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Jerry Lee Lewis - "Killer"
Like Little Richard, Lewis attended a sacred school
Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On ()
(#3, 1957; #1 Country; #1 R&B)
cover of a song released two years earlier by the Commodores
sold 100,000 copies in the South
after an appearance on Steve Allen, sold 6 million nationally
Great Balls of Fire
(#2, 1957)
sold 5 million copies
Early Morning Rain
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