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From Ferriday, Louisiana,
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Jerry Lee Lewis.
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♪ Mornings come ♪
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♪ And lord my mind is achin' ♪
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Yes, it is.
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♪ Sunshine standing quietly ♪
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♪ At my door ♪
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♪ Just like the dawn ♪
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♪ My heart is
silently breaking ♪
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♪ And with my tears ♪
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♪ Lord, it goes tumblin' ♪
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♪ To the floor ♪
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♪ Once again ♪
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♪ The whole town
will be talking ♪
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♪ Yes, they will ♪
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♪ Lord, I've seen the pity ♪
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♪ That's in their eyes ♪
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♪ Oh, they could
never understand ♪
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♪ It's her sorrow
it's not a man ♪
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♪ And no matter what they say ♪
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♪ We know she tried ♪
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♪ Baby's packed
her soft things ♪
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♪ And she's left me ♪
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♪ She's left me ♪
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♪ She's left me ♪
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♪ Lord knows that
I didn't mean ♪
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♪ To make her cry ♪
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♪ It's not her heart, Lord ♪
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♪ It's her mind ♪
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♪ She didn't mean
to be unkind ♪
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♪ Why, she even woke me up ♪
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♪ To say goodbye ♪
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Back on Music Center tonight,
visiting with the killer,
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Jerry Lee Lewis.
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You had
all these big rock hits,
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and all of a sudden
in the late '60s,
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you've had these
big country music hits.
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Do you think your fans expected
the natural transition
into country music?
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I'm country.
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Mmm-hmm.
- I was born country.
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Yeah.
- But I was raised
on rock and roll.
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Chuck Berry,
Buddy Holly, Fats Domino.
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Especially Little Richard.
Now, they rate right along
there with Elvis.
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The first time I ever heard
Elvis on radio, me and my daddy
was driving along.
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I heard him doing a song
called Blue Moon of Kentucky.
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I said, "I don't know
who that is," I said,
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"but the door
has finally been opened."
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And me and my daddy
was out in a field.
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We were were pulling corn,
you know.
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And I said, "Dad, I think
I'm going to Memphis."
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I was 20 years old then.
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I said,
I read about this boy
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called Elvis Presley,
who's really something else.
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And Sam Phillips
got him started.
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I think he could
get me started.
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And we drove down from
from Ferriday, Louisiana,
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into Memphis here
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and pulled up in front
of Sun Records here.
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I said, "Well, you're going
to have to cut a little
demo for me,
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for Mr. Phillips
to listen to."
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So he put it down
and I said, I'm going to do
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"Crazy Arm," kind of
a rhythm and blues style,
the way I do it.
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And I just kicked it off,
and here's the way I did it.
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♪ Now, blue ♪
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♪ Ain't the word ♪
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♪ For the way that I feel ♪
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That's all. That's it.
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You said that when Sam
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first heard the tape of, um,
"Crazy Arms,"
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by the time
you got through the intro,
he was sold on it.
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He was.
Sam... Sam Phillips'
a genius on that.
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He... a remarkable man.
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He... he knew...
he knew what
was happening.
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He knew just...
just like that
when nobody else did.
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Jud Phillips, Sam's brother,
took me up to New York City.
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Auditioned me for
Steve Allen, and, uh...
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He heard me do the audition
for him in his office.
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He said, "You've got
three minutes."
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I said,
"That's all I need."
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♪ Come on over, baby ♪
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♪ Whole lotta shakin'
goin' on ♪
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♪ Hey, come on, baby ♪
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♪ Baby, you can't go wrong ♪
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♪ Oh, been thinkin' ♪
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♪ Whole lot of
shakin goin' on ♪
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♪ Yeah, come on over, baby ♪
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♪ We got chicken in the barn ♪
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♪ Oh, honey ♪
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♪ Come on over
we got the bull by the horn ♪
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♪ Oh, we ain't fakin'
Whole lot of shakin' goin' on ♪
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♪ Well, shake, baby, shake ♪
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♪ Shake, baby, shake ♪
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♪ Shake, honey, shake ♪
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♪ Shake, baby, shake ♪
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♪ Come on over ♪
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♪ Whole lot of shakin
goin' on ♪
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♪ Oh! ♪
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♪ Yeah, come on over, baby ♪
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♪ We got chicken in the barn ♪
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♪ Whose barn,
what barn, my barn ♪
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♪ Come on, honey ♪
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♪ We got a bull by the horn ♪
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♪ Oh! We ain't fakin' ♪
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♪ A whole lot of shakin'
goin' on ♪
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♪ Easy now, shake ♪
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♪ Oh, shake, baby ♪
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♪ You can shake
one time for me ♪
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♪ Well, I said
come on over, baby ♪
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♪ A whole lot of shakin'
goin' on ♪
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Now let's get
real low, shake.
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All you gotta do, honey
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is kinda stand
in one spot,
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jump around just
a little bit.
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That's when you heard
that I got something,
you know.
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Now, let's go.
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♪ Shake it, oh ♪
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♪ Shake it, honey, shake ♪
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♪ Shake, baby
shake, baby, shake ♪
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♪ We ain't fakin'♪
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♪ A whole lotta shakin'
goin' on ♪
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Busted wide open and...
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They had to build two new plants
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to keep up with
shipping that record.
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The record was selling
over 300,000 records a day.
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Anybody that wouldn't have liked
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
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would have had
to have a problem. No.
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That was music.
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John Lennon said
it was the most perfect
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rock and roll record
that's ever been cut.
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Right now,
it's Red Hot & Blue,
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coming through on WHBQ...
on the magazine floor.
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Good cotton pickin' jacket.
Where'd you get that at,
Don Lasko's?
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That's a good plug.
We all get free Coke tomorrow.
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I bought this jacket
in New York City.
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In New York City.
I understand
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you've been uptown
about as far as you can get.
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You've been around that
Cyclone?
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- End up with a stone.
- I've been tryin' it.
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If you don't know
what a Cyclone is,
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that thing when
Jerry Lee gets to New York,
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he's gotta hit that Coney Island
out there, you know?
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Gets on this cotton pickin'
thing that just goes
up and down, man.
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Up and down.
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I understand
"Whole Lotta Shakin'"
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sold about a million, 500,000.
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- Is that right?
- I believe so.
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You know what's been
worrying me here
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for the last three or four
weeks? What the heck
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you're going to get me
for Christmas?
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Mr. Dewey Phillips
played my record
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on WHBQ Red Hot & Blue.
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Uh... Red Hot & Blue
was something else.
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What have you been hearing about
this "Great Balls of Fire"
record all over the country?
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- Did you hear a lot about it?
- Well, it seems to be
moving along, uh, pretty good.
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I understand it's breaking
all over the country.
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Yes sir, on
the Dewey Phillips Show...
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Right now, it's going to be
one of the hottest
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cotton pickin' numbers in the
country in about three weeks
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what it says already in Memphis.
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Great... What was
that girl said? No.
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-"Great Balls of Fire." Hit it.
- Yeah.
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♪ You shake my nerves
and you rattle my brain ♪
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♪ Too much love
drives a man insane ♪
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♪ You broke my will
But what a thrill ♪
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♪ Goodness gracious
great balls of fire! ♪
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♪ I laughed at love
'cause I thought it was funny ♪
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♪ You came along
and you moved me, honey ♪
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♪ I've changed my mind
This love is fine ♪
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♪ Goodness gracious
great balls of fire ♪
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♪ Kiss me, baby ♪
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♪ Ooh, feels good ♪
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"Great Balls of Fire" was
written by Otis Blackwell.
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♪ Well, I'll still love you
like a lover should ♪
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Well, I went and recorded it
in one day.
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Sidney Stokes would
play guitar on it.
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♪ Got to tell this world that
you're mine, mine, mine, mine ♪
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I said, "Sidney, can you play
electric bass, though?"
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He said, "Yeah, I can
play one a little bit."
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And we have a spinning piano
just like this one here.
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This might be it.
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♪ Great balls of fire ♪
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I don't remember
who was playing drums on it.
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I said, "What do you do?"
He said, "I play drums."
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I said, "Well, can you pull
those drums over here
and play?"
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♪ Well ♪
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♪ Kiss me, baby, mmm,
feels good ♪
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I pulled him over
and we took one take on
"Great Balls of Fire."
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♪ Well, I'll still love you
like a lover should ♪
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♪ You're fine, so kind ♪
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♪ Got to tell this world that
you're mine, mine, mine, mine ♪
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♪ I chew my nails
and I twiddle my thumbs ♪
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♪ Real nervous
but it sure is fun ♪
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♪ Come on, baby,
drive me crazy ♪
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♪ Goodness gracious
great balls of fire ♪
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How did you feel
about "Great Balls of Fire?"
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It was number one
on the R&B charts,
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the pop charts, the country
and western charts.
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Well, I thought
it was fantastic.
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I never thought that much
about it at the time.
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Now I do. I am the only one
in the business that had
two records do that.
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"Whole Lotta Shakin'"
and "Great Balls of Fire."
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- Two in a row that...
- They were number one
on every chart,
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from Easy Listening charts
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to rock and roll
to rhythm and blues
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to gut bucket blues
to, uh, the country charts,
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uh, the pop chart...
any charts they had,
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the record was number one.
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- I thought, "Here we go."
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The one and only
Jerry Lee Lewis!
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Thank you very, very much.
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♪ Put on your
high-heel sneakers ♪
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♪ Comb that wig
down on your head ♪
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♪ Oh, put on your
high-heel sneakers ♪
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♪ Honey, comb that wig down
on your head ♪
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♪ 'Cause we're
goin' out tonight, baby ♪
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♪ Oh, I'm pretty sure
you're gonna knock 'em dead ♪
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♪ Yeah, yeah! ♪
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It was all
a brand-new situation
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and I wasn't used
to money like that.
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Cars like that,
anything like that.
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But it was all new
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and it was exciting
and I was young.
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I enjoyed it.
It was great.
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Busted rock and roll wide open.
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I have
seen the footage
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that the girls
would rush the stage
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and you caused some riots
in some cities.
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The girls really loved you.
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How did their mamas
feel about that?
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I never met
their mothers.
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♪ Put on your red dress, baby ♪
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♪ 'Cause we're
goin' out tonight ♪
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♪ Whoa, put on your
red dress, baby ♪
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♪ You know
we goin' out tonight ♪
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♪ Oh, I'm gonna
take my picture, baby ♪
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♪ 'Cause some cats
might wanna fight ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪
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♪ Open up, a-honey ♪
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♪ It's your lover boy me
that's a-knockin' ♪
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♪ Why don't you listen
to me, baby ♪
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♪ All the cats are
at the high school rockin' ♪
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♪ Honey, get your
boppin' shoes ♪
245
00:13:15,098 --> 00:13:17,622
♪ 'Fore the jukebox
blows a fuse ♪
246
00:13:17,709 --> 00:13:19,886
♪ Everybody hoppin'
everybody's boppin' ♪
247
00:13:19,973 --> 00:13:22,323
♪ Boppin' at
the high school hop ♪
248
00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:24,499
♪ Boppin' at
the high school hop ♪
249
00:13:24,586 --> 00:13:26,980
♪ Boppin' at
the high school hop ♪
250
00:13:27,067 --> 00:13:29,373
♪ Boppin' at
the high school hop ♪
251
00:13:29,460 --> 00:13:31,593
♪ Boppin' at
the high school hop ♪
252
00:13:31,680 --> 00:13:34,030
♪ Everybody hoppin'
everybody's boppin' ♪
253
00:13:34,117 --> 00:13:36,424
♪ Boppin' at
the high school hop ♪
254
00:13:36,511 --> 00:13:41,081
♪ Come on, little baby
let's just rock
a little bit tonight ♪
255
00:13:41,168 --> 00:13:44,562
♪ Come on, help mama
let's shake things up tonight ♪
256
00:13:45,999 --> 00:13:49,306
♪ Well, my heart's a-beatin'
rhythm and my feet are movin'
smooth and light ♪ ♪
257
00:13:51,613 --> 00:13:54,964
You have,
over the years,
been held accountable
258
00:13:55,051 --> 00:13:57,967
for marrying a 13-year-old girl.
259
00:13:58,054 --> 00:14:00,317
Well, she was 12 years old.
260
00:14:00,404 --> 00:14:02,711
♪ Come on pretty baby,
let's shake things up tonight ♪
261
00:14:02,798 --> 00:14:04,408
Thirteen the next day.
262
00:14:04,495 --> 00:14:05,845
♪ Yeah ♪
263
00:14:10,327 --> 00:14:12,068
And all of a sudden,
she was 14.
264
00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:17,117
I... I... I felt like doing it
and I felt like it was right.
265
00:14:17,204 --> 00:14:18,945
It had to be done.
266
00:14:19,032 --> 00:14:21,077
♪ Well, let me
tell you something, baby ♪
267
00:14:21,164 --> 00:14:22,949
♪ I'mma gonna give you
some good news ♪
268
00:14:23,036 --> 00:14:24,602
Uh,
when will you marry?
