FIRST TIME HEARING | JERRY LEE LEWIS - "WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' GOIN' ON" | STEVE ALLEN SHOW 1957

[@MsQuinn848]

Jerry had 30 top ten billboard hits check out great balls of fire

[@MAGIKMARTIAN9526]

DUDE HE LIT A PIANO ON FIRE LITERALLY WHILE HE WAS PLAYING IT DURING THE CONCERT

[@memathews]

Yep. Also played the piano turned backwards and a bunch of other stunts.

[@stevenellers1939]

He lit the piano because Chuck Berry insisted on closing the show and that pissed Jerry off. So he insisted in playing before Chuck. Well when JERRY Lee played his last song he lit the piano on fire. The crowd went crazy and when he finished he walked into the stage wing, looked at Chuck and said something like, follow THAT, and walked on. It’s in the movie with Dennis Quaid.

[@sharonvincent4238]

Jerry Lee was the original wild man, for real. I’ve seen him play the piano with his feet, he drove his car into Elvis’s metal gates of Graceland, and he married his 13 years old cousin. Those are just the tip of the iceberg as far as wild behavior is concerned. But he was very, very talented and a piano playing fool.

[@ivansavoie3190]

There's a movie called Great Balls Of Fire starring Dennis Quaid who does a great job portraying Jerry Lee Lewis, it's worth watching

[@ShawnKavanagh]

They cast the wrong Quaid

[@luthermoore2969]

Very cheesy movie imo doesn't portrait jerry very well at all actually

[@ryanw3658]

It’s like, do you want to do a good job portraying JLL tho?

[@marymichael1211]

I wouldn't even want to see it -- no one could be JLL but JLL. No one could really "play" any unique genius musician, because the musician is a channel who is channelling.

[@jcqlnr464]

It's one of my favorite movies!!

[@susanworkman529]

Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard were 🔥 on the piano‼

[@NighthawkMeow]

Great Balls of Fire! That's Jerry Lee Lewis!!! Lol

[@dsusan17]

In my opinion Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard started Rock and Roll! Great reaction

[@maryreilly5092]

This was considered a very outlandish and risque performance for that time period.

[@dustyhead3126]

Great balls of fire. Chuck berry refused to let him close show when it was #1 and Jerry went played and lit piano on fire and walked off stage and told Berry 'follow that killer'

[@mochimochi82]

My dad would play Jerry Lee so loud you could hear it in the next county!

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

Jerry Lee Lewis was an inspiration for Jimi Hendrix because Jerry Lee Lewis used to set his piano on fire just like Jimi did with his guitar

[@dagmar.6954]

Jerry Lee Lewis was one of the more flamboyant & wilder rock & roll singers of the time in the 50's-60's. He was nicknamed "The Killer". His piano playing & showmanship were legendary. He had a lot of hits such as "Breathless", "Wild One", "High School Confidential", "What'd I Say", "Another Place, Another Time" etc. His career faltered for a time when he married his 13-year-old cousin.

[@qwertyuiop273]

This is one of his more calm performed records-- Jerry was crazy!!

[@brendasimmons8149]

Jerry is all time greatest piano player.

[@JP-wg4uo]

OG of piano playing for sure! Long live “The Killer” ❤

[@827dusty]

One of the pioneers who first brought us Rock n Roll in the mid 1950s, along with Elvis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry and all of the rest of the early greats.

[@bella-xp7qd]

He was also known to play the piano 🎹 with his feet.

[@liloljen1]

He was told no piano player could ever make the girls go crazy, he proved them wrong

[@davidarwood6264]

Obviously Bruce Springfield did....😅

[@1momification]

He was a showman!!

[@karenjack8727]

I saw him live at a casino when he was probably in his 80’s and he came out on stage in red satin pajamas! He was just as lively and animated playing the piano at his advanced age as he was in this video. It was amazing to watch

[@rhondahammons35]

Fun fact: Jerry Lee Lewis, Mickey Gilley & Jimmy Swaggart These three were cousins. All three were great piano players.None of them ever had a single piano lesson in their lives, but had a natural talent.

[@southernpride2003]

Jerry could play the guitar really well too

[@marcieharreld286]

Jery was THE BOMB!!!!🎵🎼🎶🎤🎹🥁🎸🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sandylindsey7583]

The Million Dollar Quartet was Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins.

[@robertdanyus6836]

Little richard and jerry lee lewis were all playing at the same time

[@stephaniesasso1560]

Jerry goes crazy on the piano your reaction is so good too 🔥🔥

[@foreveryoung3254]

One of a kind for sure. His first cousin was Jimmy Swaggart the preacher and he was also a cousin to Mickey Gilley.

