Why, depends on who you listen to and when. Lewis has been known as the Killer since school. He rarely wrote his own songs, but few interpreted them like the Killer. Lewis could play anything brilliantly on that piano вЂ“ blues, jazz, country, you name it. Photograph: David McClister for the Guardian Lewis playing his piano at home at his ranch in Nesbit, near Memphis. John Lennon kissed his feet when they met. I canвЂ™t really describe how much it meant to me to have your music on board when we were 240,000 miles from home and the Earth had shrunk to a tiny ball.вЂќ Lewis was in the first group of artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

вЂњDear Mr Lewis, Our most heartfelt thank you for the tremendous tape you cut for me to take on Apollo 14. On the wall is a letter from astronaut Stuart Roosa, dated. His music has been played around the world, and further. And Lewis, growling and yelping, beating seven bells of hell out of that piano with his hands, feet and elbows, snakes of hair falling over his forehead, is one of its most memorable performers. Sixty years on from the birth of rockвЂ™nвЂ™roll, Whole Lotta ShakinвЂ™ GoinвЂ™ On and Great Balls Of Fire remain two defining songs of the 20th century. Jerry Lee Lewis is preparing for his final tour to the UK next month, to coincide with his 80th birthday. вЂњYou can ask about me, but as far as all his wives and stuff goes, he doesnвЂ™t like to talk about personal stuff,вЂќ Judith says. Myra was the most controversial, because she was only 13 years old when Lewis wed her. And donвЂ™t mention any bad words, and nothing negative,вЂќ says the formidable Judith, a former basketball player, and ex-wife of the brother of wife number three, Myra. вЂњOK, you have to talk loud and slowly to Jerry.

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