269
00:14:24,689 --> 00:14:26,561
- Pardon?
- When will you marry?
270
00:14:26,648 --> 00:14:29,390
Why don't we leave
our personal questions
out of this, eh?
271
00:14:29,477 --> 00:14:31,566
You, way in the back
there, yeah.
272
00:14:31,653 --> 00:14:34,482
What's the latest about
Jerry Lee Lewis?
273
00:14:34,569 --> 00:14:36,832
What's the latest
on Jerry Lee Lewis?
274
00:14:38,573 --> 00:14:40,227
Oh, he just became a father.
275
00:14:42,490 --> 00:14:43,795
He adopted his wife.
276
00:14:45,623 --> 00:14:48,061
♪ Well, everybody hoppin'... ♪
277
00:14:48,148 --> 00:14:51,194
They made a big deal out of it,
which I could have cared less.
278
00:14:51,281 --> 00:14:53,457
And I didn't get mad
at the press.
279
00:14:53,544 --> 00:14:58,288
I got mad at nobody.
I mean, I knew what I was doing.
280
00:14:58,375 --> 00:15:01,161
And they said,
"Well, you'll never...
never be back again.
281
00:15:01,248 --> 00:15:02,902
"You'll never be
a big star again."
282
00:15:02,989 --> 00:15:04,338
We had to work
every date we could get
283
00:15:04,425 --> 00:15:06,122
just to make ends meet.
284
00:15:06,688 --> 00:15:09,256
Times were hard,
but Jerry never faltered.
285
00:15:11,345 --> 00:15:13,129
He wasn't discouraged.
286
00:15:13,216 --> 00:15:15,392
He went from making like
$10,000 a night
287
00:15:15,479 --> 00:15:17,177
to $200 a night,
and he said,
288
00:15:17,264 --> 00:15:19,657
"Oh, okay! So I'm making
$200 a night,"
289
00:15:19,744 --> 00:15:21,137
and he just kept
right on working.
290
00:15:21,224 --> 00:15:23,574
No regrets
or a whole lot of regrets?
291
00:15:24,401 --> 00:15:26,490
No regrets
on my part, baby.
292
00:15:26,577 --> 00:15:30,146
♪ Boppin' at
the high school hop ♪
293
00:15:32,757 --> 00:15:34,934
There are times
in every entertainer's life
294
00:15:35,021 --> 00:15:36,805
when changes
seem to be in order.
295
00:15:36,892 --> 00:15:39,199
Our next presenter
was a major star
296
00:15:39,286 --> 00:15:41,941
in the early days
of the rock and roll craze.
297
00:15:42,028 --> 00:15:45,727
His flamboyant style
carried him to the top
of the pop music charts.
298
00:15:45,814 --> 00:15:48,512
Then he made a change
in style and presentation,
299
00:15:48,599 --> 00:15:51,472
even in physical appearance,
and he has risen to stardom
300
00:15:51,559 --> 00:15:53,387
in the country music field.
301
00:15:53,474 --> 00:15:56,259
The style may have changed
but the real talent remains.
302
00:15:56,346 --> 00:15:59,654
And there's still a whole
lotta shakin' goin' on
for Jerry Lee Lewis!
303
00:16:04,702 --> 00:16:06,139
♪ You left me ♪
304
00:16:06,226 --> 00:16:08,576
♪ Honey, you went away ♪
305
00:16:10,186 --> 00:16:13,407
♪ You said that you were coming
back home in just a day ♪
306
00:16:13,494 --> 00:16:14,408
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
307
00:16:15,191 --> 00:16:17,541
♪ But you've broken
your promise ♪
308
00:16:17,628 --> 00:16:20,109
♪ Left me here alone ♪
309
00:16:20,196 --> 00:16:22,285
♪ I don't know
why you did, dear ♪
310
00:16:22,372 --> 00:16:24,722
♪ But I do know
that you're gone ♪
311
00:16:24,809 --> 00:16:29,249
♪ And I'm walkin' the floor
over you ♪
312
00:16:30,554 --> 00:16:35,081
♪ I can't sleep a wink
that is true ♪
313
00:16:35,168 --> 00:16:37,039
♪ I'm hopin' and I'm prayin'♪
314
00:16:37,126 --> 00:16:40,260
♪ As my heart breaks
right in two ♪
315
00:16:40,347 --> 00:16:43,872
♪ Walkin' the floor over you ♪
316
00:16:43,959 --> 00:16:45,134
♪ Yeah ♪
317
00:16:47,049 --> 00:16:49,573
It took me 12 years
to make that comeback.
318
00:16:50,270 --> 00:16:52,837
But when I did, I made it.
I knew I'd make it.
319
00:16:55,231 --> 00:16:57,799
I traveled on the road
12 years, straight on the road.
320
00:16:58,930 --> 00:17:03,065
Three hundred and fifteen,
325 and 30 days a year.
321
00:17:05,111 --> 00:17:10,333
♪ Someday you might be
lonely too ♪
322
00:17:10,420 --> 00:17:12,727
♪ Walkin' that ol' floor
is good for you ♪
323
00:17:12,814 --> 00:17:15,556
Every day,
every day, every day.
324
00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:18,037
- ♪ Just keep right on walkin' ♪
- Day in, day out.
325
00:17:18,124 --> 00:17:20,213
Year in and year out
in the backseat of a car.
326
00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:22,128
♪ Remember that I love you
pretty baby ♪
327
00:17:22,215 --> 00:17:24,217
Six, seven, 800 miles a day.
328
00:17:24,304 --> 00:17:25,609
Every day.
329
00:17:25,696 --> 00:17:30,658
♪ I'm walkin' the floor
over you ♪
330
00:17:30,745 --> 00:17:33,748
♪ I can't sleep a wink
that is true ♪
331
00:17:33,835 --> 00:17:36,751
In '68, when you started
having big hits
with country songs,
332
00:17:36,838 --> 00:17:39,928
did you decide consciously
that you're going to change
your approach?
333
00:17:41,190 --> 00:17:42,452
Well, I had to change something.
334
00:17:42,539 --> 00:17:43,758
I couldn't get no air play.
335
00:17:43,845 --> 00:17:45,368
♪ One more time now! ♪
336
00:17:45,455 --> 00:17:48,110
♪ I'm walkin' the floor
over you ♪
337
00:17:48,197 --> 00:17:50,591
♪ Walkin' the floor
Walkin' the floor ♪
338
00:17:50,678 --> 00:17:54,638
♪ Can't sleep a wink
that is true ♪
339
00:17:54,725 --> 00:17:56,118
"Great Balls of Fire."
340
00:17:56,205 --> 00:17:57,424
- Remember that record?
- Mm-hmm.
341
00:17:57,511 --> 00:17:59,817
The flip side of it,
I got a gold record for.
342
00:17:59,904 --> 00:18:02,559
You won again.
Hank Williams Jr.,
the number one country record.
343
00:18:09,436 --> 00:18:11,264
So I've been
signing contracts,
sang all of it.
344
00:18:20,490 --> 00:18:23,058
♪ The news is out ♪
345
00:18:25,408 --> 00:18:27,541
♪ All over town ♪
346
00:18:29,064 --> 00:18:32,807
♪ That you've been seen ♪
347
00:18:33,764 --> 00:18:35,984
♪ Out runnin' around ♪
348
00:18:37,290 --> 00:18:40,119
♪ Yes, I know that I ♪
349
00:18:42,338 --> 00:18:44,819
♪ Should leave, but then ♪
350
00:18:46,647 --> 00:18:51,173
♪ I just can't go ♪
351
00:18:51,956 --> 00:18:53,088
♪ You win again ♪
352
00:18:55,351 --> 00:18:59,921
♪ This heart of mine ♪
353
00:19:00,008 --> 00:19:04,230
♪ Could never see ♪
354
00:19:04,317 --> 00:19:09,148
♪ What everybody ♪
355
00:19:09,235 --> 00:19:11,672
♪ Knew but me ♪
356
00:19:11,759 --> 00:19:15,066
♪ Just trusting you ♪
357
00:19:16,807 --> 00:19:19,245
♪ You know
that was my great sin ♪
358
00:19:20,942 --> 00:19:25,425
♪ Darlin', I just can't go ♪
359
00:19:26,121 --> 00:19:27,775
♪ You win again ♪
360
00:19:55,019 --> 00:19:55,933
♪ Oh, yeah! ♪
361
00:20:02,723 --> 00:20:04,333
♪ Yeah! ♪
362
00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:08,642
♪ This heart of mine ♪
363
00:20:09,295 --> 00:20:13,690
♪ Could never see ♪
364
00:20:13,777 --> 00:20:18,217
♪ What everybody knew ♪
365
00:20:18,304 --> 00:20:20,654
♪ But me ♪
366
00:20:20,741 --> 00:20:23,570
♪ Well, I just trusted you ♪
367
00:20:25,746 --> 00:20:28,705
♪ Was my great sin ♪
368
00:20:29,837 --> 00:20:35,277
♪ You know
that I just can't go ♪
369
00:20:35,364 --> 00:20:36,757
♪ You win again ♪
370
00:20:38,802 --> 00:20:43,198
♪ What can I do? ♪
371
00:20:43,981 --> 00:20:49,030
♪ You win again ♪
372
00:20:52,599 --> 00:20:54,818
Since you've been
working, can you give
us some estimate
373
00:20:54,905 --> 00:20:56,733
of the number of titles
you've recorded?
374
00:20:56,820 --> 00:20:58,082
How many songs altogether?
375
00:20:59,562 --> 00:21:01,782
Lord, I... I swear, killer.
376
00:21:01,869 --> 00:21:04,654
- I don't know.
I call everybody "killer."
377
00:21:04,741 --> 00:21:09,137
I... I don't know.
I've... I've recorded
378
00:21:09,224 --> 00:21:11,879
- nine zillion songs.
Yeah.
379
00:21:11,966 --> 00:21:14,925
I've had 14 number one hit
records in the last three years,
380
00:21:15,012 --> 00:21:18,277
- uh, in the country western
field of music in the States.
- Is it?
381
00:21:18,973 --> 00:21:22,411
- And, of course,
now I can go back to 1956.
- Mmm.
382
00:21:22,498 --> 00:21:25,196
"Great Balls of Fire,"
"Crazy Arms,"
"Whole Lotta Shakin'."
383
00:21:25,284 --> 00:21:27,938
"You Won again," "Breathless,"
"High School Confidential."
384
00:21:28,025 --> 00:21:29,723
And... there's several records
on the back.
385
00:21:32,552 --> 00:21:37,339
Do you want to be,
"The greatest live show
on Earth?" End of quote.
386
00:21:37,426 --> 00:21:39,341
You don't want a...
a intro act.
387
00:21:39,428 --> 00:21:42,605
You don't want
a follow act. Why?
388
00:21:42,692 --> 00:21:45,608
Because I really don't think
there's anybody qualified.
389
00:21:47,218 --> 00:21:50,657
I've been my own man.
I've done my own thing.
390
00:21:50,744 --> 00:21:52,876
Uh, they've called me this.
They've called me that.
391
00:21:52,963 --> 00:21:54,443
And they've said this about me.
392
00:21:54,530 --> 00:21:55,879
But there ain't
no following me.
393
00:21:57,185 --> 00:21:59,100
Were you arrogant?
Were you conceited,
you know?
394
00:21:59,187 --> 00:22:00,580
No. No. Never.
395
00:22:00,667 --> 00:22:02,321
I've never been conceited.
396
00:22:02,408 --> 00:22:05,628
I knew I have enough
confidence in myself
397
00:22:05,715 --> 00:22:08,109
that I really wasn't worried
about anybody following me.
398
00:22:08,196 --> 00:22:09,197
Mmm-hmm.
399
00:22:09,284 --> 00:22:12,766
And like Hank Williams said,
400
00:22:12,853 --> 00:22:15,464
"Just move over, little dog.
Big dog's moving in."
401
00:22:17,858 --> 00:22:19,250
♪ Come on over, baby ♪
402
00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:21,514
♪ Whole lotta shakin'
goin' on ♪
403
00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:24,691
♪ Come on over, baby ♪
404
00:22:24,778 --> 00:22:27,781
♪ Baby, you can't go wrong ♪
405
00:22:27,868 --> 00:22:29,913
♪ Jerry Lee Lewis
ain't fakin' ♪
406
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,351
♪ Got a whole lotta shakin'
goin' on ♪
407
00:22:34,004 --> 00:22:35,179
♪ Yeah! ♪
408
00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:51,892
♪ Whole lotta
shakin' goin' on ♪
409
00:22:51,979 --> 00:22:55,417
♪ Whole lotta
shakin' goin' on ♪
410
00:22:56,984 --> 00:23:01,380
♪ Goin' on ♪
411
00:23:10,780 --> 00:23:15,568
♪ The falling leaves ♪
412
00:23:15,655 --> 00:23:19,180
♪ Drift by my window ♪
413
00:23:21,704 --> 00:23:24,620
♪ The autumn leaves ♪
414
00:23:26,579 --> 00:23:31,497
♪ All red and gold ♪
415
00:23:31,584 --> 00:23:33,716
♪ I see your lips ♪
416
00:23:33,803 --> 00:23:36,893
What'd your dad
do for a living?
