I don't care what anyone says, Jerry Lee Lewish, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Chuch Berry, shaped modern music for ever. They changed everything. Without them The Who, The Doors, The Beatles, Zeppelin, none of them would have formed.
Nice try, music rocks....but nothing and no one will ever rock the jailhouse like Elvis did in the movie...even Elvis himself never did capture that in his later performances..........
Never? Well, try the NBC '68 tv special Jailhouse Rock. I'd say that's one truly outstanding performance. And btw, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote the song - but Elvis made it immortal
and to continue the lesson...btw did you notice JLL was talking bout Elvis in the song...and the song....who made it famous...there ya go...ELVIS.....for those days which is what I said Elvis was the beginning of rocl n roll...and alot of performers from his time to todays era say he was the one they look to when it comes to being a performer and a rock n roll artist....learn something bout the music before you try and discuss with me...ty
The most influential entertainer in music history is probably Chuck Berry, also Elvis, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Muddy Waters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams were very important people in the evolution of rock music, not only Elvis Presley.
JerryLeeRuLes: I love your preferences, but I don't think Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis are part of the most influential entertainers in music history. I love Lewis dearly, but no. He should be part of the most influential, but he isn't.
Which doesn't imply that Jerry Lee inspired The Who to do so... and who says heavy metal players copied the 'hair-shake' from Lewis? He indeed must've been an influence as a piano player, but - be honest - the post-50s era didn't produce many piano pop/rock stars. Indeed many bands started out covering rock & roll songs; since Lewis had some big ones, it's only logical he was part of their repertoire. He certainly is big in my book, but not one of the most popular in music history.
Elvis was the poster child for Rock n ROll, you can't argue that. He was the face and physical embodiment of the music and more importantly he lead the movement to freely express your self in a creative manner on such a grand stage. As far as the sound and actual original science of tempo and instruments that created the genre.... I don't think we'll ever know but we all have to agree that Fats and Little Richard came a long just a little before Elvis, Jerry and Chuck Berry.
@puroproductions114 Well of course Elvis was a great entertainer and an essential part in rock 'n' roll history and rockabilly. He has influenced almost all the rockers and rockabillys in history that came after him, no one can argue with that! I was talking (if I can remember well because I wrote that a year ago!) about how Jerry Lee influenced post-rock 'n' roll stuff such as hard rock, heavy, etc.
@JerryLeeRuLeS Oh totally! Jerry Lee's the Man! All those guys influenced all that hippie/ earyly metal/'60s music to come in rock n rolls future. But I've noticed that a lot of the rockers from the 60's and 70's usually would say that Jerry Lee was more of an influence because Jerry never sold out and watered with music down like Elvis did. Jerry was always the Killer and always lived wild and made wild music. Now he's just the mean old man who's still performing and kickin ass!
@boogiewoogiepiano1 I disagree very much with you. I think JLL is most of the most influential! You know how many people follow his music and wish they could tear up a piano like that?
A short while before this show, Elvis personally invited Jerry Lee to come over to the International Hotel in Las Vegas to tell EP the truth about his show. That may account for the fact JLL performed some EP songs at the Toronto Peace Festival.
Rock & Roll started in joints like Haney's Big House in Ferriday Louisiana. To point the real beginning of r&r is not an easy task, but it certainly didn't start with the Pelvis.
You might want to hear Lil Johson's 'House Rent Scuffle', 1929!!! Tells us more about the r&r roots than any record Elvis ever made.
ELVIS was pop?....lol...anyone who would say that has to be under 30...in those days E was the epitomy of rock n roll....rebellious,vulgar and loud....E would be considered pop to todays perfrmrs but he is the beginning of all that is rock,soul,metal,rap...all goes back to the big bang theory that is Elvis Presley
now i n ref to this video....tear it up JL Lewis...hes humpin everything up there...lol...and to here him improvise in middle of song like he did...brilliant.
1st ur comment makes no sense...are you saying I said E alone...cause if thats what YOU are saying I said re-read what I wrote...no where did I say E alone...and most popular for awhile? yea just his entire performing career thats all....dont know who at the time you would compare him too....JLL?....jerry was great but not E...little richard?...ummm LR was great but not hardly...M.Jackson is only one close to Elvis and thats only due to it being a whole diff era as far as media coverage.
Elvis wasn't the most popular artist from 1958-1968 or so. Be honest. After that, he made a comeback, but certainly wasn't the most popular artist in the world. The fans think so, but not overall. 1956, and a bit of 1957, that's it.