[@susanmurray7654]

Oops I posted Falwell...lol

[@crystalbrewer2260]

You HAVE to watch his movie great balls of fire. You will LOVE IT

[@tomaleshire4145]

The roots of rock 'n roll!💯 Jerry Lee🔥 and Little Richard🔥 will make you get up and boogie!😂🤗❤️✌️

[@jennyjorgensen9935]

Jerry Lee was a crazy man.😂🤪🤯

[@CoastalNomad]

Jerry Lee Lewis was a Rock Pioneer...... I believe he had around 30 "Top Ten" songs..... His Biggest Hit is "Great Balls of Fire"..... There is a movie about part of his life called "Great Balls of Fire" starriing Dennis Quaid.....

[@ivylasangrienta6093]

He performed with his whole body, even when sitting down. RIP legend.

[@lindasalaki9404]

That was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@barbaramorant6673]

Lol, I remember seeing this on our black and white TV . I am feeling old.😅

[@Darth_Lankarr]

You should see him live performing The Old Rugged Cross, every time he sang it he would mention it was his favorite and the best song ever written.

[@meleascott6490]

Great Balls of Fire...he was one of a kind

[@michaelsxr7442]

One of the founding fathers of rock and roll along with Elvis and Chuck Berry.

[@KellySumey-k2j]

Jerry is amazing and I might have to hear more from now!

[@kilroygirl7347]

I didn't know Bruce Springsteen played piano. Great reaction as always AB!

[@randy8297]

I wonder if he meant Bruce Hornsby?

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

Yes, he was 22 when he released this one. Jerry Lee was really big in the 50's with songs like this one & 'Great balls of fire'. Then he married his 13year old cousin & his reputation took a big hit & he had some rough years. He turned from his 'Rockabilly' style & went country in the late 60's & 70's & had several hit songs. He passed last year at the age of 87 with all that hair, now grey.

[@cdfdesantis699]

My man, I just LOVE your reactions to ALL the music you hit up! Jerry Lee was one of the early rock innovators, friends with Elvis at Sun Records, & SO much fun to see perform all his hits LIVE. Thanks for your reaction.

[@lefty3141591]

Imagine Jerry Lee, Elvis, and Johnny Cash on tour together.

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@lefty3141591 IDK, friend, that might have me on music OVERLOAD! Thanks for your reply.

[@PaulaThompson-x9w]

I wasn't born quite yet either but he was popular when my parents were teens and they played his music when I was growing up. Man, could he ever play! He and Liberace were the reason I took piano lessons. LoL

[@deborahcornell171]

"GOODness GRAcious GREAT BALLS OF FIYAH!!"☄🔥💥☄ You gotta do that one. And the biopic of the same name, with Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee is worth watching And l love the story about him driving his car into/through the beautiful, ornate gates of Elvis's Graceland. Thought he'd drop by for a little unexpected visit. Man was something else. 💫💥💫💥💫💥💫💥💫💥💫💥💫

[@terriwalls5571]

Almost at a hundred thousand! Good luck. Try his song Great Ball’s of Fire!

[@Miriboheme]

jerry is the man.

[@kathrynhlavac-sb7ny]

Love your reaction!

[@gramalinda750]

OMG thank you so much!!!! I NEEDED a good laugh and your reaction to his hair has me ROFFLMAO!!!! Love you man!! ❤

[@angelado3]

yeaaaaah 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Hell I don't even remember seeing this- I was 4 years old in 57

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I love that old rockabilly stuff. Although after seeing this, for reference, you really should see one of the older black and white videos of Little Richard and his band as he goes nuts at the piano and Lead sings.

[@Haziesmom2023]

Haha........... Yep, he's different!! He had quite the history, No Bars! They called him the Wild Man, wonder why? :D

[@DarkAngel1985Mike]

Love this song, I grew up on it because of my mom because she listened to all the 50’s Rock N Roll like Elvis,Little Richard,Fats Domino,Richie Valens,Big Bopper,Buddy Holly and others

[@Awaywrdson]

Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard were the Absolute Masters on the piano !! Watching their music videos and seeing them live is just an incredible experience !! R.I.P Jerry Lee and Little Richard 🙏

[@normaedietrich9410]

He's mellow for tv back then.

[@anitawright7169]

Jerry Lee Lewis is an icon. I was 2 when this was done. I have 2 older brothers and heard this a lot. Love your reaction!

