Jerry Lee Lewis vs Elvis

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[@galenbrewer4229]

I was familiar with Jerry Lee’s music and his reputation in the early 70s. By chance, I caught a performance close-up in a small club and I was absolutely blown away by the piano playing and vocals. He certainly was an entertainer. He won my admiration and respect long ago.

[@baneverything5580]

I saw one of his old pianos in Natchez and the keys were worn off it. I never met him but knew some of his cousins and his bodyguard David Ogle who was the bouncer in Urban Cowboy.

[@minnieweber1215]

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[@jeffkeeton4787]

At the time of this incident there were apartments across from Graceland. I had a friend who lived there and hung out at the Graceland gates. He was there that night. Said Lewis was totally wasted and acting like a complete fool. Lewis was always jealous over Elvis’ popularity. Lewis made some great music but Elvis was the guy. No other performer has touched the lives of so many people. We will never see his like again.

[@pureamerican69]

Michael Jackson

[@jimduey8218]

I remember years ago listening to a live JLL album called 'The Greatest Show On Earth'. My 13 year old self was wondering if I was brave enough to see him live....you could feel the room was ready to explode.

[@wittry2]

I hate to admit my ignorance of Jerry Lee's music other than his hits. I knew he was a rare talent and pioneer in music. As a country DJ I played all of his hits, but I got into my gig in 1973 and we were doing Waylon, Willie, Tanya Tucker, etc. I need to download some great Jerry Lee Lewis pronto. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@brownjatt21]

Right there with you. Know the main stuff, but hearing him saying arguably the greatest of all time. Guess i need to throw my headphones on. Take a sip of this here rye whiskey and play some Jerry Lee Lewis country songs at random.

[@tysonkonken6184]

This is hands down the best channel on youtube. Thank you for the videos. Anyone wants to laugh, watch Mike Judges Tales from the Tour Bus. It covers this exact incident. I was a drummer as a teen until around 32, had my son and am a single parent(yes, that means he was raised by myself only), so due to lack of time, I gave up playing. I just turned 49, 11/02, and decided to actually buy a guitar and try to spend the time learning. I want to say Thank you for helping me get back to my first love, music. My playing is rough, and my hands aren't in the best shape from years of being a laborer, but I WILL do this! Play on my friend!

[@davehoffman1475]

As a big Elvis fan of over 50 years, I believe you’re right on track with your thoughts. Elvis and Jerry were friendly early on, but Jerry’ somewhat strange behavior and Elvis’ enormous popularity through the years separated them. It was Elvis’ uncle down at the gate that night BTW. Thanks for sharing.

[@robertrohrs9195]

They say that there is a thin line between geniuses and insanity, Jerry Lee could jump back and forth over that line

[@mauiswift6391]

Probably an accurate description!

[@jammininthepast]

A belated Happy Thanksgiving Otis. I'm thankful for you and your podcasts. Thank you.

[@joyceb.sachsesachse1242]

OTIS, you are correct , if you go back and listen to Jerry Lewis country albums, he is unreal and killer country was one of the best , the songs he picked were classic and I have told folks for years that he was the first outlaw country singer .

[@jlm97]

My go-to Jerry Lee album has always been The Complete London Sessions. I wish we knew more about the recording of this classic.

[@dennisschuetzeband]

„Lucky Old Sun“ by JLL, SUN version

[@lonnieviar1753]

Great video Otis. As a Memphian, I remember those times when Jerry Lee was at Gracelands gate, even though I was then living in Ripley, Tennessee, which is about 60 miles north of Memphis in West Tennessee. To answer your question of what record by Elvis and what record by Jerry Lee Id play right now, itd be any of the Sun singles Elvis cut (most likely Mystery Train) and as for The Killer, itd be The London Sessions from 1973 on Mercury records with an all star British musicians on it like Peter Framton and Rory Gallagher and Andy Bown and Albert Lee etc......