Actually it was very common back in the day for performers to do many of the same songs as others in their *genre*. Record companies figured if a listener liked a particular song, they might like to hear it by someone else they liked. And it worked, pretty much. Do you have a performance of Jerry Lee doing the song "Together Again"? It's wonderful, soulful.
Big Mama Thornton made Hound Dog, don't like elvis version so good altho elvis was good. Damn i love Jerry Lee Lewis, he is wild on his piano(altho he doesnt play in this song) :D
Elvis was a pop singer from day one, no t much of a rocker. He was hyped as such, in the mean time releasing pop record after pop record. In those days Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis were te real deal, when it comes to rock & roll.
Jerry was great and he was the killer, but elvis was the man. Jailhouserock belongs to Elvis as does Whole lot a shakin belongs to Jerry. Its hard to beat the originals. Long live rock-n-roll....PEACE
Well... jerry Lee 'butchered' Whole Lotta Shakin' too. It was first recorded by Roy Hall; Jerry Lee omitted the opening lines and introduced the talkin'part.
As long as the music comes out as her or himself, I don't care. Interpretation is what counts. Not copying.
one of the greatest greet from belgium
imoteph26 6 months ago
Just enjoy the music
Flujji 6 months ago
VIVA LEE LEWIS
JhonnCorleone46 8 months ago
For me better than Elvis
Thanks
123must 11 months ago
For better than Elvis
Thanks
123must 11 months ago
the true kiiing!!!
ovelonse 1 year ago
Jerry Lee Lewis > Elvis
HellFury420 1 year ago
hehehee
vinialves3 1 year ago
whoa
kaybea 1 year ago
I don't care what anyone says, Jerry Lee Lewish, Elvis, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Chuch Berry, shaped modern music for ever. They changed everything. Without them The Who, The Doors, The Beatles, Zeppelin, none of them would have formed.
RayManzarekGod 1 year ago
I was at the Revival - what a great day! takes me back..
111abf111 1 year ago
the killer rocks.
dylonvalentino 1 year ago
i though that Jerry hated Elvis, because he was (in the time) greater as a star than he.. ( i like Jerry more..)
Roosdi 2 years ago
If you like this please check out Ezra Lee, Australian rockabilly artist
1234ezra1 2 years ago
Whooo! Wow he did get dirty in this one
According to my cousin he was turtle flopping the air lol
punktechnoluver7 2 years ago 3
AWSOOOOME:X
underDful 2 years ago
Jerry Lee is much much better than Elvis.
TTTigerTanker 2 years ago 4
right on
rarejll 2 years ago
@TTTigerTanker amen
jllorigins 1 year ago
wow he got dirty in this one :) so sexy
AuroraBorealisAK 2 years ago
Jerryy ven a peru , jerryyyyy ven a peru, jerryyyyyy, jerry ven a Peru
josepalaciospolo 2 years ago
Jerry loves Elvis and jerry328i loves both! Elvis more :)
jerry328i 2 years ago
Nice try, music rocks....but nothing and no one will ever rock the jailhouse like Elvis did in the movie...even Elvis himself never did capture that in his later performances..........
gr8asoka 2 years ago 2
Never? Well, try the NBC '68 tv special Jailhouse Rock. I'd say that's one truly outstanding performance. And btw, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote the song - but Elvis made it immortal
Havhestur 2 years ago
and to continue the lesson...btw did you notice JLL was talking bout Elvis in the song...and the song....who made it famous...there ya go...ELVIS.....for those days which is what I said Elvis was the beginning of rocl n roll...and alot of performers from his time to todays era say he was the one they look to when it comes to being a performer and a rock n roll artist....learn something bout the music before you try and discuss with me...ty
tarheelman1969 2 years ago
Elvis wasn't the alfa and the omega...
The most influential entertainer in music history is probably Chuck Berry, also Elvis, Little Richard, Carl Perkins, Muddy Waters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Hank Williams were very important people in the evolution of rock music, not only Elvis Presley.
JerryLeeRuLeS 2 years ago 17
JerryLeeRuLes: I love your preferences, but I don't think Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis are part of the most influential entertainers in music history. I love Lewis dearly, but no. He should be part of the most influential, but he isn't.
boogiewoogiepiano1 2 years ago
But, on the other hand, Perkins and Lewis certainly were the better instrumentalists!
boogiewoogiepiano1 2 years ago
The Who destroyed instruments... but Jerry was the first entertainer to do that.
