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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 5 - The Untold Story

Gibson guitar used by Chuck Berry at Wembley could fetch £20,000 at auction

The 1964 Gibson Firebird V will be auctioned off in Wiltshire later this month

The Independent UK

VIEWPOINT 2: Holly paved the way to Beatlemania

For many people, the most notable date in February is Valentine’s Day. But for those familiar with the history of rock music, two others stand out: Feb. 3, 1959 — “the day the music died,” as Don McLean described it in his 1971 hit “American Pie” — and Feb. 9,…

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Gene Collier: The King, the almost Queen, and another musical Christmas

From what I’ve heard (and heard and heard and heard and heard again), Mariah Carey doesn’t want a lot for Christmas, but she did want the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to grant her the designation “Queen of Christmas.”

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Family, fans bid adieu to music icon Jerry Lee Lewis

Family, friends and fans are preparing to bid farewell to rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis at memorial services held in his north Louisiana home town

The Independent UK

Jerry Lee Lewis: fiery performances were inseparable from his reckless behaviour and dark personal life

When Jerry Lee Lewis – pianist, singer and rock-and-roll pioneer – released his best-selling album of duets in 2006, he called it Last Man Standing. In this, at least, he was correct.

The Conversation

Jerry Lee Lewis: Rock’n’roll pioneer who was as controversial as he was famous

Known as ‘The Killer’, his blistering piano and vocals style fuelled by alcohol and amphetamines led to chart success, but a private life that racked up seven marriages was plagued by death and destruction

The Independent UK

Jerry Lee Lewis, Outrageous Rock ‘n’ Roll Star, Dies at 87

Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock ‘n’ roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” and sustained a career otherwise upended by personal scandal, died Friday morning at 87. The last survivor of a…

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame remembers its last inaugural inductee Jerry Lee Lewis

Lewis was part of the Hall of Fame’s first class in 1986, alongside other greats including Buddy Holly, James Brown and Elvis Presley.

The Independent UK

Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87

The untamable and often outrageous rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87

The Independent UK

US rock ‘n’ roll star Jerry Lee Lewis dies at 87

Pioneering musician known for hits such as Great Balls of Fire and his tumultuous personal life has died.

Al Jazeera

Jerry Lee Lewis obituary

Founding father of rock’n’roll who took the world by storm with Great Balls of Fire and Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On

The Guardian - UK

Rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, known as 'The Killer,' dies

American rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, who was torn between his Bible-thumping upbringing and his desire to make hell-raising rock 'n' roll with hits such as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," has died at the age of 87.

Reuters

Jerry Lee Lewis, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dies at 87

With hits such as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” Lewis was all about lust and gratification. He was a one-man stampede who made the fans scream and the keyboards swear.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jerry Lee Lewis, notorious US rock’n’roll star, dies aged 87

Artist’s songs such as Great Balls of Fire helped install rock’n’roll as the dominant American pop music of the 1950s

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Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock ‘n’ roll star, dies at 87

The untamable and often outrageous rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has died at 87

Tribune News Service

Bob Dylan's 'The Philosophy of Modern Song' book is a love letter to music — and, um, polygamy

Bob Dylan doesn't think much of the current state of songwriting or of contemporary pop music, two points underscored in his sometimes dizzying, sometimes confounding, but rarely less than absorbing new book, "The Philosophy of Modern Song." But he does think polygamist marriages are greatly underrated, about which more in…

Irish Mirror

Irish wedding guests in stitches as bride pranks groom with first dance bluff

The loved-up pair can be seen hitting the floor and locking eyes before the music drops out leaving Keith looking utterly bamboozled.

Newsroom.co.nz

Book of the Week: Speed, LSD and other thrills

Philip Matthews on a reissued stoner classic

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Who is David Foster: Prince Harry’s mentor and father figure in California

The erstwhile royal has struck up a friendship with the 72 year-old Grammy-winner. Juliana Piskorz reports on an unlikely duo

The Independent UK

Ronnie Hawkins: One of rock’n’roll’s greatest showmen

A larger-than-life figure, Hawkins advised a teenage Elvis to change his name, saw his backing group The Hawks morph into The Band under Bob Dylan, and had his garage burnt down by houseguest John Lennon

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