[@jesalbrtarteaga64]

My songs I will listen to from JERRYLEE will be country song “MiddleAgeCrazy” and on Elvis definitely will be the Gospel song the live version 1977’s “HOW GREAT THOU ART” jaw dropping vocals that chills the bone but melts the heart with a spiritual passion.

[@foff4446]

When two worlds collide is the album, cant get enough of it. I find most jll needs to be played as loud as possible, with drinks too.

[@johndaniel9820]

If I were to pick a concert to go to, it would be the Jerry Lee concert. He just enjoys himself and it becomes infectious for the audience. Real person.

[@johngolden4468]

I saw Jerry Lee Lewis at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. He came out in a gold lame' jacket and seemed somewhat lethargic as the show started. As he got into the show with a standing room only crowd, he came alive! The guy was absolutely electric! The band was on, the crowd was into the show and Jerry Lee knew it! It was one of the best shows I have ever seen and I will never forget it. RIP, Jerry Lee.

[@ericcrawford3453]

I've been Elvis freak since I was 6yrs old but I love The Killer too, I just finished Jerry Lee Lewis His Own Words by Rick Bragg good book. My favorite Killer song is I'm on Fire 🔥. Thanks Otis

[@rc6981]

Well that's right 👍 That book is a killer.

[@curbmassa]

$46,000 in for a Rolls in '76 would be $240,000 today.

[@jlore6344]

Thanks for sharing all of this Otis. I would put on any old Elvis with Scotty Moore.

[@joeurbanowski321]

That’s Rock n Roll baby..!!😳🤣 Thanks Otis..! Happy Holiday..!❤️

[@ata5855]

Just got hip to the first recording of Just Dropped In, which was by Jerry Lee Lewis, and not Kenny Rogers's First Edition. Great record. Can't stop listening to it.

[@positively_broad_st3780]

Just randomly watched 'Great Balls of Fire' on tv last night and now this pops up in my YT feed. This algorithm thing is wild...

[@backwoodsman4854]

To each his own, but better than Cash, Jones or Haggard…I think not!

[@johnheath1868]

As someone who is both a big fan of Elvis and Jerry Lee, and got to meet many people who knew both of them, I feel like I can add some context to this story/relationship. You know how it’s said that some people develop a Christ complex? Jerry Lee seems to have had an Elvis complex. He compared everything he achieved to what Elvis had done and always seemed to feel like he was getting the short end of the stick. Elvis and Jerry Lee mostly liked each other. George Klein told me Jerry Lee was invited up to Graceland quite a bit, and I’ve talked to several people who got to sit in Graceland’s music room and watch Elvis and Jerry Lee sing gospel songs together for hours on end. But Jerry Lee always had this need to one up Elvis that I think sense grated on Elvis’s nerves a bit. There’s a conversation recounted in Nick Tosches’ Hellfire where Jerry Lee and Elvis met in Vegas in 1969, when they were both playing at the International Hotel, and Jerry Lee tells Elvis, “You’re nothing but Colonel Parker’s Puppet”. Elvis retorted “If you’re so smart, and I’m so dumb, how come I’m playing the showroom and you’re playing the lounge?” So about this particular situation, it’s important to understand that at the time, Jerry Lee had a regular gig (and liked to hang out) at a little dive bar called Hernando’s Hideaway that is literally right down the street from Graceland. I mean less than a mile away. And what’s more, Elvis Presley Boulevard also turns into Highway 51 into Mississippi and is a straight shot to Nesbit, where Jerry Lee lived. So Jerry Lee probably passed Graceland every night as he was driving home from Hernando’s Hideaway. One night he gets liquored up and he sees Graceland, and it triggers his Elvis complex and he decides that by God, he’s going to do something about it. And so you get what happened. The gate guard that night was Elvis’s uncle Travis, and the reason didn’t come down is simple - he was knocked out on sedatives so he’d be “rested” to fly out for a tour the next day (that started Nov 24th in Reno, NV). This was the time in Elvis’s life when the drugs had really started to take their toll, and he would be pumped full of meds so he could sleep and then pumped full of different meds so he’d have the energy to get onstage. The mafia guys were very protective about letting people outside the “inner circle” see Elvis when he was in this kind of state (you can listen to the phone call between him and Red West from October 76 and get an idea of how diminished and out of it a sedated Elvis seemed), and that’s exactly why Elvis didn’t see Jerry Lee that night, despite colorful stories to the contrary.