The heavy metal players shake his hair... but Jerry was the first to do it.
And for all the modern piano players post-50s, the most influential piano player is Jerry Lee (for example Elton John or Billy Joel).
Also Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Tom Jones, The Beatles, etc. are some bands and singers that used to play or play covers of Jerry's songs.
JerryLeeRuLeS 2 years ago 8
Which doesn't imply that Jerry Lee inspired The Who to do so... and who says heavy metal players copied the 'hair-shake' from Lewis? He indeed must've been an influence as a piano player, but - be honest - the post-50s era didn't produce many piano pop/rock stars. Indeed many bands started out covering rock & roll songs; since Lewis had some big ones, it's only logical he was part of their repertoire. He certainly is big in my book, but not one of the most popular in music history.
boogiewoogiepiano1 2 years ago
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BabybluesLand 2 years ago
I didn't know that story! I can't imagine what happened.
But rock 'n' roll and blues started everything, that's the important fact. =)
JerryLeeRuLeS 2 years ago
@JerryLeeRuLeS
Elvis was the poster child for Rock n ROll, you can't argue that. He was the face and physical embodiment of the music and more importantly he lead the movement to freely express your self in a creative manner on such a grand stage. As far as the sound and actual original science of tempo and instruments that created the genre.... I don't think we'll ever know but we all have to agree that Fats and Little Richard came a long just a little before Elvis, Jerry and Chuck Berry.
puroproductions114 8 months ago
@puroproductions114 Well of course Elvis was a great entertainer and an essential part in rock 'n' roll history and rockabilly. He has influenced almost all the rockers and rockabillys in history that came after him, no one can argue with that! I was talking (if I can remember well because I wrote that a year ago!) about how Jerry Lee influenced post-rock 'n' roll stuff such as hard rock, heavy, etc.
JerryLeeRuLeS 8 months ago
@JerryLeeRuLeS Oh totally! Jerry Lee's the Man! All those guys influenced all that hippie/ earyly metal/'60s music to come in rock n rolls future. But I've noticed that a lot of the rockers from the 60's and 70's usually would say that Jerry Lee was more of an influence because Jerry never sold out and watered with music down like Elvis did. Jerry was always the Killer and always lived wild and made wild music. Now he's just the mean old man who's still performing and kickin ass!
puroproductions114 8 months ago
@boogiewoogiepiano1 I disagree very much with you. I think JLL is most of the most influential! You know how many people follow his music and wish they could tear up a piano like that?
AuroraBorealisAK 1 year ago
@boogiewoogiepiano1 always to mention:
JLL was one of the first 10 to become part of the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.
RamSkirata 10 months ago
A short while before this show, Elvis personally invited Jerry Lee to come over to the International Hotel in Las Vegas to tell EP the truth about his show. That may account for the fact JLL performed some EP songs at the Toronto Peace Festival.
boogiewoogiepiano1 2 years ago 2
now you're talking about performance/image, not music
boogiewoogiepiano1 2 years ago
Rock & Roll started in joints like Haney's Big House in Ferriday Louisiana. To point the real beginning of r&r is not an easy task, but it certainly didn't start with the Pelvis.
You might want to hear Lil Johson's 'House Rent Scuffle', 1929!!! Tells us more about the r&r roots than any record Elvis ever made.
boogiewoogiepiano1 2 years ago 4
who wrote it? Elvis? Nah dont think so somehow...
michaelmcguire93 2 years ago
ELVIS was pop?....lol...anyone who would say that has to be under 30...in those days E was the epitomy of rock n roll....rebellious,vulgar and loud....E would be considered pop to todays perfrmrs but he is the beginning of all that is rock,soul,metal,rap...all goes back to the big bang theory that is Elvis Presley
tarheelman1969 2 years ago 2
now i n ref to this video....tear it up JL Lewis...hes humpin everything up there...lol...and to here him improvise in middle of song like he did...brilliant.
tarheelman1969 2 years ago 2
tarheel: bullshit. perhaps most popular for a while, but not alone.
boogiewoogiepiano1 2 years ago
1st ur comment makes no sense...are you saying I said E alone...cause if thats what YOU are saying I said re-read what I wrote...no where did I say E alone...and most popular for awhile? yea just his entire performing career thats all....dont know who at the time you would compare him too....JLL?....jerry was great but not E...little richard?...ummm LR was great but not hardly...M.Jackson is only one close to Elvis and thats only due to it being a whole diff era as far as media coverage.
