Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elvis Presley might have been the King, but Jerry Lee Lewis — the controversial American singer, songwriter and pianist who passed ...

Jerry Lee Lewis is rightly remembered for being a rock 'n' roll pioneer, but his country music catalog is impressive. It was country that brought him back after crippling personal decision in the late ...

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 ...

Lewis came up in rock, but proved his country chops on the 1968 album Another Place, Another Time. The music suited his piano style, and the lyrics fit the emotions he brought to every performance.