee Lewis’ death on Friday at 87 brought out a lot of Twitter tributes for the pioneer rock pianist. The man behind “Great Balls of Fire” died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Fans from all ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and ...

Pioneering rock ‘n’ roller Jerry Lee Lewis died in his Mississippi home Friday, prompting the many artists the 87-year-old “Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On” singer inspired to pay tribute online. Jerry ...

He called himself “the Killer,” and he lived up to the name, if not literally then figuratively. Jerry Lee Lewis was one of rock and roll’s founding fathers, a piano-pounding boogie-woogie rocker with ...

Elvis Presley might have been the King, but Jerry Lee Lewis — the controversial American singer, songwriter and pianist who passed away Friday at his Mississippi home at the age of 87 — was something ...

Elton posted a sweet throwback photo of the two men perched on white leather chairs as Jerry held onto what appeared to be a cigarette. “Without Jerry Lee Lewis, I wouldn’t have become who I am today, ...

Those words, written vertically, one letter atop another, were printed on a ribbon that dangled Thursday night from the lone floral arrangement that had been placed on the casket that held the mortal ...