[@deanor.6055]

Very well put! Elvis was always mentioned when Jerry spoke. On the other hand Elvis never said a bad word in public about Jerry or for that matter any body. Elvis definitely had more class and also felt that their was room for everyone in the music field where as Jerry depending on mood would always have to bring up Elvis and either be rate him or the opposite and say he was great but always had to bring him up. I also feel it really killed Jerry that Elvis was so much bigger than him and tbat Elvis didn’t want to see him at all.

[@rogerwilliams2629]

I remember this, was in 11th grade grade . And Merke Haggard was the best singer. :)

[@glendodge]

Still sippin on turkey gravy

[@818bluesmurf]

I am young and didn't even grow up listening to the Killer but since about the early 2000s...I am have been listening to him and feel he was one of the true kings of Rock N' Roll. IN my opinion, one of first punk rockers of his day and one of my favorite performers. A genius he was! Better than Elvis in my opinion! :)

[@danielray8286]

Otis Gibbs my old man listen to a lot of Jerry Lee and Mickey Gilley. And some later Elvis too. But Jerry Lee was the main one ! Middle-aged crazy and what made Milwaukee famous. There's nothing better that's where it's at my brother!!!

[@j.d.f.6281]

Jerry Lee supposedly said some hilarious things about Elvis after he died, something like, and I'm paraphrasing, "All Elvis ever did was get better drugs than the rest of us could get."

[@ronaldhol9175]

If Jerry Lee had only showed up at Graceland disguised as a TV set, Elvis would have shot HIM ! Lol !

[@rjreddenbaker4351]

A derringer? He's lucky Elvis didn't take him out from the Graceland balcony with his 30-06! LOL Fun story Otis. Thanks.

[@seanmurphy26]

'Ol Killer, just bein' Killer..

[@j.d.f.6281]

Elvis and Jerry Lee had the same doctor. Elvis lasted a few short years and Jerry Lee kept rocking and rolling. It's possible that while alive, Jerry Lee Lewis did more drugs than any human being that has ever lived.

[@mauiswift6391]

It really baffles me he lived to 87 with the lifestyle he had!

[@RockReynolds]

Hey Otis, I just now discovered a KZbin video, with Jerry Lee talking about the "Gate Incident", and his friendship with Elvis. --- I can't put links in Comments, I hear, but the Title is "JERRY LEE LEWIS - TALKS ABOUT ELVIS AND HIMSELF - 1986". --- The KZbin channel is "d pascalini". --- It's a GREAT video! Jerry Lee says that Elvis asked Jerry Lee to visit him, that Jerry Lee was drunk, and that Jerry Lee had just been given the pistol as a PRESENT, and was told to NOT put the pistol in the Glove Compartment, because the pistol would be a "concealed weapon".

[@jamesblair5971]

I choose both Jerry Lee Killer Country and Elvis Aloha from Hawaii live record the vocals on both records in their unique ways are both about as good as it gets.

[@dannydine5263]

As an afterthought you know if there's anybody that could write the ultimate book or books on Jerry Lee that's Kenny Lovelace. I don't think Kenny would do it cause he's just not that kind of guy. But Kenny has definitely been there, done that, wore the tee shirt, and the whole 9 yards when it comes to Jerry Lee. At least Jerry Lee from 1967 on.

[@richarddavies9514]

Thanks for the video, yeah I remember the incident I was living in Ashtabula, Ohio at the time I was 28 at the time, big Elvis fan, Jerry Lee Lewis, also heck all those guys from Sun Studios, what a group, Million Dollar Quartet, your right, I remember when JLL started doing country, but what could he do. Rich or famous, you have to generate income , but he was quite the entertainer, thanks for posting .

