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Lewis, Jerry Lee
Listen to Jerry Lee Lewis:
Before artists like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard became legends in their own time, it was adequate for most rock and rollers to simply appear rebellious. The image that artists presented was more important than their true disposition, and usually the two were quite different. Jerry Lee Lewis, though, was the real thing and he had the temerity to prove it. With his long, blond hair combed back, he would strut onstage, approach the piano with a swagger, then pound out eighth notes while he attempted to seduce your daughter with his arrogant sneer and suggestive lyrics. If his talent was anything less than absolute, he would have been torn apart by the male contingent of the audience. Such was the confidence of Jerry Lee Lewis that he never thought twice about it.
"Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin' On" was written by Dave Williams and Roy Hall, a piano player who once hired Lewis to play in his after-hours juke joint. Hall released his version on Decca Records in 1955 after it was recorded by Big Maybelle. Other folks recorded it also, but it never went anywhere until it fell into the hands of Lewis.
"The opening measures sound as though he might tear the keys off the piano. The song has no bass player, just rollicking drums, an under-recorded guitar, Lewis' voice and p-i-a-n-o. He gets full muscle power from the song by breaking it down nice and low ("easy now") in the bridge. He then exhorts the girl(s) to "wiggle it around just a little bit, that's when you've got somethin'. Yeea-yah." (my God, just try to imagine how lascivious and perverted this must have sounded in 1957). Then Lewis lets it rip. When he says "We ain't fakin'," it's not only because it happens to rhyme with 'shakin'. He means business. Fathers, lock up your daughters. America and rock and roll did not and has not since seen the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis.
 
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