What kind of a man was he?
417
00:23:36,980 --> 00:23:40,157
♪ Your summer kisses ♪
418
00:23:40,244 --> 00:23:42,812
He was a...
he was a farmer,
a great man.
419
00:23:42,899 --> 00:23:45,162
♪ The sunburned hands... ♪
420
00:23:45,249 --> 00:23:47,513
And, uh, my mother
was a great lady
421
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,732
and I had the greatest
parents in the world.
422
00:23:49,819 --> 00:23:51,995
They bought me a piano
when I was eight years old.
423
00:23:52,082 --> 00:23:54,215
They mortgaged the home
to buy me a piano.
424
00:23:54,302 --> 00:23:57,000
It was the greatest
sounding piano
I ever heard in my life.
425
00:23:57,566 --> 00:24:00,395
And I... I would
imagine any piano
would have sounded
426
00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:05,705
that good to me at the time,
and I lived with that piano.
427
00:24:05,792 --> 00:24:11,058
Uh, I sat on a piano stool
five, six, seven hours a day.
428
00:24:11,145 --> 00:24:12,538
Day in and day out.
429
00:24:13,234 --> 00:24:16,193
I loved it and my mother
walked by and was listening
430
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,587
and she told my dad,
she said,
431
00:24:19,762 --> 00:24:23,331
"Elmo, he... he's going
to be a natural-born pianist."
432
00:24:23,418 --> 00:24:25,942
And he... And Dad said,
"Yeah, he might be
a piano player."
433
00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:30,860
And so, unless there is
a difference between a pianist
434
00:24:30,947 --> 00:24:32,949
and a piano player,
I don't know.
435
00:24:33,036 --> 00:24:34,734
We're still working on that one.
436
00:24:37,258 --> 00:24:38,825
To go back to my childhood,
437
00:24:38,912 --> 00:24:42,132
well, all the families,
like my cousin Mickey,
438
00:24:42,219 --> 00:24:45,484
Jimmy, a whole
flock of cousins,
439
00:24:45,571 --> 00:24:48,182
we all played piano
and sang and...
440
00:24:48,269 --> 00:24:52,316
but I'm the one
that had the piano.
441
00:24:54,057 --> 00:24:56,277
Eventually,
they all got a piano.
442
00:24:56,364 --> 00:24:59,672
But they... they never did
quite get it.
443
00:24:59,759 --> 00:25:01,804
Mickey, Jerry Lee just
told on you,
444
00:25:01,891 --> 00:25:03,676
said that you have been
stealing his music
445
00:25:03,763 --> 00:25:05,242
since you were
three years old.
446
00:25:05,329 --> 00:25:06,853
No, I didn't say that!
447
00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:08,898
We're going to put
the cousins together.
448
00:25:09,464 --> 00:25:12,467
Let's relive the old days
in Ferriday, Louisiana.
449
00:25:12,554 --> 00:25:15,122
Here's Jerry and Mickey!
450
00:25:15,209 --> 00:25:16,863
- Thank you.
451
00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:18,429
♪ What those five foot
could do ♪
452
00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:21,084
♪ Has anybody
seen my girl? ♪
453
00:25:23,130 --> 00:25:25,524
♪ Coochie woo, coochie coo ♪
454
00:25:25,611 --> 00:25:27,526
♪ Coochie, coochie,
coochie woo ♪
455
00:25:27,613 --> 00:25:30,920
♪ Has anybody seen my girl? ♪
All right, Jerry.
456
00:25:31,007 --> 00:25:35,011
♪ Here now, if you run
into a five-foot two ♪
457
00:25:35,098 --> 00:25:37,057
♪ Covered with fur ♪
458
00:25:37,144 --> 00:25:39,059
♪ Diamond rings
and all them things ♪
459
00:25:39,712 --> 00:25:42,018
♪ Bet your life, Mickey
it ain't her ♪
460
00:25:42,105 --> 00:25:44,368
♪ Coochie love, coochie woo ♪
461
00:25:44,455 --> 00:25:46,806
♪ Coochie, coochie,
coochie coo ♪
462
00:25:46,893 --> 00:25:49,722
♪ Has anybody seen my girl? ♪
463
00:25:49,809 --> 00:25:51,245
- ♪ Oh, yeah!♪
- ♪ Yeah!♪
464
00:25:51,332 --> 00:25:55,597
♪ Has anybody
seen my girl? ♪
465
00:25:59,427 --> 00:26:00,733
All right!
466
00:26:00,820 --> 00:26:03,083
Mickey's mother, uh, told me,
467
00:26:03,170 --> 00:26:05,259
she said,
"Mickey wants a piano."
468
00:26:05,346 --> 00:26:07,653
She said, "Will you
teach him how to play it
if I get him one?"
469
00:26:07,740 --> 00:26:09,132
I was just beginning
to play, myself.
470
00:26:09,219 --> 00:26:10,743
Between Jimmy,
Mickey and yourself,
471
00:26:10,830 --> 00:26:12,571
there's not a lot of
age difference, is it?
472
00:26:12,658 --> 00:26:14,529
It was just like
a few months or something?
473
00:26:14,616 --> 00:26:18,185
- About nine to ten,
twelve months.
- Is that right?
474
00:26:18,272 --> 00:26:20,056
We all would play
and Jimmy was playing
475
00:26:20,143 --> 00:26:22,537
- and we were all playing,
you know.
- Did you guys have lessons?
476
00:26:22,624 --> 00:26:25,061
- or was this just in you?
- No, we just taught
ourselves to play.
477
00:26:25,148 --> 00:26:26,846
- You taught yourselves...
- Well, actually,
it was very easy
478
00:26:26,933 --> 00:26:28,587
for me to pick up because
he was already playing.
479
00:26:28,674 --> 00:26:30,980
So every time that
Jerry would do something
I could watch him.
480
00:26:31,067 --> 00:26:33,548
Who was the most attractive
to the girls?
481
00:26:33,635 --> 00:26:35,419
Was it Mickey, or you,
Jerry Lee? Or was it Jimmy?
482
00:26:35,506 --> 00:26:36,856
- Had to be Jerry.
483
00:26:36,943 --> 00:26:38,292
He... he got...
He got all the girls.
484
00:26:38,379 --> 00:26:39,641
Oh, he did?
- Really?
485
00:26:39,728 --> 00:26:41,643
- Played the piano.
- Well, I got them at first
486
00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:42,862
and Mickey stole them.
487
00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:44,820
Oh, I see.
488
00:26:44,907 --> 00:26:46,430
He was kind of waiting
in the wings.
489
00:26:46,517 --> 00:26:48,345
Yeah. Oh, Jimmy
didn't have a chance.
490
00:26:48,432 --> 00:26:49,956
♪ I could ♪
491
00:26:51,131 --> 00:26:52,349
♪ Have fallen ♪
492
00:26:53,916 --> 00:26:57,964
♪ My soul cast way down ♪
493
00:26:58,051 --> 00:26:59,052
Wonderful!
494
00:27:02,490 --> 00:27:05,101
He said,
"I'm going to be the biggest
thing in the world."
495
00:27:05,188 --> 00:27:07,582
I asked him. I said,
"Yeah, yes, Jerry.
496
00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:09,366
"But... but what
about your soul?"
497
00:27:09,453 --> 00:27:11,194
♪ ...is their delight ♪
498
00:27:11,281 --> 00:27:12,892
"How about your soul?"
499
00:27:12,979 --> 00:27:14,284
♪ Singin' all night
Drinkin' wine ♪
500
00:27:14,371 --> 00:27:15,982
♪ Spo-dee-o-dee
drinkin' wine ♪
501
00:27:16,069 --> 00:27:18,680
♪ Wine spo-dee-o-dee
drinkin' wine ♪
502
00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:20,726
♪ Wine spo-dee-o-dee
drinkin' wine ♪
503
00:27:20,813 --> 00:27:23,076
♪ Drinkin' wine
pass that bottle to me ♪
504
00:27:23,163 --> 00:27:24,294
Take one, child.
505
00:27:24,381 --> 00:27:25,426
♪ Some buys a gallon ♪
506
00:27:25,513 --> 00:27:26,557
♪ Some buys a quart ♪
507
00:27:26,645 --> 00:27:27,820
♪ When you buy black beer ♪
508
00:27:27,907 --> 00:27:29,560
♪ Now you're doin'
things smart ♪
509
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:31,606
♪ Kickin' down a window
knockin' down doors ♪
510
00:27:31,693 --> 00:27:33,739
♪ Drop, drop, drop...♪
511
00:27:33,826 --> 00:27:36,263
"Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee,"
I remember that very well.
512
00:27:37,264 --> 00:27:39,788
Well, I remember my
my aunt Minnie Bell Swaggart,
513
00:27:39,875 --> 00:27:43,313
Jimmy's mother,
she got on me
about that song.
514
00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,576
She said, "Now, Jerry,
that's not a Christian song."
515
00:27:46,447 --> 00:27:49,668
I said, "I don't...
I don't know.
I think it's a good song."
516
00:27:49,755 --> 00:27:51,844
Aunt Minnie bursts in
that it's not
a Christian song.
517
00:27:51,931 --> 00:27:54,673
I said, "No, but it's a good
boogie woogie song."
518
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,283
- ♪ Drinkin' wine ♪
- ♪ Oh, boy ♪
519
00:27:56,370 --> 00:27:57,980
♪ Pass that bottle to me ♪
520
00:27:59,503 --> 00:28:00,853
♪ Yeah ♪
521
00:28:02,289 --> 00:28:04,639
We've always
been close with family
522
00:28:05,292 --> 00:28:07,816
and Mickey is my first cousin.
Jimmy is my first cousin.
523
00:28:09,035 --> 00:28:10,558
I'm their first cousin.
524
00:28:10,645 --> 00:28:12,125
yeah.
525
00:28:12,212 --> 00:28:14,301
I had so many first cousins,
I had to marry one of 'em.
526
00:28:14,388 --> 00:28:16,216
Oh, no.
527
00:28:18,348 --> 00:28:20,089
♪ My name is Jerry Lee Lewis ♪
528
00:28:20,176 --> 00:28:22,439
♪ I come from
Ferriday, Louisiana ♪
529
00:28:22,526 --> 00:28:24,485
♪ I'm gonna do you
a little boogie
on this here piano ♪
530
00:28:24,572 --> 00:28:26,400
♪ Doing mighty fine
I'm gonna make you shake it ♪
531
00:28:26,487 --> 00:28:27,967
♪ I'll make you do it and
make you do it ♪
532
00:28:28,054 --> 00:28:29,708
♪ Do it, do it
until you break it ♪
533
00:28:29,795 --> 00:28:32,580
♪ It's called the Lewis boogie
The Lewis way ♪
534
00:28:32,667 --> 00:28:34,930
♪ I like to do my boogie woogie
every day ♪
535
00:28:49,162 --> 00:28:50,424
Now come on, Jimmy...
536
00:29:03,567 --> 00:29:05,961
Baby, get 'em!
537
00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:14,535
I mean, I love Jerry
because I think he's... he's
the best talent in the family.
538
00:29:14,622 --> 00:29:16,232
I've stated that for years.
539
00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:17,756
I still think so.
540
00:29:17,843 --> 00:29:19,670
He's never felt
any different.
541
00:29:20,933 --> 00:29:22,935
♪ Well, down in New Orleans
the land of dreams ♪
542
00:29:23,022 --> 00:29:25,372
♪ The best doggone place, son
you have ever seen ♪
543
00:29:25,459 --> 00:29:27,896
♪ The cats go wild
do a boogie that's hot ♪
544
00:29:27,983 --> 00:29:30,420
♪ My boogie woogie makes you
want to stop and do the bop ♪
545
00:29:30,507 --> 00:29:32,945
♪ It's called the Lewis boogie
The Lewis way ♪
546
00:29:33,032 --> 00:29:35,861
♪ I like to do my boogie woogie
every day, yeah ♪
547
00:29:47,611 --> 00:29:49,831
♪ Yeah! All right!♪
548
00:29:58,144 --> 00:29:59,188
♪ All right! ♪
549
00:29:59,275 --> 00:30:01,974
♪ Lewis boogie, Lewis way ♪
550
00:30:02,061 --> 00:30:04,715
♪ Me and Mickey
do a boogie every day ♪
551
00:30:10,634 --> 00:30:12,767
A lot of people that
see you on stage
552
00:30:12,854 --> 00:30:14,943
think you're completely
out of control.
553
00:30:15,030 --> 00:30:17,250
Are you ever out of control
when you're on stage?