[@RockReynolds]

I had read somewhere, that the PURPOSE of Jerry Lee's visit to Elvis, was with friendly intent. --- It's highly likely, that, bein' drunk, Jerry Lee may have overestimated his ability to "announce" himself. --- I absolutely believe that Jerry Lee SAID that Elvis gets better Press, but, you know reporters. It seems reasonably likely that Jerry Lee made the "Press" comments, AFTER he had been asked, EXPLAINING his arrest, and Reporters spun his answer, into the REASON Jerry Lee was there. Just a guess. But like you, I had heard that Jerry Lee liked Elvis.

[@Elvis20101]

Jerry Lee - whole lotto shaken

[@TRHummer]

In a straight-up head to head no rules fight, all my money's on Jerry Lee.

[@danielmims8467]

@James Ratliff the late 80s ? All those sun records artist and others from that era had a resurgence. That's when LA Bamba came out in the theater followed by great balls of fire . Stray cats had alot to do with that. But to say jerry wasn't that popular is simply not true. Think of the music from movies in that Era like back to the future to ghost.

[@Kymoon99]

Even then Elvis was 8th degree blackbelt my money would have been on the king ⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@danielmims8467]

@@Kymoon99 there would've been a gun fight we all know it lol.

[@robertbeaulieu8721]

I like you think his country music stuff was some of his best, today I watched a concert of him in Toronto 1969 and nearly all his stuff was Elvis songs. In that concert he played guitar. He also showed a bit of his obscene side something I never saw with Elvis although they both like to move their hips and legs Personally I found Jerry Lee to be on the edge. I think JLL was envious of Elvis's fame and fortune but JLL couldn't handle his own success, he likely would have killed himself with Elvis's success. Who knows we're Elvis's career would have taken him so many possibilities. Enjoyed the vid t/y

[@mauiswift6391]

I agree with you Otis. JLW was brilliant and why he had such bad behaviour perhaps was drugs and alcohol. He and Elvis were very different musically in my opinion and never needed to compete.

[@johnroznovsky212]

According to the internet, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, and Viola Davis are the only Triple Crown winners in competitive acting categories who have also won a Grammy Award to complete the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony).

[@devakikaren]

Just received a bio on Jerry Lee written by Rick Bragg, the great Southern writer. Supposed to be forthright regarding his addictions of the past.

[@telekaster19991]

Definitely The Killer over Elvis, but Otis with all due respect, Jones is the greatest country singer.

[@Chris-tp8db]

Elvis all day everyday. Hard to pick just one but the sun sessions would probably be it, With the 68 special comeback album a close second.

[@Rebel-Rouser]

There was also a time when JLL showed up at a elvis show and had to be removed from Elvis's backstage area for acting like a jackass.

[@tommaloney3938]

I'd put on "Your True Love " by Carl Perkins. Jerry Lee plays incredible piano and I believe sings background.

[@deanor.6055]

Love your stories Otis. I was blessed to have seen the Killer twice in the early 90’s and the first show was awesome while the second was a 4 song show that thankfully Little Richard made up for by playing for 2 plus hours and at least that night blew the Killer away. I definitely loved Jerry and thought he was amazing but he never could touch Elvis as far as being the whole package. Jerry’s voice doesn’t even come close, Elvis could even do opera. As far as a vocalist the only performer who could come close was Roy. But if you put it all together, voice, moves, charisma, and talent it’s Elvis all day. If he would have fired the Colonel in early sixties and not had to endure those cheesy movies and crappy songs there would never be any debate. Go to albums would be the sun sessions, anything from the Chips Moman recordings and the jungle room sessions from 76-77. To each their own though as far as preference but I guess the fact that Elvis sold more records than the Beatles, MJ and Sinatra put together should say something. Keep up the great stuff Otis! God bless

[@skotski54]

I would choose “From Elvis in Memphis.” My favorite Elvis album.

[@bradhardisty1652]

Jerry Lee story is different than the Presley official story.