tarheelman1969 2 years ago
Elvis wasn't the most popular artist from 1958-1968 or so. Be honest. After that, he made a comeback, but certainly wasn't the most popular artist in the world. The fans think so, but not overall. 1956, and a bit of 1957, that's it.
boogiewoogiepiano1 2 years ago
damn...wonder how many ''popular singers'' can pull a live performance as this one ..
eekafreak 2 years ago 3
Actually it was very common back in the day for performers to do many of the same songs as others in their *genre*. Record companies figured if a listener liked a particular song, they might like to hear it by someone else they liked. And it worked, pretty much. Do you have a performance of Jerry Lee doing the song "Together Again"? It's wonderful, soulful.
CriticalListener 2 years ago
he seems high
ericwooldridge 2 years ago
no!
he defenetly is :)
ittju 2 years ago
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elvis is Rock and Roll
nikeclub 2 years ago
elvis is pop
Brutus2 2 years ago 3
Big Mama Thornton made Hound Dog, don't like elvis version so good altho elvis was good. Damn i love Jerry Lee Lewis, he is wild on his piano(altho he doesnt play in this song) :D
LeftForBlues 3 years ago
nobody had what ELVIS had NOBODY!!!
Clubpenguincable 3 years ago
well, what did he have?
Brutus2 3 years ago
he made rock and roll wat it is 2 day =]
welshdrummer1989 3 years ago 5
well, today it sucks
he wasn't a rocker anyway
Brutus2 3 years ago
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he tried to copy chuck berry
thunderserbia 3 years ago
that intrigues me...
in what way did jerry lee try to copy berry?
Brutus2 3 years ago 2
hes in the rock n roll hall of fame.
ericwooldridge 2 years ago
jll was the first to be in the r&r hall of fame
Brutus2 2 years ago
Elvis was a pop singer from day one, no t much of a rocker. He was hyped as such, in the mean time releasing pop record after pop record. In those days Little Richard, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis were te real deal, when it comes to rock & roll.
ThatBreathlessCat 2 years ago 5
Maybe it is so that it "belongs" to Elvis but you is still standing and ROCKING ON!!!
JanWilderness 3 years ago
Jerry was great and he was the killer, but elvis was the man. Jailhouserock belongs to Elvis as does Whole lot a shakin belongs to Jerry. Its hard to beat the originals. Long live rock-n-roll....PEACE
DanielHawthorne 3 years ago
Jerry is great, they are both great Elvis and him
1234oldaa 3 years ago 2
I gotta say I LOVE seeing him shake his thing.. I dont think i've ever seen him away from the piano before.. marvelous!
monkeyknuts321 3 years ago
I take the KILLER over elvis any day.
AskidMARK4u3 3 years ago 2
He made it nice!
justicejayant 3 years ago
Classic! Love the made-uyp verse that starts "Elvis Presley sittin' on the side of the wall..." Rock on, Killer!
supermac74 3 years ago
does the song better than elvis anyway
taitstreet 3 years ago
COME ON JERRY LEE DO IT AGAIN !!!!
respect for the king and the killer !
arnoldinhio 3 years ago
The King and the Killer the 50s LEGENDS
Elvissivlelives 3 years ago
hey chuckfan 1 thats jerry being well the killer he sings it how he wants to sing it
ozzyrockz 3 years ago 4
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Just too bad he wasnt close on the lyrics.
chuckfan1 3 years ago
Why should he be?
LarryGeeLewis 3 years ago 2
Umm gee Gee, I dont know, maybe since that is the song. How would you feel if someone sang Whole Lotta Shakin...and butchered it?
chuckfan1 3 years ago
Well... jerry Lee 'butchered' Whole Lotta Shakin' too. It was first recorded by Roy Hall; Jerry Lee omitted the opening lines and introduced the talkin'part.
As long as the music comes out as her or himself, I don't care. Interpretation is what counts. Not copying.
LarryGeeLewis 3 years ago 2
THE KILLA!!! Once again showing ELVIS how it's supposed to be done! "Musically speakin'"... lol!
itzjoeymac 4 years ago 6
"Come on Jerry Lee, do it again, take it out and then you rock it again!?"
Brutus2 4 years ago 15
Yeah Brutus2, hang it in like Gunga Din!!!
LarryGeeLewis 3 years ago
i love this interpretation of this famous elvis hit
thekillerfan 4 years ago 4