554
00:30:17,946 --> 00:30:21,080
I would never think
that I would be
out of control.
555
00:30:21,167 --> 00:30:22,559
But you're pretty active
on stage.
556
00:30:22,646 --> 00:30:24,474
That's why people, I guess,
have that impression.
557
00:30:24,561 --> 00:30:27,260
Probably so, killer.
Yeah, I was pretty
active on stage.
558
00:30:27,347 --> 00:30:29,697
I had to be.
You had a lot
of competition, to fight.
559
00:30:29,784 --> 00:30:32,091
You know, Elvis Presley
up there, jumping
all over the place.
560
00:30:32,178 --> 00:30:34,441
Little Richard jumping all over
pianos and everything.
561
00:30:34,528 --> 00:30:37,444
So I needed to do something.
So I just kicked
my piano stool back.
562
00:30:37,531 --> 00:30:39,663
Are you ready?
563
00:30:39,750 --> 00:30:41,665
Well, let's go one time then.
564
00:30:42,928 --> 00:30:46,192
- ♪ Baby, shake it ♪
565
00:30:46,932 --> 00:30:49,151
♪ A whole lotta
shakin' goin' on ♪
566
00:30:49,238 --> 00:30:50,849
♪ All right, all right ♪
567
00:30:55,288 --> 00:30:57,812
♪ I said shake, baby, shake ♪
568
00:30:57,899 --> 00:31:00,336
♪ Shake it, baby, shake it ♪
569
00:31:00,423 --> 00:31:02,512
♪ Move it, baby, move it ♪
570
00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:05,951
♪ Move
Honey, I ain't fakin' ♪
571
00:31:06,038 --> 00:31:09,780
♪ A whole lotta
shakin' goin' on ♪
572
00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:14,568
The fans are so loyal,
and I love them very much.
573
00:31:15,569 --> 00:31:17,876
And when I do a show
for 'em, I work.
574
00:31:23,707 --> 00:31:25,100
♪ Yeah ♪
575
00:31:25,187 --> 00:31:28,234
They know when they come
to see Jerry Lee Lewis,
576
00:31:28,321 --> 00:31:31,498
and they pay to get in the door
that they are going
to see a show.
577
00:31:31,585 --> 00:31:33,587
♪ Shake it, baby, shake it ♪
578
00:31:33,674 --> 00:31:35,894
♪ Come on, do the shake
baby, shake ♪
579
00:31:36,677 --> 00:31:38,374
♪ We ain't gonna let it break ♪
580
00:31:38,461 --> 00:31:40,246
Sitting there playing.
I was good.
581
00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:41,638
I was going great enough.
582
00:31:41,725 --> 00:31:43,684
♪ Come on, come on ♪
583
00:31:43,771 --> 00:31:45,468
There had
to be some more excitement,
584
00:31:45,555 --> 00:31:47,514
the more we added to it,
you know?
585
00:31:47,601 --> 00:31:50,299
A little kicking the stool back
was... was good.
586
00:31:50,386 --> 00:31:53,085
Jumping up on the piano
was something...
that was the deal.
587
00:31:56,088 --> 00:31:57,567
When I was really young,
hop upon it.
588
00:31:58,394 --> 00:32:00,570
♪ Oh, do the shake ♪
589
00:32:00,657 --> 00:32:02,529
♪ Baby, shake ♪
590
00:32:02,616 --> 00:32:04,226
♪ Shake, baby, shake ♪
591
00:32:04,966 --> 00:32:06,837
♪ Shake, baby, let it shake ♪
592
00:32:07,664 --> 00:32:09,405
♪ Shake, make it shake ♪
593
00:32:10,145 --> 00:32:12,147
♪ Come on, come on ♪
594
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:14,758
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
595
00:32:15,455 --> 00:32:17,979
♪ Shake, baby, shake ♪
596
00:32:18,066 --> 00:32:19,720
♪ Shake, baby, shake ♪
597
00:32:19,807 --> 00:32:21,069
I don't try that today,
598
00:32:21,852 --> 00:32:24,594
but I might give it
another shot before I die.
I don't know.
599
00:32:25,856 --> 00:32:27,989
♪ Come on, come on ♪
600
00:32:28,816 --> 00:32:31,645
I think I was caught up
in music when I was born.
601
00:32:32,254 --> 00:32:33,647
I heard music in church.
602
00:32:33,734 --> 00:32:35,954
I heard music on street corners.
603
00:32:36,041 --> 00:32:38,608
Um, I heard these people
604
00:32:39,218 --> 00:32:41,394
struttin' around
Ferriday, Louisiana,
605
00:32:42,047 --> 00:32:44,440
on, uh, street corners,
just picking the blues
606
00:32:44,527 --> 00:32:46,051
on little guitars, you know.
607
00:32:46,834 --> 00:32:48,662
Uh, they were colored people
608
00:32:48,749 --> 00:32:53,319
and they were...
laying something down I liked.
609
00:32:53,406 --> 00:32:56,539
I don't...
I didn't know what it was,
but I knew it was good.
610
00:32:56,626 --> 00:32:59,499
And I had to get
involved with it.
I knew that.
611
00:32:59,586 --> 00:33:01,936
Ain't as big a house.
It was a pretty large place.
612
00:33:02,023 --> 00:33:03,982
It was right on Main Street
of Ferriday,
613
00:33:04,069 --> 00:33:05,505
going out through color town.
614
00:33:06,245 --> 00:33:08,812
And they always came in
on those big buses, you know?
615
00:33:09,465 --> 00:33:11,467
And I could tell
when one was
coming into town,
616
00:33:11,554 --> 00:33:13,513
and he would have
a... a big name,
617
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,255
and he had all the...
the great blues singers
that come through there,
618
00:33:16,342 --> 00:33:20,433
one more at a time or another,
you know, and I... I never
missed one of them.
619
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:23,044
I could sneak in there
through a window or something.
620
00:33:23,131 --> 00:33:25,742
Mr. Haney himself
was a big colored man.
621
00:33:25,829 --> 00:33:28,484
He was a great big man,
bigger as a door.
622
00:33:28,571 --> 00:33:32,227
And he could just pick you up,
and throw you like a football
if he wanted to, you know,
623
00:33:33,228 --> 00:33:35,796
He caught me in there
a few times and put me out.
624
00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:39,974
He said, "Boy, if your uncle
Lee Calhoun caught you in here,
625
00:33:40,061 --> 00:33:42,716
your mama or daddy caught you,
they'd kill me.
626
00:33:42,803 --> 00:33:44,544
And I'd sneak back in again.
627
00:33:44,631 --> 00:33:46,589
And that's where
the rhythm and blues
628
00:33:46,676 --> 00:33:49,897
and the gut bucket blues
and the dancing
629
00:33:50,550 --> 00:33:53,031
and the rock and roll came,
and that's where it come from.
630
00:33:53,118 --> 00:33:55,120
And I knew that's where
it was coming from.
631
00:33:55,207 --> 00:33:56,817
Well, that was
my side of the fence,
632
00:33:56,904 --> 00:33:59,820
and it was either Haney's
big house or at my house.
633
00:34:01,213 --> 00:34:04,825
That's about the way it was.
634
00:34:04,912 --> 00:34:10,004
Well, I kind of... I wanted...
And I know this must sound
stupid to a lot of people,
635
00:34:10,613 --> 00:34:14,182
but it would kind of be like
at that time, looking back,
636
00:34:14,269 --> 00:34:16,097
it would kind of be like
strolling through heaven.
637
00:34:17,881 --> 00:34:19,709
Walking by Haney's big house.
638
00:34:21,537 --> 00:34:25,280
Hearing BB King
picking the blues.
639
00:34:25,367 --> 00:34:28,022
A guitar coming out,
and singing those blues
640
00:34:28,109 --> 00:34:30,372
and a drummer wailing
behind him.
641
00:34:31,504 --> 00:34:34,463
An old, big stand-up bass,
getting on with the program,
you know.
642
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,511
To me as a man,
that's... that's music.
643
00:34:39,947 --> 00:34:42,428
I shaped myself around that.
644
00:34:42,515 --> 00:34:44,212
That's... that's me.
645
00:34:44,299 --> 00:34:46,084
That's got to be me
right there.
646
00:34:46,171 --> 00:34:49,609
The Killer,
Mr. Jerry Lee Lewis!
647
00:34:57,660 --> 00:35:01,142
Okay, I thought
it was Wednesday.
648
00:35:01,229 --> 00:35:02,839
I thought we were off tonight.
649
00:35:06,887 --> 00:35:10,499
♪ Well, you can't be
my lovin' baby ♪
650
00:35:10,586 --> 00:35:12,414
♪ You ain't got the style ♪
651
00:35:13,198 --> 00:35:15,765
♪ I'm a-gonna get me some
real gone love ♪
652
00:35:15,852 --> 00:35:18,333
♪ That'll drive
a cool cat wild ♪
653
00:35:18,420 --> 00:35:19,465
♪ I wanna move ♪
654
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:22,598
♪ Move on down the line ♪
655
00:35:23,991 --> 00:35:25,732
♪ I'm a-gonna get some
little lovin' ♪
656
00:35:25,819 --> 00:35:27,951
♪ I wanna do it
do it all the time ♪
657
00:35:28,038 --> 00:35:29,083
Oh!
658
00:36:00,419 --> 00:36:03,552
♪ Yeah, I'm gonna show
you ain't so hot ♪
659
00:36:03,639 --> 00:36:05,946
♪ I'm gonna get something
that you ain't got ♪
660
00:36:06,033 --> 00:36:08,905
♪ She's gonna be sweet,
she won't do me wrong ♪
661
00:36:08,992 --> 00:36:11,299
♪ Lay it down baby,
do it all night long ♪
662
00:36:11,386 --> 00:36:14,781
♪ Move, move on down the line ♪
663
00:36:15,738 --> 00:36:20,395
♪ Boogie woogie time baby
Rockin', rollin' all the time ♪
664
00:36:20,482 --> 00:36:22,180
♪ Yeah, boy ♪
665
00:36:35,671 --> 00:36:39,327
♪ Well, I wanna
move on down the line ♪
666
00:36:39,414 --> 00:36:41,982
♪ I'm gonna get me a gal
truly fine ♪
667
00:36:42,069 --> 00:36:44,289
♪ She can't be square
she can't be slow ♪
668
00:36:44,376 --> 00:36:45,942
♪ And when she starts
a-struttin' you know ♪
669
00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:47,857
♪ She's gotta go,
I'm gonna move ♪
670
00:36:47,944 --> 00:36:50,251
♪ Move on down the line ♪
671
00:36:51,774 --> 00:36:53,123
♪ I'd love to do it ♪
672
00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:55,256
♪ All the time ♪
673
00:36:56,910 --> 00:36:57,911
♪ Oh! ♪
674
00:36:58,694 --> 00:37:01,871
♪ Well, you can't be
my lovin' baby ♪
675
00:37:01,958 --> 00:37:03,743
♪ You ain't got the style ♪
676
00:37:04,657 --> 00:37:07,442
♪ I'm a-gonna get
some real gone love ♪
677
00:37:07,529 --> 00:37:10,053
♪ I'm gonna drive
a cool cat wild ♪
678
00:37:10,140 --> 00:37:11,359
♪ I wanna move ♪
679
00:37:11,446 --> 00:37:13,143
♪ Move, move, move ♪
680
00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:14,449
♪ Move on down the line ♪
681
00:37:14,536 --> 00:37:16,930
♪ Move, move down the line ♪
682
00:37:17,017 --> 00:37:20,586
♪ I'm gonna get a little lovin'
and it's gonna be all so fine ♪
683
00:37:20,673 --> 00:37:21,935
- ♪ Move ♪
- ♪ Sing it, Tom ♪
684
00:37:22,022 --> 00:37:24,764
♪ Well, I'm gonna move on ♪
685
00:37:24,851 --> 00:37:26,374
- ♪ Down the line ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
686
00:37:26,461 --> 00:37:29,551
♪ Get some love
gonna make some time ♪
687
00:37:29,638 --> 00:37:32,554
♪ She'll be sweet
won't do me wrong ♪
688
00:37:32,641 --> 00:37:35,427
♪ She'll be cool
and twice as gone ♪
689
00:37:35,514 --> 00:37:36,776
- ♪ Move ♪
- ♪ Move it, baby ♪
690
00:37:36,863 --> 00:37:38,734
♪ Movin' on down the line ♪
691
00:37:38,821 --> 00:37:40,823
- ♪ Gotta move on down ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪
692
00:37:40,910 --> 00:37:42,999
♪ Well, I'm gonna do right ♪
693
00:37:43,086 --> 00:37:45,175
♪ Do right all the time ♪
694
00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:47,090
♪ Yeah ♪
695
00:37:47,177 --> 00:37:49,267
♪ I wanna do right ♪
696
00:37:49,354 --> 00:37:54,837
♪ Do right all the time ♪
697
00:37:56,535 --> 00:37:57,840
♪ Yeah! ♪
698
00:38:02,018 --> 00:38:04,804
♪ Gonna tell Aunt Mary
'bout Uncle John ♪
699
00:38:04,891 --> 00:38:08,503
♪ He claim he has the misery
but he's havin' a lot of fun ♪
700
00:38:08,590 --> 00:38:11,027
- ♪ Yeah, baby ♪
- ♪ Whoo ♪
701
00:38:11,114 --> 00:38:13,813
♪ Oh, baby! ♪
702
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:17,512
- ♪ Lotta lovin' tonight ♪
- ♪ Yeah! ♪
703
00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:20,123
♪ Well, long tall Sally, you
know she's built for speed ♪
704
00:38:20,210 --> 00:38:22,735
- ♪ She's got... ♪
- ♪ Everything that
Jimmy Lee needs ♪
705
00:38:22,822 --> 00:38:24,606
♪ Oh, baby ♪
706
00:38:24,693 --> 00:38:26,695
There's some good
church singing from the Bible.
