June 24, 2016

273 Jerry Lee Lewis (1935- ) “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On” 1957

Lewis “enrolled in the Bible Institute of Waxahatchie…At a student gathering Jerry’s natural tendency to play everything with a boogie-woogie beat got the best of him. The faculty did not appreciate his rocking version of ‘My God Is Real,’ and he was suspended for two weeks. He never returned” (Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On). Listed on the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.

Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”

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