John Lennon and Jerry Lee Lewis

The Quote (Per Jerry Lee): “One night in the early 1970s, after a show at the Roxy in Los Angeles, a man came into his dressing room, got down on his knees, and crawled across the floor to him. ‘He kissed my feet,’ Jerry Lee remembers…’My boy was there, Junior. He said, ‘Dad, Dad is that John Lennon?’ … He’d done it and said, ‘I just wanted you to know that you are the man who made it possible for me to be a star in rock ‘n’ roll music.’”

Editor’s note: Later in this interview, Jerry Lee expressed frustration that Elvis ‘called me a genius and everything…But he never got down and kissed my feet.  That’s the only thing I hate about him.’

The Source: Interview by Chris Heath, GQ November 2009

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New to Jerry Lee Lewis? Start Here: Songs like Whole Lot of Shakin’ Going On and Great Balls of Fire made Jerry Lee Lewis so popular that label-mates Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash were compelled to leave Sun Records for smaller ponds that were Killer-free. These songs are represented here on The Definitive Collection and are essential representations of the wild roots of Rock N Roll. Just as important is the inclusion of choice cuts form Jerry’s 1970s country era like Another Time Another Place. Missing is Lewis’ cover of Brown Eyed Handsome Man, but that’s what iTunes is for, right?

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