707
00:38:27,653 --> 00:38:30,525
And I was caught up in that
real heavily too.
708
00:38:31,178 --> 00:38:34,181
I loved it. I learned a lot
from the Pentecostal Church.
709
00:38:40,666 --> 00:38:42,581
My church down in Louisiana,
a little small
710
00:38:42,668 --> 00:38:45,497
Assembly of God church,
they sang.
711
00:38:45,584 --> 00:38:48,456
♪ Well, I saw Uncle John
with bald-headed Sally ♪
712
00:38:48,543 --> 00:38:50,937
♪ He saw Aunt Mary coming
and he ducked back
in the alley ♪
713
00:38:51,024 --> 00:38:52,591
The spirit rose up,
it was good.
714
00:38:52,678 --> 00:38:54,462
♪ Come on, baby ♪
715
00:38:54,549 --> 00:38:58,074
♪ Ooh, honey ♪
716
00:38:58,161 --> 00:38:59,946
I just love
that style of music.
717
00:39:00,033 --> 00:39:02,035
People are just into it.
718
00:39:02,122 --> 00:39:03,819
And always will be good.
719
00:39:03,906 --> 00:39:06,431
♪ We're gonna have
some fun tonight ♪
720
00:39:06,518 --> 00:39:08,868
♪ Havin' me some fun tonight ♪
721
00:39:08,955 --> 00:39:10,783
♪ Everything'll be all right ♪
722
00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:13,394
♪ Oh, we're gonna
have some fun ♪
723
00:39:22,664 --> 00:39:25,972
♪ When the shadows
of this ol' life are gone ♪
724
00:39:26,059 --> 00:39:29,802
♪ Jerry Lee Lewis
will fly away ♪
725
00:39:29,889 --> 00:39:31,673
♪ Just like a bird ♪
726
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,893
♪ From prison bars has flown ♪
727
00:39:33,980 --> 00:39:37,810
♪ Soon I'm going to fly away ♪
728
00:39:37,897 --> 00:39:39,942
♪ I will ♪
729
00:39:40,029 --> 00:39:43,555
- ♪ Fly away ♪
- ♪ Oh, glory, I ♪
730
00:39:43,642 --> 00:39:45,600
♪ I'll fly away ♪
731
00:39:45,687 --> 00:39:48,081
♪ When I die ♪
732
00:39:48,168 --> 00:39:50,562
♪ Hallelujah, by and by ♪
733
00:39:50,649 --> 00:39:53,739
♪ I'll fly away ♪
734
00:39:54,653 --> 00:39:56,698
♪ Just a few more ♪
735
00:39:56,785 --> 00:39:58,526
♪ Weary days and then, Lord ♪
736
00:39:58,613 --> 00:40:02,530
♪ I'll fly away ♪
737
00:40:02,617 --> 00:40:04,358
♪ To a land ♪
738
00:40:04,445 --> 00:40:06,708
♪ Where joy would never end ♪
739
00:40:06,795 --> 00:40:09,668
♪ I'll fly away ♪
740
00:40:09,755 --> 00:40:11,104
♪ Yeah! ♪
741
00:40:11,191 --> 00:40:16,109
♪ I'll fly away
Oh glory, I ♪
742
00:40:16,196 --> 00:40:18,154
♪ I'll fly away ♪
743
00:40:18,241 --> 00:40:20,635
♪ When I die ♪
744
00:40:20,722 --> 00:40:22,898
♪ Hallelujah, bye and bye ♪
745
00:40:22,985 --> 00:40:26,162
♪ I'll fly away ♪
746
00:40:26,859 --> 00:40:28,948
♪ Well, some glad morning ♪
747
00:40:29,035 --> 00:40:30,993
♪ When this life is o'er ♪
748
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:32,299
♪ I'll...♪ ♪
749
00:40:32,386 --> 00:40:34,736
Jerry Lee Lewis
surviving success.
750
00:40:34,823 --> 00:40:36,825
And I just thank God.
751
00:40:36,912 --> 00:40:39,262
I'm so glad and thank Jesus
that he had held on,
752
00:40:39,349 --> 00:40:41,134
and he has been through a lot.
753
00:40:41,221 --> 00:40:43,136
But God's going
to take him through all of it.
754
00:40:43,223 --> 00:40:46,182
♪ Oh, I'll fly away ♪
755
00:40:46,269 --> 00:40:49,098
♪ Oh, glory, I ♪
756
00:40:49,185 --> 00:40:51,057
♪ I'll fly away ♪
757
00:40:51,666 --> 00:40:53,363
♪ When I die ♪
758
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:55,627
♪ Hallelujah, by and by ♪
759
00:40:55,714 --> 00:41:00,458
♪ I'll fly ♪
760
00:41:01,110 --> 00:41:06,507
♪ Fly away ♪
761
00:41:11,207 --> 00:41:14,472
I was told you were
in Bible college or Bible
school, at one time.
762
00:41:14,559 --> 00:41:15,951
- Is that...
- Yes, Bible college,
you're right.
763
00:41:16,038 --> 00:41:18,824
I... I was in Bible college
for a couple of years
764
00:41:18,911 --> 00:41:21,914
and, uh, in chapel
one morning,
765
00:41:22,001 --> 00:41:26,832
this little, young preacher
wanted me to back him up
on piano
766
00:41:26,919 --> 00:41:30,226
- while he sang
"My God Is Real." And he...
- Mmm-hmm.
767
00:41:30,313 --> 00:41:32,577
You know, he done it,
he done like he says, uh,
768
00:41:32,664 --> 00:41:34,666
uh, he said...
769
00:41:34,753 --> 00:41:37,756
♪ There are some things ♪
770
00:41:37,843 --> 00:41:40,933
- ♪ I may not know ♪
771
00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:42,935
I said, "whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, son.
772
00:41:43,022 --> 00:41:44,502
-"Just a minute," you know.
- Mm-hmm.
773
00:41:44,589 --> 00:41:46,895
I said, "You want the song
to go over with the people,
774
00:41:46,982 --> 00:41:48,984
"you want to really be heard
by God and everybody?"
775
00:41:49,681 --> 00:41:50,943
He said, "Uh, sure."
776
00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:52,510
I said, "Well, do it
like this here."
777
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:56,296
- ♪ There are some things ♪
778
00:41:56,383 --> 00:41:59,821
- ♪ I may not know ♪
779
00:41:59,908 --> 00:42:03,390
Well, he did it and it
brought the house down
and I got kicked out of school.
780
00:42:03,477 --> 00:42:06,567
Jerry Lee Lewis, this is
the first time we've seen
you here with a beard.
781
00:42:06,654 --> 00:42:09,483
And I believe you're growing
it for a purpose, right?
782
00:42:09,570 --> 00:42:12,007
Well, you got into that
quick, didn't you?
783
00:42:13,879 --> 00:42:15,620
Yes, I'm growing
the beard for a movie.
784
00:42:16,969 --> 00:42:19,275
- What's it about?
- The name of the movie
is The Carpenter.
785
00:42:19,841 --> 00:42:22,540
And I know this is going
to shock a lot of folks.
786
00:42:22,627 --> 00:42:27,370
But I'm doing
the story of Christ.
787
00:42:28,328 --> 00:42:30,069
I always knew
right from wrong.
788
00:42:30,156 --> 00:42:33,812
And, yeah, I've done a little
testifying in church before.
789
00:42:35,857 --> 00:42:38,207
I don't claim to be
a real Christian person.
790
00:42:38,294 --> 00:42:41,080
I... I'm a Christian-minded
person, Richard, but...
791
00:42:44,866 --> 00:42:47,869
♪ I can hear ♪
792
00:42:49,915 --> 00:42:55,181
♪ My Savior calling ♪
793
00:42:59,315 --> 00:43:03,798
♪ I can hear ♪
794
00:43:03,885 --> 00:43:08,847
♪ My Savior calling ♪
795
00:43:12,981 --> 00:43:15,244
♪ I can hear ♪
796
00:43:17,638 --> 00:43:23,557
♪ My savior calling ♪
797
00:43:27,430 --> 00:43:28,693
♪ Take thy cross ♪
798
00:43:31,478 --> 00:43:35,047
♪ And follow ♪
799
00:43:35,134 --> 00:43:40,269
♪ Follow me ♪
800
00:43:40,356 --> 00:43:42,576
You can do good,
Mr. Phillips,
don't get me wrong.
801
00:43:42,663 --> 00:43:44,970
Wait a minute.
Now, when I say do good...
802
00:43:45,057 --> 00:43:46,798
You can have a kind heart.
803
00:43:46,885 --> 00:43:48,974
I don't mean.
I don't...
804
00:43:49,061 --> 00:43:51,629
You can help people.
You can save souls.
805
00:43:51,716 --> 00:43:53,500
♪ Through the garden ♪
806
00:43:53,587 --> 00:43:57,939
♪ 'Cause I will ♪
807
00:43:58,026 --> 00:44:01,813
♪ I'll go with ♪
808
00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:05,468
♪ Him through ♪
809
00:44:05,555 --> 00:44:07,122
♪ The garden ♪
810
00:44:07,209 --> 00:44:09,255
When you listen,
when you think,
811
00:44:09,342 --> 00:44:12,258
that you can't do good,
with rock and roll...
812
00:44:12,345 --> 00:44:14,303
No. No! No, no.
813
00:44:14,390 --> 00:44:16,392
Yes.
814
00:44:16,479 --> 00:44:19,918
How can the--
how can the devil save souls?
815
00:44:20,005 --> 00:44:21,615
What are you talking about?
816
00:44:21,702 --> 00:44:23,573
Man, I have the devil in me!
817
00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:25,314
If I didn't have,
I'd be a Christian!
818
00:44:25,401 --> 00:44:27,752
♪ I'll go with with him ♪
819
00:44:29,754 --> 00:44:31,930
H... E... L... L...
820
00:44:32,017 --> 00:44:33,322
Now look, Jerry.
821
00:44:33,409 --> 00:44:37,500
♪ I'll go with... ♪
822
00:44:37,587 --> 00:44:40,025
Religious conviction...
823
00:44:40,112 --> 00:44:43,028
doesn't mean anything
resembling extremism.
824
00:44:43,115 --> 00:44:48,294
♪ Where He leads me... ♪
825
00:44:48,381 --> 00:44:50,209
Are you following
those that heal?
826
00:44:50,905 --> 00:44:53,255
- Like Jesus Christ did?
What?
827
00:44:53,342 --> 00:44:55,431
Well, it's happening
every day.
What do you mean?
828
00:44:55,518 --> 00:44:57,738
The blinded
eyes were opened.
Jerry.
829
00:44:57,825 --> 00:45:00,654
The lame were
made to walk.
Jesus Christ...
830
00:45:00,741 --> 00:45:02,612
The crippled were made
to walk.
831
00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:04,702
But when it comes to
worldly music,
832
00:45:04,789 --> 00:45:06,747
- rock and roll...
Cut it out!
833
00:45:06,834 --> 00:45:09,532
...anything like that,
you're still a sinner.
834
00:45:09,619 --> 00:45:11,665
♪ Where He leads... ♪
835
00:45:11,752 --> 00:45:14,929
And then you're a sinner
and unless you been saved
and born again
836
00:45:15,625 --> 00:45:18,237
and be made
as a little child...
837
00:45:18,324 --> 00:45:20,630
and walk before God
and be holy,
838
00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:23,329
and, brother, I mean,
you got to be so pure...
839
00:45:23,416 --> 00:45:26,506
you got to walk and talk
with God to go to heaven.
840
00:45:26,593 --> 00:45:29,509
- You got to be so good
in His presence.
Hallelujah.
841
00:45:29,596 --> 00:45:31,206
All right.
You're right.
842
00:45:31,293 --> 00:45:33,252
It's what's written
in the Bible.
843
00:45:33,339 --> 00:45:35,384
Big china mighty
"Great Balls of Fire."
