Jerry Lee Lewis At Sun Records The Collected Works

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1959 January 1959: J.W. Brown leaves the band for a year (except for a few rep

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filling the empty slot). January 1959: Recording session February 15, 1959: Release date S UN 317 ( Lovin' Up A Storm/Big Blon' Baby) February 27, 1959: Steve Allen Lewis is born in Ferriday. March 22, 1959: Recording session April 17, 1959: Australian tour with Sammy Davis Jr. is cancelled. May 28, 1959: Recording session June 1, 1959: Release date S UN 324 ( Let's Talk About Us/The Ballad Of Billy Jo

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June 25-26, 1959: Recording session July 1959: Plays in St. Louis, Halls, TN and a few nights in Lake Charles, LA before taking a week off in Coney Island. August 4, 1959: Performs on Richard Haye's 'Big Beat' show on TV. August 6, 1959: Appears on 'Rate The Record' TV show. August 8, 1959: Performs on Alan Freed's 'Big Beat Party' show on TV. approx. August 1-10, 1059: Plays the Rip Tide Club in Coney Island, New Yor

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J.W. Brown is called back on the 9 th because Jerry Lee needs a bass pl

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September 15, 1959: Release date S UN 330 ( Little Queenie/I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You) November 6, 1959: In hospital for appendicitis operation. December 4-7, 1959: Performs at Jimmy Maddin's Sundown Club in Los Ange

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( BELOW ) Jerry Lee Lewis with his parents outside courtroom in Memphis, after testifying he was "about broke." Ex-wife Jane Mitcham Lewis charged he was behind in alimony and child-support payments; the judge gave him one week to pay up.