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 ...

Driving south out of Memphis on I-55 last Wednesday, I popped on Jerry Lee Lewis' new CD, Mean Old Man. Officially released yesterday, the album is a tour de force of little-known country and rock ...

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 Oct. 28, was ...

Jerry Lee Lewis, one of rock and roll’s trailblazers, died in late October at age 87. The singer had been in poor health, but no cause of death was given. Nicknamed “the Killer,” Lewis epitomized rock ...

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 ...