Jerry Lee Lewis |
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Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29, 1935 into a very religious family . His family, though not very wealthy, sold their house when he was a child to get their son a piano. He loved to play piano. He was sent to a religious school, but was soon thrown out shortly thereafter -- he did a boogie version of a song about Jesus, something the school...
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Soundtrack (114 credits)
Soundtrack (114 credits)
2019
True Detective
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Big Never
(2019)
... (performer: "Another Place Another Time", "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye")
2017
Red Oaks
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Memories
(2017)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
2016
Good Morning Britain
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 25 November 2016
(2016)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
2016
Vinyl
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Yesterday Once More
(2016)
... (performer: "Breathless")
2015
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
(TV Movie) (performer: "Chantilly Lace / Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
2015
Rock 'n' Roll America
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Be My Baby
(2015)
... (performer: "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On")
2014
Dancing on Ice
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Week 4: The Skate-Off
(2014)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
- Week 4
(2014)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
American Horror Story
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- The Replacements
(2013)
... (performer: "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" - uncredited) / (writer: "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" - uncredited)
2013
Rude Tube
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Rude'lympics
(2013)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
2013
Nashville
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
(2013)
... (performer: "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye" - uncredited)
2013
Vegas
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Third Man
(2013)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
2012
Atop the Fourth Wall
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Brave and the Bold #54
(2012)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
2011
Cinemassacre's Top 15 Movies Where People FUCKING Burn to Death
(Short) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
2011
Metal Evolution
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pre-Metal
(2011)
... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On")
2010
No me la puc treure del cap
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- L'àguila negra
(2010)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
2010
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 9 September 2010
(2010)
... (performer: "Rockin' My Life Away")
2010
20 to 1
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Greatest Sports Movies of All Time
(2010)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
2010
Rock & Chips
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2010)
... (performer: "Lovin' Up a Storm" - uncredited)
Uvolnete se, prosím
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2009) (music - 1 episode, 2009)
- Episode dated 25 September 2009
(2009)
... (lyrics: "High School Confidential") / (music: "High School Confidential")
True Blood
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2009) (writer - 1 episode, 2009)
- Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
(2009)
... (performer: "Before The Night Is Over" - uncredited) / (writer: "Before The Night Is Over" - uncredited)
2008
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.5
(2008)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
2007
My Name Is Earl
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Gangs of Camden County
(2007)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
2007
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Viña 2007: Noche 2
(2007)
... (writer: "End of the Road" - uncredited)
2006
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Top 18
(2006)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
2004
Road Trip
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Twin Cities to the Windy City
(2004)
... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On')
2003
Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats
(Video) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On")
2001
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records
(2001)
... (performer: "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On", "Great Balls Of Fire", "Lonely Weekend")
2000
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970)
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
1999
A Texas Funeral
(performer: "Down The Road A Piece", "Crown Victoria Custom '51") / (writer: "Crown Victoria Custom '51")
1994-1997
Tohuwabohu
(TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)
- Tohu-Nacht Revue 1990-1997
(1997)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
- Seite 17
(1994)
... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" - uncredited)
- Episode #4.2
(1994)
... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" - uncredited)
1997
Telling Lies in America
(performer: "High School Confidential") / (writer: "High School Confidential")
1995
Beavis and Butt-Head
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Whiplash
(1995)
... (performer: "Goosebumps" - uncredited)
1995
RockVideo Monthly
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Alternative Edition: July 1995
(1995)
... (performer: "Goosebumps")
1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Fly Like an Eagle
(1994)
... (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire")
1994
Florida Lady
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Neue Wege/Bekanntschaft mit Hindernissen
(1994)
... (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire")
1993
Abierto por vacaciones
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 19 July 1993
(1993)
... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire")
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1993)
... (performer: "I'll Be Me")
1992
Marienhof
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Kabale und Liebe
(1992)
... (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire" - uncredited)
1991
Jerry Lee Lewis: The Story of Rock & Roll
(Video documentary) (performer: "High School Confidential", "Don't Be Cruel", "You Win Again", "Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" (Steve Allen Show), "Hound Dog", "I Got A Woman", "I'm On Fire", "Put Your Red Dress On", "I Believe In You", "Mystery Train", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" (London), "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" (Toronto), "Jailhouse Rock") / (writer: "High School Confidential")
1990
Rockopop
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 10 February 1990
(1990)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
1989
Quantum Leap
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Good Morning, Peoria - September 9, 1959
(1989)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
1989
Designing Women
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Rowdy Girls
(1989)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
1989
Great Balls of Fire!
