There are 9 article(s) tagged Jerry Lee Lewis:

• March 2023

  • Sale of Jerry Lee Lewis Ranch will proceed following eviction of Lewis’ son

    As the sides debate who has ownership of Jerry Lee Lewis’ ranch in Nesbit, Miss., his son has been evicted from the property.

    By Beth Sullivan March 08, 2023

• December 2022

  • In memoriam: Memphians and Mid-Southerners lost in 2022

    In 2022, Memphis lost rock ‘n’ roll stars, restaurateurs, coaches and athletes, philanthropists and “the giraffe man.” 

    Today, we remember them once again. 

    By Jasmine McCraven December 27, 2022

• November 2022

  • Noteworthy: B.B. King’s Blues Club band, Nix brothers to receive Beale Street honor

    The Walk of Fame program was started in 1986 to recognize contributors to Memphis music history.

    By Jasmine McCraven November 07, 2022

• October 2022

  • Jerry Lee Lewis dead at 87

    One of the original wild men of rock-and-roll, who simultaneously conquered the country and R&B charts in 1957, is no more, per The Associated Press. 

    By Chris Herrington October 28, 2022

  • Jerry Lee Lewis joins Country Music Hall of Fame

    Sam Phillips at Sun Records turned Lewis into a rockabilly star, with hits like “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On” and “Great Balls of Fire,” but he also had several hits on the Billboard Country Music Chart.

    By The Associated Press October 17, 2022

• March 2020

  • Select-O-Hits: In tune with Memphis music for 60 years

    “There wouldn’t have been a Select-O-Hits had Jerry Lee not married his 13-year-old first cousin,” Johnny Phillips said of the family-run business that has transitioned from vinyl to cassettes to CD's to digital production. “Who would’ve thought that?”

    By Jared Boyd March 30, 2020

• March 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • Jerry Lee Lewis recovering from minor stroke
    • MAA seeks to raise $300 million in offering
    • Shelby schools to benefit from $1 million CMA grant program

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 01, 2019

• November 2018

  • Jerry Lee Lewis, Carla Thomas surprise and thrill as Memphis Music Hall of Fame adds seven new members

    Some nights begin with a bang. The 2018 Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony started with a ball of fire.

    By Chris Herrington November 02, 2018

• October 2018

  • The Memphis 10: Trump visit, aftermath of Trenary murder mark a messy week

    It was a week of sobering news and a news-making Presidential visit. Because the opening items underscore reckonings that came, alternately, from us and to us, I kept it light on the rest of this week’s 10.

    By Chris Herrington October 05, 2018