844
00:45:35,471 --> 00:45:39,998
♪ Go with... ♪
845
00:45:50,660 --> 00:45:52,358
I just signed
the contract for it.
846
00:45:52,445 --> 00:45:54,055
That's why
I'm growing the beard.
847
00:45:56,188 --> 00:45:58,886
Next up from
our affiliate WSM TV
in Nashville, Tennessee,
848
00:45:58,973 --> 00:46:02,411
Mr. Jerry Lee Lewis,
who in June of this year was
rushed to a Memphis hospital
849
00:46:02,498 --> 00:46:05,414
with a ruptured stomach,
he had two emergency
operations,
850
00:46:05,501 --> 00:46:08,069
and doctors gave him
a slim chance of survival.
851
00:46:08,156 --> 00:46:10,115
He remained in intensive care
for over two months,
852
00:46:10,202 --> 00:46:12,160
- and now he says
The Killer is back.
...Almost died.
853
00:46:12,247 --> 00:46:14,075
- He is here tonight...
- He was rushed to this hospital
854
00:46:14,162 --> 00:46:16,077
late one night
with a perforated stomach.
855
00:46:16,164 --> 00:46:17,426
They still don't know
what caused that.
856
00:46:17,513 --> 00:46:19,298
We started getting
hit records.
857
00:46:19,385 --> 00:46:21,735
Or not necessarily
the hit records,
858
00:46:21,822 --> 00:46:24,869
but once we built up
a good circuit,
was making good money.
859
00:46:24,956 --> 00:46:27,219
That's when Jerry
started drinking again.
860
00:46:27,306 --> 00:46:30,265
For the next several days,
it didn't appear Jerry Lee Lewis
would live.
861
00:46:31,179 --> 00:46:34,443
Two difficult operations.
Two months in intensive care.
862
00:46:34,530 --> 00:46:37,403
Jerry Lee, you look fine,
but you appear to have lost
863
00:46:37,490 --> 00:46:39,187
some weight from
the last time we met.
864
00:46:39,274 --> 00:46:41,450
Has that been one of the...
the results of this whole thing?
865
00:46:41,537 --> 00:46:44,149
Yes, Tom, I would imagine
about 40 pounds.
866
00:46:44,236 --> 00:46:46,978
I guess I took enough pills
for the whole town.
867
00:46:47,065 --> 00:46:49,589
Drank enough whiskey to lift
any ship off the ground.
868
00:46:49,676 --> 00:46:52,200
I used to drink
a fifth of tequila
to sober up on.
869
00:46:52,287 --> 00:46:54,333
I drank two and three fifths
of whiskey a day
870
00:46:54,420 --> 00:46:55,856
and a fifth of tequila
to sober up and do my show.
871
00:46:55,943 --> 00:46:58,032
But what'd the doc
say to you, Jerry?
872
00:46:58,119 --> 00:47:00,165
I'm assuming that
he discussed the surgery
with you before the fact.
873
00:47:00,252 --> 00:47:03,559
Did he go through the...
What's that in your hand there?
A cigar?
874
00:47:03,646 --> 00:47:05,953
One, two.
A-one, two, three, four.
875
00:47:08,173 --> 00:47:09,261
♪ Oh! ♪
876
00:47:10,697 --> 00:47:13,700
♪ Well, busted flat
in Baton Rouge ♪
877
00:47:13,787 --> 00:47:15,310
♪ Waiting for the train ♪
878
00:47:16,268 --> 00:47:20,620
♪ Feelin' nearly faded
as my jeans ♪
879
00:47:20,707 --> 00:47:23,623
♪ Ol' Bobby thumbed
the diesel down ♪
880
00:47:23,710 --> 00:47:25,755
♪ Just before it rained ♪
881
00:47:25,843 --> 00:47:28,976
♪ Lord, it took us
all the way to New Orleans ♪
882
00:47:31,196 --> 00:47:36,070
♪ I pulled my old harpoon
out of my dirty red bandanna ♪
883
00:47:36,157 --> 00:47:40,945
♪ Blowing low while
Bobby sang the blues ♪
884
00:47:41,032 --> 00:47:44,078
♪ With them windshield wipers
slappin' time ♪
885
00:47:44,165 --> 00:47:46,602
♪ Bobby holding hand in mine ♪
886
00:47:46,689 --> 00:47:50,693
♪ We finally sang up every song
that driver knew ♪ ♪
887
00:47:50,780 --> 00:47:52,826
The demons that
live in Jerry
888
00:47:52,913 --> 00:47:54,610
are in his mind.
889
00:47:54,697 --> 00:47:56,830
They torment him constantly.
890
00:47:56,917 --> 00:47:58,614
Jerry is daily reminded
891
00:47:58,701 --> 00:48:01,356
by his own conscience,
of his shortcomings.
892
00:48:01,443 --> 00:48:03,968
♪ Feelin' good was easy, Lord ♪
893
00:48:04,055 --> 00:48:05,795
♪ When Bobby sang the blues ♪
894
00:48:05,883 --> 00:48:09,190
Jerry feels like he was put here
and given his talent
895
00:48:09,277 --> 00:48:11,845
not to raise hell
and do what he does.
896
00:48:11,932 --> 00:48:16,371
He feels like he was
given his talent to use,
and to be a preacher.
897
00:48:16,458 --> 00:48:19,157
♪ Oh! ♪
898
00:48:19,244 --> 00:48:21,420
♪ From the coal mines
of Kentucky ♪
899
00:48:21,507 --> 00:48:23,683
♪ To the California sun ♪
900
00:48:24,423 --> 00:48:27,382
♪ Bobby shared the secrets
of my soul ♪
901
00:48:27,469 --> 00:48:29,558
I don't even believe
in religion--
902
00:48:29,645 --> 00:48:32,039
the Bible don't even speak--
the word is not, "religion"
903
00:48:32,126 --> 00:48:33,649
is not even
in the Bible.
904
00:48:33,736 --> 00:48:35,477
Salvation.
905
00:48:35,564 --> 00:48:37,218
♪ ...kept me from the cold ♪
906
00:48:37,305 --> 00:48:39,220
Are you sanctified, brother?
907
00:48:41,744 --> 00:48:44,312
♪ Lord, I let her slip away ♪
908
00:48:44,399 --> 00:48:47,620
♪ Looking for the home
I hope she'll find ♪
909
00:48:47,707 --> 00:48:51,406
Do you think you're a Christian
or going to hell or what?
910
00:48:51,493 --> 00:48:54,148
♪ On one single yesterday ♪
911
00:48:54,235 --> 00:48:55,758
I think we're both in trouble.
912
00:48:55,845 --> 00:48:57,935
♪ Holding Bobby's body
close to mine ♪
913
00:48:58,022 --> 00:48:59,893
♪ Oh!♪
914
00:48:59,980 --> 00:49:03,592
♪ Freedom's just another word
for nothing left to lose ♪
915
00:49:03,679 --> 00:49:06,944
In situations like that,
men have been known
to turn to drugs,
916
00:49:07,031 --> 00:49:10,034
alcohol, anything
to feed these demons
and keep them quiet.
917
00:49:10,121 --> 00:49:13,298
♪ ...please the Lord
Bobby sang the blues ♪
918
00:49:14,429 --> 00:49:18,694
♪ Buddy, that was good enough
for Jerry Lee ♪
919
00:49:18,781 --> 00:49:21,175
Talk about those demons.
920
00:49:21,262 --> 00:49:23,395
He shot his
bass player because...
921
00:49:23,482 --> 00:49:26,485
I'm not certain
why he shot his bass player,
to be honest with you.
922
00:49:26,572 --> 00:49:28,922
I just... I know he did
shoot his bass player.
923
00:49:29,009 --> 00:49:30,271
♪ Good enough for me ♪
924
00:49:30,358 --> 00:49:31,881
- Shot him in the chest.
- Right.
925
00:49:33,274 --> 00:49:34,580
Now, Jerry says that he didn't.
926
00:49:34,667 --> 00:49:36,277
He did not mean
to shoot him.
927
00:49:36,364 --> 00:49:37,670
He was shooting
at a Coke bottle.
928
00:49:37,757 --> 00:49:39,454
♪ Yeah ♪
929
00:49:39,541 --> 00:49:41,761
♪ Good enough for me
and Bobby McGee ♪
930
00:49:41,848 --> 00:49:44,329
♪ One more time
Yeah, Bobby McGee ♪
931
00:49:44,416 --> 00:49:47,593
- The bass player eventually came
back to him, too, didn't he?
- No.
932
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:48,942
- Oh, he didn't?
- No, he didn't.
933
00:49:52,772 --> 00:49:54,992
- No, he didn't. No, he didn't.
- No? Right.
934
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:57,516
Not to my knowledge.
935
00:49:59,692 --> 00:50:01,694
Jerry's been haunted
by a lot of demons.
936
00:50:01,781 --> 00:50:03,217
- And still?
- Oh, yes.
937
00:50:11,008 --> 00:50:13,010
♪ My God is real ♪
938
00:50:14,794 --> 00:50:17,362
♪ He's real in my soul ♪
939
00:50:18,972 --> 00:50:21,453
♪ For He has washed ♪
940
00:50:21,540 --> 00:50:23,890
♪ And He made me whole ♪
941
00:50:24,673 --> 00:50:28,373
♪ Yeah, His love for me ♪
942
00:50:28,460 --> 00:50:30,201
♪ Is like pure gold ♪
943
00:50:31,593 --> 00:50:33,769
♪ My God is real ♪
944
00:50:33,856 --> 00:50:38,296
♪ For I can feel Him
in my soul ♪
945
00:50:40,994 --> 00:50:42,778
I walked into the wagon wheel
one night, I was running late,
946
00:50:42,865 --> 00:50:46,913
and I heard Johnny Littlejohn
playing drums.
947
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,481
And he was doing... and singing
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On."
948
00:50:50,351 --> 00:50:52,701
And I stood there
and listened to it,
949
00:50:52,788 --> 00:50:54,616
and I... and...
950
00:50:55,574 --> 00:50:59,230
and I'd done it pretty close
to the exact way he'd done it.
951
00:50:59,317 --> 00:51:02,059
Word for word.
The way he was, he said,
952
00:51:02,146 --> 00:51:05,453
"Stand in one spot and
wiggle it around a little bit,"
953
00:51:05,540 --> 00:51:08,195
I said, "Man,
that is fantastic."
954
00:51:08,282 --> 00:51:11,329
♪ All you gotta, honey
is just stand that thing
in one little spot ♪
955
00:51:13,157 --> 00:51:15,420
♪ And then you wiggle it
and wiggle it and wiggle it ♪
956
00:51:15,507 --> 00:51:17,161
♪ And wiggle it
and wiggle it... ♪
957
00:51:17,248 --> 00:51:18,379
I said, "That's a hit."
958
00:51:18,466 --> 00:51:19,859
♪ All you gotta, honey ♪
959
00:51:19,946 --> 00:51:21,252
♪ Is stand in one little spot ♪
960
00:51:23,645 --> 00:51:25,560
♪ Wiggle it around
a little bit ♪
961
00:51:25,647 --> 00:51:28,215
Sam said it never would happen
because it was too vulgar.
962
00:51:28,302 --> 00:51:30,652
♪ Well come on over baby ♪
963
00:51:30,739 --> 00:51:33,046
♪ There's a whole lotta
shakin' goin' on ♪
964
00:51:33,133 --> 00:51:36,571
It's risque.
I didn't know what the word
risque meant at the time.
965
00:51:36,658 --> 00:51:38,747
♪ Shake, baby, shake ♪
966
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:41,924
♪ Shake it, babe, shake it ♪
967
00:51:42,011 --> 00:51:45,667
♪ Ooh, why don't you shake? ♪
968
00:51:45,754 --> 00:51:47,452
Well, I can't believe
that everybody that's bought
969
00:51:47,539 --> 00:51:49,497
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
is gonna burn in hell.
970
00:51:49,584 --> 00:51:51,760
I don't think that's
gonna happen to you.
971
00:51:51,847 --> 00:51:54,372
I don't know, Tom.
I could not say for sure.
972
00:51:57,244 --> 00:52:00,378
I couldn't really picture
Jesus Christ
973
00:52:00,465 --> 00:52:01,901
singing "Whole Lotta
Shakin' Goin' On."
974
00:52:01,988 --> 00:52:04,033
♪ Move it, move it, move it ♪
975
00:52:04,121 --> 00:52:06,471
But then again,
we're not Jesus Christ.
976
00:52:06,558 --> 00:52:08,081
♪ Move it, move it, baby ♪
977
00:52:08,168 --> 00:52:09,604
Who's to say
and who's the judge?
978
00:52:11,302 --> 00:52:12,868
Kind of like I'm capable
of judging.
979
00:52:12,955 --> 00:52:16,524
Now, but Jimmy Lee Swaggert
is capable of judging.