[@joeurbanowski321]

November 1976..? No wonder I don’t remember that.. it’s when my son was born… I was a little bit preoccupied… heh…

[@1madlad]

I would go pick out an Elvis or Cash vs. Jerry Lee Lewis. Jerry was a wild one for sure, but as you stated his actions started hurting him since the 50's and early 60's. I liked some of his songs, from that time frame, but like you, when he went more to the country side, I would have to say, I liked more of his songs then. I remember hearing him the most at my older sister’s house with her friend. Me personally have never bought any of his music. I liked Elvis, Cash, Waylon, ZZ Top, etc... I have to give credit to Jerry Lee on playing the piano, he could sure play that like no other.

[@bonneville0458]

I remember seeing an interview with JLL, it may have been concerning this same incident. He said he was outside Elvis' gate and tried to throw a half-empty bottle of whisky thru the closed window of his car (he was inside the car). Bottle and window were smashed to pieces.

[@tonydeaton1967]

Homeboy you bad about leaving your coffee behind!

[@steveberkson3873]

Jerry Lee any day of the week 🕺🏻

[@denisbolton9288]

Don't think it's fare to Compare with Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis

[@davidpepper442]

Rita Moreno had the EGOT distinction. That is, she won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. She wasn't the only one to achieve this, but there haven't been many.

[@colt49ers97]

The hell that's got to do with this

[@davidpepper442]

@@colt49ers97 Guess you didn't watch the whole video.

[@Honkytonkrob]

I thought the story went that Elvis was depressed and called for Jerry to come over.

[@robertbeaulieu8721]

Is that what you do when depressed get a jealous drunken buddy to drop in with a handgun. 😂

[@Honkytonkrob]

@@robertbeaulieu8721 you obviously don’t know the story.

[@caseysmith544]

Elvis Devil in Disguise record, that has some of the best songs on it he ever did in his peak right after his army stint. Sounds like everything was self inflicted for Jerry Lee Lewis that month in 1976.

[@tev888able]

I found two JLL “killer country albums” on KZbin music. Definitely prefer the older one. Forgot if Otis mentioned the year the Killer Country Music was recorded. One seems from the 70’s and one from the 80’s

[@UberLummox]

Very nice. I like hearing you talk! Seems to me ole 'Jerr-Lee' was maybe a bit jealous of Elvis? I've heard him claim HE was the true king of rock n roll. In a lot of his live recordings, he very frequently uses his own name in the third person. Anyone who does that has to be a little full of himself, no? Haha. He seemed like a tortured soul battling his old timey religious believes that had a self-imposed clash with his 'sex & drugs & rock n roll' live style it seems. (Ian Dury 🙂) I have bigly respect for Jerry's musicality, but he's not my most favorite country guy. Or rock guy, to be honest. His vocals always too up front for my taste. With some guilt, trepidation, etc., I'd have to pick the '68 Come-back as my favorite thing between the two. A shall however watch your recommended Jerry Lewis video. Great video as always!

[@robertbeaulieu8721]

I agree pretty much to most of your post he pretty much told everyone how great of a lover Man he was. 68 comeback was something to behold he was in his prime physically as well as musically to me he will always be the 👑.

[@genecasey3130]

Elvis, to Tom Jones (a huge fan and friend of Jerry's): "Tom, I agree, Jerry Lee is the greatest, but I've spent 15 years trying to avoid him!"

[@genecasey3130]

Jerry Lee allegedly waved a gun but no shots were fired.

[@dannydine5263]

When you listen to jerry Lee tell the story he just laughs it off and makes it sound like he was just there to visit Elvis but was a bit drunk and that he was never mad at Elvis and Elvis was never mad at him. But that's according to Jerry Lee. I never heard Jerry Lee say anything bad about Elvis, in fact quite the opposite but on the other hand, Jerry might turn on his own Talented sister if he was drunk enough. I really love the Jerry Lee Lewis live at Austin City Limits DVD I think recorded in 1983.

[@brucewelsh3300]

I had "The Session with London Artist" back in the mid 70's. I loved that record. Great mix of blues, rock and country. I also saw him live during that time and he was fantastic. I would always take him over Elvis.