[@minneyruth]

Jerry was 🔥

[@clemson1889]

The Steve Allen Show was the first in a series of prime time spin-offs from The Tonight Show, all of which were named after the host: Jack Paar (1957 to 1962) and Jay Leno (2009 to 2010) would follow in Allen's footsteps. The show launched the careers of cast members Don Knotts, Tom Poston, Louis Nye, Pat Harrington, Jr., Tim Conway, Bill Dana,[1] and, near the end of its run, Jim Nabors.[3] The show's most popular sketch was the "Man on the street" which featured Knotts as the nervous Mr. Morrison (whose mannerisms Knotts would later use for Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show), Poston as the man who could not remember his own name, Harrington as Italian golf player Guido Panzini, Nye as the smug Gordon Hathaway, and Dana as José Jiménez.[1] Hathaway's greeting of "Hi Ho Steverino!" became a catchphrase[1][4] as did Jimenez's "My name José Jiménez."[5] Dayton Allen also appeared in the sketch and spawned the catchphrase "Whyyyyy not?"[6] Gabe Dell, previously a member of The Bowery Boys, was also a cast member. Gene Rayburn was the show's announcer and Skitch Henderson was the bandleader.[1] The Steve Allen Show also helped foster the careers of many musicians. Although Allen himself did not have much affection for rock and roll,[7] the show featured numerous rock and roll artists in their earliest TV appearances. The show presented Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five, The Treniers, The Collins Kids, and The Three Stooges. However, the rock 'n' roll stars often did not appear on the show as most fans would have desired. For instance, Allen presented Elvis Presley with a top hat and the white tie and tails of a "high class" musician while singing "Hound Dog" to an actual Basset Hound, who was similarly attired.[8] Some have erroneously suggested that the "Hound Dog" performance was intentionally disrespectful, and emblematic of Allen's disdain for rock 'n' roll.[9] In reality, Allen took a risk booking the controversial Presley, and the bit was orchestrated both for comedic effect, and to mitigate potential controversy.[10] Indeed, Presley's label, RCA Victor (co-owned with NBC at the time), chose an image from a rehearsal of this performance to adorn the picture sleeve of the 45 rpm single of "Hound Dog", which had not yet been released at the time of the Allen appearance. That show drew the largest audience in the history of the Steve Allen Show, an estimated 40 million viewers garnering for NBC a 20.2 rating (against CBS's Sullivan's 14.8) as well as a 55.3% share vs Ed Sullivan's 39.7% After being cancelled by NBC in 1960, the show returned in the fall of 1961 on ABC. Nye, Poston, Harrington, Dell, and Dayton Allen returned. New cast members were Joey Forman, Buck Henry, and newcomers Tim Conway (then known as Tom Conway) and The Smothers Brothers. Allen's wife, Jayne Meadows also joined the cast. The new version was cancelled after 14 episodes.[1] In 1967, after trying his hand at a syndicated talk show several years earlier, Allen briefly returned on CBS with most of his old regulars for The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, an eight-week summer replacement series on Wednesdays at 10:00pm Eastern (replacing the cancelled Danny Kaye Show). 21 minutes of the premiere episode featured one of Allen's favorite sketches, "The Prickly Heat Telethon", which Allen ran on film in its entirety at his 1973 Carnegie Hall concert. The short-lived series featured the debuts of Rob Reiner, Richard Dreyfuss, and John Byner, and featured Ruth Buzzi, who would become famous soon after as a regular on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

[@memathews]

All those cast members we t on to great careers of their own. My Dad would let me watch Steve Allen once in awhile, I was pretty young in the 50s and early 60s, but the skits were really funny. Steve Allen was also an excellent pianist and a composer. He won the 1964 Grammy for writing a jazz piece named Gravy Waltz. He also claimed he wrote another 8,500 songs, including hits "Impossible" and "I Thought About You" (these are all jazz/swing/big band songs, a casual band I'm in plays these at 50th anniversary celebrations and nursing homes, a dying music form). Steve also wrote novels, children's books, he was incredibly prolific.

[@marymichael1211]

Thanks for all the information!

[@robertsmith1860]

On the late night Steve Allen show, he was also the originator of the comedic “SMOCK! SMOCK!” sound made with one’s mouth… Very Loudly!

[@jodyparkercraven]

Jerry lee once got in a argument with Chuck Berry on who was gonna close the show. Jerry Lee gave in and went first, but lit the piano on fire when he finished his set and told Chuck to follow that.

[@MissMolly7]

"BARS" hahahahaha loved it. Jerry Lee is ALL THAT.

[@jackieknoll9818]

can you imagine this? Jerry Lee. / Elvis/ and Johnny Cash on stage on the same night. that is exactly happened when they toured together , and the ladies of Country music as well.

[@artfisk3]

there is a live video from that era of him doing "you win again" ,it is a must see !!!!

[@denisepoole5838]

Steve Allen was the host of The original Tonight Show. Johnny Carson took over later. Everybody wanted to be on with Steve Allen. Jerry Lee was one of a kind! The "Killer" is still with us

[@tammyjackson3113]

Jerry Lee "Killer", he was so wild, he married his 13 yo cousin, he also drove right thru Elvis's gate.

