Jerry Lee Lewis - Mona Lisa

Live in London, in 1983.

MONA LISA:
"Mona Lisa" is an Academy Award-winning song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950). The soundtrack version by Nat King Cole spent 8 weeks as number 1 in the Billboard chart in the USA in 1950. Also, Cole's version of the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1992.[1] In 1987, it was used as the theme of the British film Mona Lisa. An uncredited version of Mona Lisa plays in the background of one scene in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954).

Various artists, including Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, and Nat King Cole's daughter Natalie Cole, have released cover versions of this song. Bruddah Iz (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole) also covered the song on the album Alone in IZ World.

A rockabilly version of "Mona Lisa" (b/w/ "Foolish One") was released by Carl Mann on Phillips International Records (#3539) in March 1959 and reached as high as #25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Conway Twitty recorded a version of "Mona Lisa" in February 1959 but planned to release it only as an album cut (on an EP and an LP by MGM Records). Sam Phillips signed Carl Mann to record his version of the song after the Twitty version began getting radio play in early 1959[2]. This was the most successful single in Mann's career. The melody is slightly different, and the lyrics are also mostly the same as in the original version by Nat King Cole, though a few more phrases are added in that elaborate more on the girl he likes.

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[trobin2005]

You would be amazing too if 95% of the songs you played were in the same key of C as well.

[JerryLeeRuLeS]

Do you Jerry Lee plays most of his songs in the key of C? He only plays the boogie-woogie style songs in the "easy" keys, his country songs and others are in differents keys. It is because the boogie woogie on piano is always played in C, G or F, in the other keys it's impossible to do that.

[nananaalgoodaye]

@JerryLeeRuLeS i think he plays in c so that he can do slides without them sounding out of scale

[JerryLeeRuLeS]

@nananaalgoodaye That's another reason. ;)

[JerryLeeRuLeS]

I don't have more videos of this concert, but I'm lookin' for them.

[FilipoMi]

Fantastic. Greetings from Serbia. I believe Jerry would like to see his name written in Serbian. It is: Џери Ли Луис.

[pornguy2]

Pumping piano just doesn't quite describe it, its way beyond that. I have never heard rock piano this good, even from Jerry Lee. Should he perform again publicly, its can't miss. I saw him 4 years ago and he was amazing. The body is older, but the piano and singing aren't.

[suggs75]

@ShakinJonny

What you're saying is totally wrong !!!!

when you play blues music, even if you play in the C key, you have to use black notes, otherwise you don't play blues !!!!!!

Furthermore, you can't play piano boogie woogie, or stuff like that , in others keys that C, F, G because the specific effects of theses kinds of music, physically impossible to do in 90% of others key.

excuse me for my bad english but i'm french

[ianwilson2007]

sliding in keys with too many black notes doesn't sound too good. I don't think you can criticise Jerry lee for playing in 'easy' keys. He's proficient enough and sticks to what he does best. Which is awe...wait for it...some,

[fridolin0216]

Fantasztikusan tud zongorázni! Ha nem látom, nem hiszem!!!

[net60man]

You,l be good in heaven too. I think .

[TheRampmaster]

the true king of rock and roll

[cuteoldguy]

@ShakinJonny. I'm an old dog ,and I do like to learn new trick's,or stuff .Please inform me of your Piano recording's using all the key's .

[Orry32]

@JerryLeeRuLeS :

It's not impossible, but it's less difficult.

Mostly, Jerry Lee plays his songs in G nowadays. In his early years, he prefered C.

In my opinion, one big reason is also, that these keys match his voice best...

[Pumarisi124]

Blows me away. Jerry Lee at his best-est!

[syzigium100]

a true master of music and FUN an artist for all

[83shovel]

JLL- the true king.