[@williamdeason2205]

I'm a huge fan of JLL's country music and all of his great piano playing. But for me jeorge jones was the best country singer. The most enjoyable to listen to. Close competition for the possum doesn't exist.

[@badapple65]

Just by chance the other night I watched an old interview with Jerry Lee Lewis explaining his side of the drunken Graceland mansion gate incident. He sure did stretch the story as though it was just all a big misunderstanding.

[@srdorseyauctioneering328]

The best part of the story is Lewis wrecking his Rolls.

[@MisterRlGHT]

According to Nick Tosches's biography Hellfire, Jerry Lee pulled up to the guard post at the Graceland gate, drew down on the man in the booth, and hollered, "You tell that fat motherfucker the Killer is here!"

[@bradparker9664]

My record would be Elvis' "Mystery Train."

[@therealinternetelvis]

Im with u man, The Killer maybe the Best Country Singer Ever.

[@elvisfan6475]

ELVIS PRESLEY ALL THE WAY. HES THE KING. JERRY LEE LIVED ALOT LONGER AND STILL DIDNT COME CLOSE TO ELVIS.

[@WalkerTexas]

Jerry Lee Lewis played better when he was 45 than when Elvis did at 25.

[@christinah7716]

@@WalkerTexas Elvis sang better than Jerry Lee until the day he died. If you are referring to playing piano, of course Jerry Lee was better than Elvis could ever be. Elvis started burning out and became less energetic about 1973, but his amazing voice never gave out. Jerry Lee and Elvis were both amazing men and there will never be anyone who can ever match their respective talents.

[@Caperhere]

Sure didn’t ruin my day. How cool .Neil was smoking pot. That’s a tidbit I was unaware of until today, lol.

[@timhensley1297]

Jerry had a big problem with people around him dying under strange circumstances. Glad Elvis wasn't one of them..

[@joemckibben7757]

Jennifer Hudson is the most recent EGOT. It’s not as rare as it once was.

[@thedevil7730]

Jerry Lee was not alone that night. I know the guy that was in the car with him at Graceland but he won’t talk on camera. He said they he was hangin out at a club down the street from there, probably Hernando’s Hideaway, when Jerry rolled up totally wasted. Acting manic. For some reason he insisted my friend get in the car with him to go to a party. Instead he rolled up to Graceland and started hollerin when they wouldn’t open the gate. My friend bailed. We figure JL killed 8 people in his lifetime. Unbelievable he didn’t go to prison. But that’s Mississippi good ol boys club. Crazy

[@williamsherman1089]

It seems to me that somebody could of came up with the idea to take away the the killer's guns and keys when he was passed out drunk or asleep. Of course I wouldn't wanna be the fool to do the task.........but

[@rc6981]

😂🤣you keep on Rocking Otis we are out here listening.Betty Ford Clinic u were right on time.She was probably having the same sort of problem JLL (The KILLER) was.The Killer lives on through his Soulful music.TCB⚡⚡⚡

[@rc6981]

Favorite killer song Crazy Arms favorite EP song Treat me nice. 👍

[@damohanson5393]

They didn’t get any wilder than the killer !

[@1980bwc]

Bless poor Jerry Lee. Had it not been for his on actions, he could have perhaps been as big, if not bigger than Elvis. It will probably get me in trouble on here for saying this, but as talented as Elvis was, his talent was just a small drop, in a big bucket, compared to the endless talent of Jerry Lee. Im just so glad he had time to get his life straightened up and had several years of happiness, before he went home to be with the Lord.

[@shady596x4]

Gotta go with Jerry Lee at Hamburg

[@firebladeclements]

Awe their all somewhere over the rainbow in history now!

[@IanHolton]

Would be nice to hear you tell Jerry's side of the story. It is documented. Not saying he made the right decision that night. I mean there are some stories about him that you think no couldn't have happened. Then you find out they are true. Drink and drugs do strange things to people. Amazing he only died last month.