980
00:52:16,611 --> 00:52:19,484
And I wish he would quit
judging me so much
on his television show.
981
00:52:20,963 --> 00:52:27,796
♪ A whole lotta
shakin' goin' on ♪
982
00:52:27,883 --> 00:52:30,103
Jerry Lee,
when you're 80 years old,
983
00:52:30,190 --> 00:52:32,627
you're not going to be
banging the piano
on your feet
984
00:52:32,714 --> 00:52:34,281
- and still singing
rock and roll.
- How do you know that now?
985
00:52:34,368 --> 00:52:35,978
How do you know that?
986
00:52:36,065 --> 00:52:38,764
- Do you...
- I heard people say that
25 years ago to me.
987
00:52:39,895 --> 00:52:43,943
- Do you think you are?
- 30 years ago, 35 years ago,
I had people tell that to me.
988
00:52:45,031 --> 00:52:47,686
- But, Jerry Lee...
- And I've seen them buried
in the casket, brother.
989
00:52:48,382 --> 00:52:50,863
I never had mixed emotions.
990
00:52:50,950 --> 00:52:55,433
I knew what was what
and what wasn't,
991
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:59,437
and I knew what salvation was.
992
00:52:59,524 --> 00:53:01,874
I knew what
sanctification meant.
993
00:53:01,961 --> 00:53:04,181
And I knew what being a...
994
00:53:05,312 --> 00:53:09,360
a... a regular sinner,
so to speak, meant,
995
00:53:09,447 --> 00:53:11,536
or being the center
of attention, too.
996
00:53:11,623 --> 00:53:13,407
But... I'm going
to get you mixed up.
997
00:53:31,773 --> 00:53:33,949
♪ Sweet Little Sixteen ♪
998
00:53:34,689 --> 00:53:36,909
♪ She's got
the grown-up blues ♪
999
00:53:36,996 --> 00:53:38,998
♪ Wearin' tight dresses
and lipstick ♪
1000
00:53:39,085 --> 00:53:40,869
♪ She's sportin'
high-heel shoes ♪
1001
00:53:42,131 --> 00:53:43,872
♪ But tomorrow morning ♪
1002
00:53:43,959 --> 00:53:46,353
♪ She's gonna have
to change the trend ♪
1003
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:49,138
♪ And gonna be sweet sixteen ♪
1004
00:53:49,226 --> 00:53:51,663
♪ And back in class again ♪
1005
00:53:51,750 --> 00:53:54,231
♪ Well, they'll be rockin'
on Bandstand ♪
1006
00:53:54,318 --> 00:53:56,537
♪ Philadelphia, PA ♪
1007
00:53:56,624 --> 00:53:58,974
♪ Deep in the heart of Texas ♪
1008
00:53:59,061 --> 00:54:01,325
♪ And round the 'Frisco Bay ♪
1009
00:54:01,412 --> 00:54:03,631
♪ Far out in St. Louis ♪
1010
00:54:03,718 --> 00:54:06,330
♪ Way down in New Orleans ♪
1011
00:54:06,417 --> 00:54:10,725
♪ Everybody wanna get with
Sweet Little Sixteen ♪
1012
00:54:10,812 --> 00:54:12,336
Whoo!
1013
00:54:14,947 --> 00:54:17,515
Chuck Berry
was the king of rock and roll.
1014
00:54:20,735 --> 00:54:22,955
Quote, Jerry Lee Lewis.
1015
00:54:23,042 --> 00:54:24,043
♪ Sweet Little Sixteen ♪
1016
00:54:24,957 --> 00:54:26,828
♪ She's got
the grown-up blues ♪
1017
00:54:27,394 --> 00:54:29,570
♪ Tight dresses and lipstick ♪
1018
00:54:29,657 --> 00:54:31,659
♪ She's sportin'
high-heel shoes ♪
1019
00:54:31,746 --> 00:54:34,445
♪ Yeah, but tomorrow morning ♪
1020
00:54:34,532 --> 00:54:36,795
♪ She's gonna change
the trend ♪
1021
00:54:36,882 --> 00:54:39,188
♪ She's gonna get it
back to class ♪
1022
00:54:39,276 --> 00:54:41,060
♪ Again and again ♪
1023
00:54:41,147 --> 00:54:44,281
♪ 'Cause they'll be rockin'
on Bandstand ♪
1024
00:54:44,368 --> 00:54:46,239
♪ In Philadelphia, PA ♪
1025
00:54:46,326 --> 00:54:48,894
♪ Deep in the heart of Texas ♪
1026
00:54:48,981 --> 00:54:51,679
♪ And round the 'Frisco Bay ♪
1027
00:54:51,766 --> 00:54:53,202
♪ All over St. Louis ♪
1028
00:54:53,290 --> 00:54:55,814
♪ Way down in New Orleans ♪
1029
00:54:55,901 --> 00:54:58,207
♪ In Louisiana, baby ♪
1030
00:54:58,295 --> 00:55:03,952
♪ Sweet Little Sixteen ♪
1031
00:55:04,039 --> 00:55:05,911
Well, Chuck Berry
was like Hank Williams.
1032
00:55:05,998 --> 00:55:08,783
I've always said,
Chuck Berry, he...
1033
00:55:08,870 --> 00:55:10,742
Everything he done,
he wrote himself.
1034
00:55:10,829 --> 00:55:13,135
He wrote all his songs
and he sang his songs.
1035
00:55:13,222 --> 00:55:15,181
♪ Oh! There she is again ♪
1036
00:55:15,268 --> 00:55:17,662
♪ Standing over by
the record machine ♪
1037
00:55:19,011 --> 00:55:22,928
♪ Oh, gee, she's lookin' like
a model on the cover
of a magazine ♪
1038
00:55:24,843 --> 00:55:26,497
♪ Look at her
she's too cute ♪
1039
00:55:26,584 --> 00:55:28,542
♪ To be a minute over 17 ♪
1040
00:55:30,892 --> 00:55:32,851
♪ And meanwhile, I'm thinking ♪
1041
00:55:35,767 --> 00:55:38,291
♪ She's in the mood
no need to break it ♪
1042
00:55:38,378 --> 00:55:41,033
♪ Got me a chance
and I wanna take it ♪
1043
00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:43,731
♪ If she can dance
get ready, oh, baby ♪
1044
00:55:43,818 --> 00:55:46,517
♪ Come on, Queenie
let's shake it ♪
1045
00:55:46,604 --> 00:55:49,998
♪ Go, go, go, Little Queenie ♪
1046
00:55:50,825 --> 00:55:54,742
♪ Yeah, go, go, go
Little Queenie ♪
1047
00:55:57,266 --> 00:56:02,141
♪ Go, go, go
Little Queenie ♪
1048
00:56:02,228 --> 00:56:07,233
♪ There she is again
she's standin' over
by the record machine, ho! ♪
1049
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:10,105
Me and Chuck, well,
we're very good friends,
still really great friends.
1050
00:56:10,192 --> 00:56:12,194
Me and Chuck Berry--
My mother always thought
1051
00:56:12,281 --> 00:56:14,632
Chuck Berry was the greatest
rock and roll singer
in the world.
1052
00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:16,808
I said, "Wait a minute,
Mama, I do rock and roll."
1053
00:56:16,895 --> 00:56:19,114
♪ And if it's good
I'll admit it ♪
1054
00:56:19,201 --> 00:56:21,029
♪ Come on, give it to me
give it to me ♪
1055
00:56:21,116 --> 00:56:22,944
♪ Let's get with it
with it, with it, baby ♪
1056
00:56:23,031 --> 00:56:25,730
♪ Go, go, go
Little Queenie ♪
1057
00:56:27,384 --> 00:56:29,951
♪ Go, go, go
Little Queenie ♪
1058
00:56:32,519 --> 00:56:36,915
♪ Go, go, go
Little Queenie ♪
1059
00:56:37,002 --> 00:56:40,440
♪ I said, go, go, go
Little Queenie ♪
1060
00:56:41,310 --> 00:56:45,227
♪ Go, go, go, go
Little Queenie ♪
1061
00:56:47,273 --> 00:56:50,494
♪ Go, go, go
Little Queenie ♪
1062
00:56:50,581 --> 00:56:52,409
♪ Take it from me ♪
1063
00:57:10,688 --> 00:57:12,690
He was rock and roll.
For real.
1064
00:57:12,777 --> 00:57:15,432
What is your definition
of rock and roll?
1065
00:57:15,519 --> 00:57:17,999
Rock and roll is...
1066
00:57:18,086 --> 00:57:20,088
It's the greatest music
that's ever been.
1067
00:57:21,481 --> 00:57:23,701
Or ever will be.
1068
00:57:23,788 --> 00:57:26,051
Whether it was taken
from gospel roots
1069
00:57:26,138 --> 00:57:29,184
or whether it was
taken from rhythm
and blues roots
1070
00:57:29,271 --> 00:57:33,275
or Black roots, red roots
or blue roots or whatever roots,
1071
00:57:33,362 --> 00:57:35,016
rock and roll
is rock and roll.
1072
00:57:35,103 --> 00:57:37,105
All right, girls,
let's go!
1073
00:57:37,192 --> 00:57:40,500
I hope you ain't putting
that on tape.
1074
00:57:40,587 --> 00:57:41,980
Boy.
1075
00:57:42,067 --> 00:57:44,635
All of my big hit records
have all been one take.
1076
00:57:44,722 --> 00:57:45,810
You ready to cut?
1077
00:57:46,767 --> 00:57:48,682
You ready to cut
"Great Balls of Fire?"
1078
00:57:48,769 --> 00:57:50,815
I told them, I said,
"Just think what I could do
1079
00:57:50,902 --> 00:57:52,381
if you'd let me practice."
1080
00:57:52,469 --> 00:57:54,296
What did you think
rock and roll was?
1081
00:57:54,383 --> 00:57:57,169
Well, at that time,
it really wasn't
any rock and roll.
1082
00:57:57,256 --> 00:58:01,042
- It was rockabilly.
- How was rockabilly different
than boogie woogie?
1083
00:58:01,129 --> 00:58:03,958
Rockabilly is the next thing
to hillbilly.
1084
00:58:04,045 --> 00:58:08,485
Rockabilly is a stand-up,
big stand-up bass
1085
00:58:08,572 --> 00:58:11,270
with Bill Black playing on it,
you know?
1086
00:58:11,357 --> 00:58:13,533
And Scotty Moore
on the guitar picking,
1087
00:58:13,620 --> 00:58:15,622
trying to pick
Chet Atkins style,
which he can't.
1088
00:58:15,709 --> 00:58:16,841
And Elvis Presley singing,
1089
00:58:16,928 --> 00:58:19,191
Baby, baby, baby.
1090
00:58:20,888 --> 00:58:22,803
- Rockabilly.
- That was rockabilly?
1091
00:58:22,890 --> 00:58:24,675
- Yeah.
- So what was rock and roll?
1092
00:58:25,284 --> 00:58:26,981
- Jerry Lee Lewis.
1093
00:58:31,116 --> 00:58:32,291
Hello?
1094
00:58:33,422 --> 00:58:36,730
Yes. Ah, hello, darling.
1095
00:58:38,210 --> 00:58:40,038
Yeah, this is
The Killer speaking.
1096
00:58:40,125 --> 00:58:42,170
How many wives
has he had, now?
1097
00:58:42,257 --> 00:58:43,302
Four.
1098
00:58:43,389 --> 00:58:44,521
Do I like what?
1099
00:58:44,608 --> 00:58:46,131
- Is he married right now?
- No.
1100
00:58:46,218 --> 00:58:48,699
I sure do like it, baby.
1101
00:58:50,135 --> 00:58:51,397
Hiyah!
1102
00:58:53,181 --> 00:58:56,010
♪ Chantilly lace
and a pretty face ♪
1103
00:58:56,097 --> 00:58:58,622
♪ Pony tail hangin' down ♪
1104
00:58:58,709 --> 00:59:01,668
♪ A wiggle and a walk
a giggle and a talk ♪
1105
00:59:01,755 --> 00:59:04,279
♪ You know
it makes the world go round ♪
1106
00:59:04,366 --> 00:59:07,065
♪ Ain't nothing in the world
like a big-eyed girl ♪
1107
00:59:07,152 --> 00:59:10,242
♪ To make me act so funny
spend my money ♪
1108
00:59:10,329 --> 00:59:12,418
♪ I feel real loose
like a long-necked goose ♪
1109
00:59:12,505 --> 00:59:15,595
♪ Like a, oh, honey
that's what I like ♪
1110
00:59:16,378 --> 00:59:17,554
♪ What's that, baby? ♪
1111
00:59:20,208 --> 00:59:22,080
♪ Pick you up at 8:00
and don't be late? ♪
1112
00:59:25,997 --> 00:59:27,607
♪ You gotta be joking, woman ♪
1113
00:59:28,913 --> 00:59:31,524
♪ I thought you might fix
The Killer up
and don't be late ♪
1114
00:59:32,699 --> 00:59:34,701
♪ Anyway, baby
You know what I gotta have ♪
1115
00:59:36,137 --> 00:59:39,140
♪ Chantilly lace
and a pretty face ♪
1116
00:59:39,227 --> 00:59:41,708
♪ Pony tail hangin' down ♪
1117
00:59:41,795 --> 00:59:44,624
♪ A wiggle and a walk
and a giggle and a talk ♪
1118
00:59:44,711 --> 00:59:46,452
♪ You know
it makes the world go round ♪
1119
00:59:46,539 --> 00:59:48,802
Why do you think
she married you, Jerry Lee?