[@kandicelee7299]

I’m a 63 yr old white woman, JLL was part of my childhood. Dude…… I laughed my ass off watching your reaction! It was epic! You really wanna go down a rabbit hole? Check out Elvis! Jerry def followed his lead! Great job! I’ll be back! 💜💜

[@leroyleach7581]

....he and Elvis were friends(except for a FEW 'problems' over the years)...they met at Sun Records in Memphis...and, lived most of their remaining years not 9 miles from each other...Jerry Lee at the Lewis Ranch in Nesbit, MS, and Elvis of course at Graceland in South Memphis just north of the MS state line.

[@loriwagner2766]

Hi AB…think you are talking about Bruce Hornsby on the piano.

[@Haziesmom2023]

Have You seen Little Richard? Love him!

[@marymichael1211]

There were many good performances of Jerry Lee Lewis on the great "Shindig", available on KZbin.

[@Indy1831]

Jerry Lee-Johnny Cash-Carl Perkins & Elvis all came from the same small record company in Memphis…….There’s a famous photo of when the were all in the studio at the same time captioned as the “Million Dollar Quartet.”

[@laurahamner5461]

Thanks! Google the pic from Sun Records in Memphis w/Elvis, Jerry Lee, and Johnny Cash around the piano. They all started there in Memphis!

[@ABtheKreator]

Thank you for the Super Fan!!! I appreciate that 🙏🏾💙💯

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

STEVE ALLEN WAS A TV HOST, WRITER, ACTOR👍

[@robertsmith1860]

Steve is also an excellent jazz pianist & composer… check out “Gravy Waltz”.

[@LordofLords388]

He was 22 years old at this performance born in 1935 and yes LOTS of hits

[@johnsrensen3366]

The REAL KING OF ROCKN ROLL

[@serafyo]

Now you need to see him perform on the Ed Sullivan Show

[@beckiramsey9561]

He went insane didn’t he? Crazy!🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏. Nice reaction!!😉👍 You could tell he wanted to stand up the whole tome!🤣

[@marenehanson5526]

Married his 13 yo cousin. Friend of Elvis. 😂❤the beginning of rock and roll.

[@polocash11]

You should find his video playing with his foot.

[@annjones9779]

He was call. The killer and he was a ball of fire,

[@vickiemoylan320]

I was born in 1957!!!

[@harrymageski8793]

If you think that is something you should watch Great Balls of Fire. Had the privilege of seeing him perform live on two occasions!

[@crystalbrewer2260]

His song Chantilly lace was a big one

[@robertsmith1860]

On this performance, towards the end, when Jerry Lee kicks his Piano chair backwards off camera… Steve Allen picked it up & threw it back across the bottom of the screen, that you can see briefly as it flies by!!

[@terryoreilly9365]

You should check out great balls of fire. That was a Jerry Lee Lewis movie. Dennis Quaid was Jerry Lee Lewis. Brilliant film especially if you like his music.

[@therealmciver3761]

Yes....I highly recommend the movie "Great Balls of Fire" as well

[@hockkeygal5]

I loved that you did The Killer!!! He is the best. Love your channel.

[@bwilliams463]

Jerry Lee Lewis was cousin to famous country singer and pianist Mickey Gilley and evangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Neither of them was the 13-year-old cousin that he married.

[@CelestialKitsune13]

My grandmother use to have one of his performances of Great Balls Of Fire recorded on a VHS tape. As a little kid I remember thinking of him as the man who played the piano between his legs then set it on fire. 😂 And my grandma was eventually able to get me to remember his name.

[@littlepatsygivens4542]

None better than Jerry Lee

[@karenmandeville7116]

i was one. LOL Steve Allen was the original Tonight Show Host. or the second. before Johnny Carson.

[@djgrant8761]

Jerry Lee Lewis is the cousin of evangelist Jimmy Swaggart. I love Jerry Lee Lewis’ gospel music. My favourite Jerry Lee Lewis song is “I’m Longing for Home”.

[@62dtc]

Thanks for your reaction to the Killer! You must see his performance on The London Rock and Roll Show live at Wembley Stadium 1972! Also a Little Richard performance on that show.

[@thomaswright7167]

Jerry Lewis Jimmy swaggering micky gilly.all play panio all are cousins.

[@larrylucas1079]

"Great Balls of Fire" "Breathless" "High School Confidential"

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥🎹

[@lindaartz3297]

There is a duet between Jerry and kid rock. Jerry was old but could still do it.

[@lillieprekler]

Great balls of fire

[@phyrepharie]

Look at his oldest videos, he NEVER lost the energy

[@rhondahammons35]

The look on your face, PRICELESS!! LoL

[@pete3883]

He sets the pianny on Fire , sometimes.

[@noelle6167]

Yep.

[@carolynpariyar3911]

Love how you said your hair dit dit dit 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@geniej9093]

Steve Alan was one of the funniest guys on TV back then. He used to read the letter to the editor in voices as irate as the writer would be as they complained about something in politics or any darn thing. Tears in my eye's laughter.