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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Record Label: |
Collectables Records |
| Genre: |
Oldies |
| Subgenre: |
Rock 'N' Roll |
| Release Date: |
March 14, 2006 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye 2. I Love You So Much It Hurts 3. I'm Throwing Rice 4. Goodnight Irene 5. Your Cheatin' Heart 6. I'm I to Be the One 7. Crazy Arms 8. My Train to Memphis 9. As Long as I Live 10. You Win Again 11. You Hurt Me So 12. Waiting For a Train 13. Carry Me Back to Old Virginia 14. John Henry 15. Old Black Joe 16. My Blue Heaven 17. Your the Only Star 18. Crawdad Song 19. Hand Me Down by My Walking Cane 20. You Are My Sunshine 21. I'll Keep on Loving You 22. Deep Elm Blues |
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2 LPs on 1 CD: A TASTE OF COUNTRY (1970)/OLD TYME COUNTRY MUSIC (1972). A TASTE OF COUNTRY originally released on Sun (114). OLD TYME COUNTRY MUSIC originally released on Sun (121). Includes liner notes by Mark Marymont. Along with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis pioneered the rock & roll sound of the '50s with his early recordings for Sun Records. Reissue specialist Collectables has paired two original Sun albums on this single disc. Lewis's frenzied piano style, equal parts barrelhouse and Little Richard, merged blues, country, and an unidentified third party to create a wholly unique and original style that we've come to know as rock & roll. As the years passed, however, Lewis would bring the country side of his sound more and more to the fore, scoring several country hits in the process. As this disc makes plain, though, he was exploring country music as early as his Sun days. Jerry Lee's country music sounds like none other, though. Even when tackling material by an arti... |
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