Post by erik on Mar 1, 2019 21:14:07 GMT -5
A minor health scare for the man they call The Killer. Jerry Lee Lewis, the 83 year-old, piano-pounding rock and roll icon, suffered a minor stroke last night, but is expected to recover fully and not miss any dates (he has none on his plate until late April):
www.savingcountrymusic.com/jerry-lee-lewis-suffers-stroke/comment-page-1/#comment-1051894
The only one of the Sun Records Class of 1955 still alive, Lewis has survived far worse health scares, notably quadruple bypass surgery in 1981, and is still pounding and/or tickling the ivories after all these years. After his marriage to his 13 year-old cousin Myra in 1958 nearly torpedoed his career, he had his popularity renewed in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of C&W hits, including "What's Made Milwaukee Famous", "One Has My Name", and a fairly savage version of "Chantilly Lace" that narrowly missed the pop Top 40 in early 1972.
www.savingcountrymusic.com/jerry-lee-lewis-suffers-stroke/comment-page-1/#comment-1051894
The only one of the Sun Records Class of 1955 still alive, Lewis has survived far worse health scares, notably quadruple bypass surgery in 1981, and is still pounding and/or tickling the ivories after all these years. After his marriage to his 13 year-old cousin Myra in 1958 nearly torpedoed his career, he had his popularity renewed in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a series of C&W hits, including "What's Made Milwaukee Famous", "One Has My Name", and a fairly savage version of "Chantilly Lace" that narrowly missed the pop Top 40 in early 1972.