The Essential Sun Collection

Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis
Label: Recall Records UK
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 636551418027
EAN: 0636551418027
ASIN: B00000IGOO

Release Date: 1999-06-07

The Essential Sun Collection

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Tracks:

Crazy Arms
End Of The Road
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
It'll Be Me
Great Balls Of Fire
You Win Again
Mean Woman Blues
Breathless
Down The Line
High School Confidential
Fools Like Me
The Return Of Jerry Lee
Lewis Boogie
Break-Up
I'll Make It All Up To You
I'll Sail My Ship Alone
Lovin' Up A Storm
Big Blon' Baby

Tracks:

Let's Talk About Us
The Ballad Of Billy Joe
Little Queenie
I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
Baby, Baby, Bye Bye
Old Black Hoe
Hangb Up My Rock & Roll Shoes
John Henry
When I Get Paid
What'd I Say?
Livin' Lovin' Wreck
Cold, Cold Heart
It Won't Happen With Me
Save The Last Dance For Me
Bonnie B
Sweet Little Sixteen
Good Golly Miss Molly
Teenage Letter

Album Description

36 track retrospective of the early rock'n'roll great's hit years on the Sun label. Features all of his U.S. chart hits for them, including 'Great Balls Of Fire', 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On', 'Breathless', 'Sweet Little Sixteen', 'What'd I Say', 'I'll Sail My Ship Alone' and more! Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

The rock'n'roll years.......2005-03-15

Jerry Lee's personal life has been eventful to say the least, but his brilliance as a singer and pianist has never been in question. As far as his music is concerned, there were two distinct phases to his recording career - the rock'n'roll music of the late fifties and early sixties (the subject of this compilation) and the country music of the late sixties and seventies (brilliant but often overlooked, best represented on Rhino's out of print Anthology).

Jerry Lee's later switch to country music should not have surprised anybody as his rock'n'roll recordings included a fair number of rocking covers of country songs. Indeed, his very first single was a cover of Crazy arms (originally a country song by Ray Price). However, it was Jerry Lee's second single, Whole lotta shaking going on, that gave him a major international hit. More classic hits followed (Great balls of fire, Breathless, High school confidential, Loving up a storm, Baby baby bye bye) but Jerry Lee soon became a controversial figure, which affected his popularity and (ultimately) record sales.

Jerry Lee managed a UK top ten with a cover of What'd I say (Ray Charles) in 1961, but that was his last major pop hit on either side of the Atlantic. He only had three further (minor) hits in the UK (Sweet little sixteen, Good golly miss Molly, Chantilly lace). Of these, Chantilly lace was a 1972 recording and is outside the scope of this compilation.

This compilation includes all of Jerry Lee's hits from the fifties and early sixties as well as his distinctive covers of various R+B, pop and country songs including You win again, Mean woman blues, I'll sail my ship alone, Cold cold heart and Save the last dance for me.

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Euclid Beach Band ~ Euclid Beach Band

Before Dawn ~ Yusef Lateef

Greatest Hits ~ Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass

Swingsational ~ Various Artists

The Texas Gypsies

I'll Send an Angel ~ Lisa Brandt

To All Tha Dreamers ~ Soul'd Out

Mosala Makasi ~ Papa Noel, Adan Pedroso

Silencio ~ Bau

Egoist ~ Chiharu Matsuyama