(performer: "Crazy Arms", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "I'm Throwing Rice at the Girl That I Love", "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", "High School Confidential", "That Lucky Old Sun", "I'm On Fire", "Real Wild Child (Wild One)") / (writer: "High School Confidential")
1988
Dolly
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.19
(1988)
... (performer: "Meat Man", "Great Balls of Fire", "Why You Been Gone So Long")
1987
Rags to Riches
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(1987)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire")
1985
Sagan om Skrotnisse och hans vänner
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1985)
... (performer: "Hound Dog" (1958 version) - uncredited)
1985
Arena
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Buddy Holly
(1985)
... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On")
1983
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style
(Video documentary) (performer: "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" - uncredited)
1983
Breathless
(performer: "Breathless", "High School Confidential") / (writer: "High School Confidential")
1982
T.J. Hooker
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Deadly Ambition
(1982)
... (performer: "C. C. Rider" (uncredited), "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On")
1982
It Came from Hollywood
(Documentary) (performer: "High School Confidential" - uncredited) / (writer: "High School Confidential" - uncredited)
1979-1982
WKRP in Cincinnati
(TV Series) (performer - 5 episodes)
- Up and Down the Dial
(1982)
... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" - uncredited)
- Three Days of the Condo
(1981)
... (performer: "Rockin' My Life Away" - uncredited)
- Sparky
(1979)
... (performer: "Don't Let Go" - uncredited)
- Baby, If You've Ever Wondered
(1979)
... (performer: "Rockin' My Life Away" - uncredited)
- Fish Story
(1979)
... (performer: "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" - uncredited)
1979
Greasy Kid Stuff
(performer: "Be Bop a Lula", "High School Confidential") / (writer: "High School Confidential")
1978
Good Old Days Part II
(TV Special) (performer: "High School Confidential", "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee") / (writer: "High School Confidential")
1977
Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
(TV Movie) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On")
1969
Music Scene
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(1969)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire", "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye")
1969
33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee
(TV Movie) (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Go, Go, Go (Down The Line)")
Shindig!
(TV Series) (performer - 5 episodes, 1964 - 1965) (writer - 4 episodes, 1965)
- Episode #2.3
(1965)
... (performer: "Breathless", "High-Heeled Sneakers", "Mean Woman Blues", "High School Confidential", "Great Balls of Fire") / (writer: "High School Confidential")
- Episode #1.42
(1965)
... (performer: "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", "High School Confidential", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Jenny, Jenny") / (writer: "High School Confidential")
- Episode #1.31
(1965)
... (performer: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "I Believe in You")
- Peter and Gordon, Sonny & Cher, Vic Dana, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dee Dee Sharp, Sandie Shaw, Moody Blues, Herman's Hermits, Steve Alaimo and Glen Campbell
(1965)
... (performer: "Breathless", "Long Tall Sally", "Baby Hold Me Close", "Great Balls of Fire") / (writer: "Baby Hold Me Close")
- Episode #1.18
(1965)
... (writer: "High School Confidential")
1961
Bandstand
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 28 January 1961
(1961)
... (writer: "Baby, Baby, Bye Bye")
1958
The Dick Clark Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(1958)
... (performer: "Great Balls Of Fire", "Breathless")
1958
The Big Record
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.17
(1958)
... (performer: "Great Balls of Fire" - uncredited)
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Thanks (3 credits)
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Self (106 credits)
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Archive footage (38 credits)
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(March 5 to April 13, 1968) He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Catch My Soul," in the premiere season and world premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California with William Marshall and Julienne Marie. Jack Good was developer and director. Ray Pohlman was composer. See more »Publicity Listings:
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[Referring to the film Great Balls of Fire! (1989)]: "It's all lies. Maybe not lies, but it's their story, not mine." See more »Trivia:
Is portrayed by Dennis Quaid in Great Balls of Fire! (1989), by Waylon Payne in Walk the Line (2005), and James C. Victor in Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999). See more »Trademark:
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