1120
00:59:48,889 --> 00:59:50,804
Well, I thought
she loved me.
1121
00:59:50,891 --> 00:59:54,329
Jerry Lee,
do you want
out of this marriage?
1122
00:59:54,416 --> 00:59:55,940
Do you want
out of this marriage?
1123
00:59:56,027 --> 00:59:58,159
♪ Ooh honey,
that's what I like ♪
1124
01:00:00,466 --> 01:00:01,815
That's good.
1125
01:00:01,902 --> 01:00:03,425
I'd just like to get out
1126
01:00:03,512 --> 01:00:05,079
and rock in front of everybody.
1127
01:00:05,166 --> 01:00:07,734
I'd make every joint in town
1128
01:00:07,821 --> 01:00:10,258
and go through every beer,
three, two beers.
1129
01:00:10,345 --> 01:00:12,347
Joint... Fight my way in
and fight my way out.
1130
01:00:14,915 --> 01:00:17,483
♪ Everybody call me
Rockin' Jerry Lee ♪
1131
01:00:18,789 --> 01:00:19,833
Whoo!
1132
01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:21,226
And Elvis, he wouldn't do that
1133
01:00:21,313 --> 01:00:22,488
He was kind of scared of that.
1134
01:00:24,142 --> 01:00:25,056
♪ Look out, honey ♪
1135
01:00:33,804 --> 01:00:35,675
He told me that,
"Jerry Lee, you're gonna
be killed.
1136
01:00:35,762 --> 01:00:37,285
"Somebody's gonna
kill you doing that."
1137
01:00:37,372 --> 01:00:39,810
But...
"Nah. They ain't gonna get me."
1138
01:00:39,897 --> 01:00:40,985
♪ Shake it one time ♪
1139
01:00:41,072 --> 01:00:43,596
♪ Shake it, babe, shake it ♪
1140
01:00:43,683 --> 01:00:46,381
♪ Shake, mama, shake it ♪ ♪
1141
01:00:46,468 --> 01:00:51,299
So why do you figure
Elvis became Elvis?
1142
01:00:51,386 --> 01:00:53,650
Because he had a great manager.
1143
01:00:55,216 --> 01:00:57,654
Tom Parker.
1144
01:00:57,741 --> 01:01:00,700
Who treated him as if
he was a monkey in a cage.
1145
01:01:00,787 --> 01:01:03,877
♪ Train I ride ♪
1146
01:01:03,964 --> 01:01:06,314
♪ Sixteen coaches long ♪
1147
01:01:09,143 --> 01:01:11,232
♪ Train I ride ♪
1148
01:01:12,059 --> 01:01:14,279
♪ Sixteen coaches long ♪
1149
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,849
♪ Hey, you, crankin' my baby ♪
1150
01:01:19,501 --> 01:01:21,286
♪ And my baby gone ♪
1151
01:01:24,289 --> 01:01:28,685
♪ And it's, ooh
Comin' around ♪
1152
01:01:31,688 --> 01:01:34,908
♪ And it's, ooh, hey ♪
1153
01:01:34,995 --> 01:01:36,997
♪ Comin' around
comin' around again ♪
1154
01:01:39,217 --> 01:01:41,219
♪ Yeah, you bring in my baby ♪
1155
01:01:41,306 --> 01:01:43,308
♪ Bringin' her back
You know what you oughta mean ♪
1156
01:01:45,005 --> 01:01:48,879
If you would
have had the Colonel,
could you have been king?
1157
01:01:48,966 --> 01:01:50,924
I don't think the Colonel
could have lived through it.
1158
01:01:51,838 --> 01:01:54,580
♪ We're just goin'
through the motions ♪
1159
01:01:55,450 --> 01:01:59,280
♪ Of the parts
we've learned to play ♪
1160
01:02:00,455 --> 01:02:05,330
♪ Never quite together
like before ♪
1161
01:02:06,723 --> 01:02:10,030
Now, boy, I have played
every nightclub in the world.
1162
01:02:11,205 --> 01:02:14,382
Every hole that has ever
been built and torn down.
1163
01:02:15,296 --> 01:02:17,777
Some that haven't even
been constructed.
1164
01:02:17,864 --> 01:02:21,259
♪ Special anymore ♪
1165
01:02:21,346 --> 01:02:22,434
Played them all.
1166
01:02:22,521 --> 01:02:25,611
♪ So try it one more time ♪
1167
01:02:25,698 --> 01:02:27,656
♪ With feeling, darlin' ♪
1168
01:02:27,744 --> 01:02:29,833
♪ Take it from the top ♪
1169
01:02:30,834 --> 01:02:34,881
♪ Let me feel
those tears a-fallin' ♪
1170
01:02:34,968 --> 01:02:38,102
♪ Jerry Lee don't wanna
miss a single drop ♪
1171
01:02:38,189 --> 01:02:39,451
♪ Darlin' make... ♪
1172
01:02:39,538 --> 01:02:40,887
I had been screamin'
and hollerin'
1173
01:02:40,974 --> 01:02:42,193
and staying up all night,
1174
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:43,716
listening to records, radio,
1175
01:02:43,803 --> 01:02:45,587
drinking, cuttin' up,
loving women.
1176
01:02:46,327 --> 01:02:50,027
♪ Try it once more
with feeling ♪
1177
01:02:50,114 --> 01:02:53,944
♪ And we'll call it a day ♪
1178
01:02:54,031 --> 01:02:56,207
I'll be here when morning comes.
1179
01:02:56,773 --> 01:03:00,733
And if I die tomorrow,
I will have achieved more than
all these bastards put together.
1180
01:03:00,820 --> 01:03:04,650
♪ ...one more time
with feeling, darlin' ♪
1181
01:03:04,737 --> 01:03:07,348
- ♪ Hey, take it from the top ♪
1182
01:03:07,435 --> 01:03:11,788
♪ Oh, this one is gonna
be the big one, honey ♪
1183
01:03:11,875 --> 01:03:14,878
♪ So give whatever thing
you've got ♪
1184
01:03:14,965 --> 01:03:18,490
♪ And if there's anything
left to give ♪
1185
01:03:18,577 --> 01:03:22,668
♪ Before we go
our separate ways ♪
1186
01:03:22,755 --> 01:03:26,498
♪ Try it once more
with feeling ♪
1187
01:03:26,585 --> 01:03:32,373
♪ And we'll call it a day ♪
1188
01:03:33,287 --> 01:03:34,506
Jerry Lee Lewis!
1189
01:03:43,689 --> 01:03:46,692
♪ If you gon' love me
Let's please don't tease ♪
1190
01:03:47,432 --> 01:03:49,826
♪ If I can hold you then
let me squeeze ♪
1191
01:03:49,913 --> 01:03:52,176
The legendary
Jerry Lee Lewis!
1192
01:03:52,263 --> 01:03:55,309
♪ My love comes
a-tumblin' down ♪
1193
01:03:55,396 --> 01:03:57,268
The fabulous
Jerry Lee Lewis!
1194
01:03:58,704 --> 01:04:01,707
There is the joltin',
jamboreein', jumpin'
Jerry Lee Lewis!
1195
01:04:04,449 --> 01:04:07,191
♪ Well, I shake all over
and you know why ♪
1196
01:04:07,278 --> 01:04:09,889
The man who doesn't play
rock and roll,
he is rock and roll.
1197
01:04:09,976 --> 01:04:11,238
Jerry Lee Lewis!
1198
01:04:13,806 --> 01:04:15,068
One and only...
1199
01:04:15,155 --> 01:04:16,635
Jerry Lee Lewis.
1200
01:04:16,722 --> 01:04:18,550
A one-man revolution.
1201
01:04:18,637 --> 01:04:20,247
His name is Jerry Lee Lewis!
1202
01:04:22,946 --> 01:04:25,383
Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Jerry Lee Lewis!
1203
01:04:27,211 --> 01:04:28,386
♪ Crazy! ♪
1204
01:04:28,473 --> 01:04:29,778
An old friend of mine...
1205
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Jerry Lee Lewis!
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Jerry Lee Lewis!
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The one and only
Jerry Lee Lewis!
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Jerry Lee Lewis!
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Jerry Lee Lewis!
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♪ Oh ♪
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♪ Amazing grace ♪
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♪ How sweet the sound ♪
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♪ That saved a wretch ♪
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♪ Like me! ♪
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♪ I once was lost ♪
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♪ But now am found ♪
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♪ I was blind ♪
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♪ But now ♪
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♪ I see ♪
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- ♪ 'Twas grace ♪
- ♪ 'Twas grace ♪
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- ♪ That taught ♪
- ♪ That taught ♪
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♪ My ol' heart to fear ♪
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♪ And grace ♪
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♪ My fears relieved ♪
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Would you set the record
straight on any of the stories
people have heard about you?
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Well, I wouldn't want to believe
everything they heard,
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because if they believe and read
everything that they heard,
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I would be locked up
in the penitentiary for life.
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But you can't do
things like they said
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about Jerry Lee Lewis
and get... and get by with it.
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It's against the law.
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♪ The hour... ♪
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I'm really a good boy.
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- ♪ One by one ♪
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♪ They're turning off
the lights ♪
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♪ I've been feedin'
that old jukebox ♪
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♪ Just to hold you tight ♪
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♪ I guess it's for the best ♪
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♪ I just put in my last dime ♪
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♪ Heard you whisper
we'll meet again ♪
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♪ Another place
another time ♪
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♪ Chairs are stacked ♪
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♪ All over tables ♪
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♪ It's closing time they say ♪
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♪ I could wait
right here forever ♪
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♪ If they'd only let me stay ♪
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♪ Anywhere would be
much better ♪
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♪ Than that old lonely
room of mine ♪
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♪ And a sleepless night
a waitin' ♪
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♪ For another place
another time ♪
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♪ Won't that room of mine ♪
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♪ Be a lonely place to be ♪
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♪ After I've been holding you ♪
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♪ So close to me ♪
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♪ And won't that
old, old stairway be ♪
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♪ A little hard to climb ♪
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♪ To a lonely room to wait ♪
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♪ For another place
another time ♪
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♪ Won't that old stairway ♪
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♪ Be a little hard to climb ♪
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♪ To a lonely room to wait ♪
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♪ For another place
another time ♪ ♪
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♪ I say troubled in mind ♪
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♪ Sometimes I'm blue ♪
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♪ Yeah, I won't be ♪
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♪ I don't think
I'll be blue always ♪
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♪ Don't you thank God
for the sunshine ♪
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♪ Shinin' on you every day ♪
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♪ I just might lay ♪
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♪ Lay my head ♪
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♪ Lay it on some lonesome ♪
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♪ Lonesome railroad line ♪
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♪ And let that
midnight special ♪
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Look out now.
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♪ Torture my troubled mind ♪
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All right, baby.
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♪ You know, Mama told me ♪
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♪ She said, Jerry Lee ♪
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♪ Remember, son,
the graveyard ♪
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♪ Is a mighty lonesome place ♪
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All right.
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♪ They put you six feet
under the ground, boy ♪
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♪ Some mother-humper ♪
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♪ With a shovel
The dirt in your face ♪
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♪ In troubled mind ♪
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Hey!
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Whoo!
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♪ Well, I never felt more like
singing the blues ♪
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♪ I never thought that
I'd ever lose your loving ♪
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♪ Why'd you do me this way? ♪
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♪ Well, I never felt more
like cryin' all night ♪
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♪ Everything's wrong ♪
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♪ Nothing ain't right
without you ♪
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♪ You've got me
singin' the blues ♪
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♪ Well, the moon and stars
no longer shine ♪
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♪ The dream is gone
I thought it was mine ♪
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♪ Nothin' left
for me to do ♪
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♪ But cry-why-why-why
oh, baby, over you ♪
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♪ Well, I never felt more
like runnin' away ♪
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♪ Why should I go? ♪
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♪ I couldn't stay without you ♪
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♪ You've got me
singin' the blues ♪
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♪ The moon and stars
no longer shine ♪
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♪ The dream is gone
I thought it was mine ♪
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♪ There's nothin' left
for me to do ♪
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♪ But cry-why-why-why
oh, baby, over you ♪
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♪ Well, I never felt more
like runnin' away ♪
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♪ Why should I go? ♪
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♪ I couldn't stay without you ♪
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♪ You got me
singin' the blues ♪