[@stevejohnson6858]

I read a story some years back that suggested that Jerry Lee and Elvis actually had talked on the phone prior to Jerry Lee heading over to Graceland and it was on the phone that whatever set Jerry Lee off started. Probably not true but seems plausible. Crazy stuff.

[@bobwallace1880]

I really don't give a damn about his personal life. Elvis was druggie and eventually died from it. Elvis also dated a very young Pricilla when he was in Germany. If I could only listen to either Elvis or Jerry Lee it would be the Killer.

[@williamdavis8161]

Certainly he got some pr, but it's hard to put a positive spin on this behavior. I'm sure it was bad for his career, but it was his self destructive acts.

[@Kymoon99]

@@bryonkidder6199 Priscilla was legal when they married, read her book

[@Kymoon99]

@@bryonkidder6199 no she said she got pregnant on their honeymoon night

[@Kymoon99]

@@bryonkidder6199 9 months to the day. It's a documented fact

[@mauiswift6391]

@@Kymoon99 I don’t believe all of PP’s accounts with her relationship with Elvis.

[@Kymoon99]

@@mauiswift6391 kinda like the princess and the pea lol

[@donnabrowder2431]

Jerry Lee...At the End of the Road

[@danielmims8467]

You could buy 15 Plymouth Cudas at the original msrp in 71 for the same price as that rolls . Granted it was a few years later .

[@tedgay8427]

Jerry Lee Lewis The London Session (1973) or Live at the Star Club (1961).

[@WalkerTexas]

I think Jerry Lee was at his best in the early 80’s. I’m not a fan of saying one musician is better than another because it’s all personal preference. I prefer Jerry Lee over Elvis.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

JLL (aka) "THE KILLER"😯😲

[@MisterRlGHT]

I heard a recent interview with Rita Moreno where she was asked (in very veiled & demure terms) if she really had sexual encounters with Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando in the same week. I don't recall exactly how she phrased her answer, but the gist of it was the experience weren't awful. Also, a small technical point: All newspapers in 1976 had identical image scanning capabilities, which was NONE. Crude dot-matrix images could be transmitted across Telex lines from the ealy 20th century, but photo scanners as we think of them weren't developed for the publishing industry until the late 1970s and didn't become commonplace in newspapers until the late '80s to early '90s. Newspapers before then had to rely on analog methods for typesetting and page layout, and even after digital technology revolutionized how text was prepared for printing, it was still several years before digital photography entered the mix. The quality variation seen in those old papers reflects the personal competencies of the small armies of craftspeople employed by each publication to construct its pages for printing.

[@sharons4439]

He got away with a lot . The death of one his wives at his home is very suspicious

[@ata5855]

more than one, actually

[@SaulTDawg]

Call me crazy but I never understood the hype of Elvis. Jerry Lee Lewis was a whole lot more talented and an excellent performer he could sing anyone's songs as good or better than the originals. All Elvis could do was shake his ass at all the ladies but I was born in the 70s so what do I know. My dad was born in '47 and he said that the opinion of all folks in his small town thought that Elvis was the devil incarnate.

[@danielray8286]

Jerry Lee was so ugly he had to marry his first cousin LOL on the flip side although not as pretty as Elvis. Jerry was a much better musician and singer you're correct on that my friend! Don't get me elvis had some Talent but Jerry Lee was one of a kind!

[@mauiswift6391]

Elvis had a charisma like no other. The 1950s Elvis was magic. JLL in the 50s had something special and was an amazing performer. Elvis was a much more private person and Jerry Lee was not.

[@ikewp901]

Elvis had a greater voice and was stylistically more versatile in many genres of music. He played great rhythm on guitar and had more charisma than anyone. He was way better looking and had an amazing stage presence when performing. Jerry was a brilliant piano player and he had a good R'n'R and country voice.

[@ikewp901]

@@danielray8286 Elvis was a far greater singer than Jerry, one of the greatest!

[@chuckokelley2448]

It would definitely be Jerry Lee Lewis record

[@floydstowe]

No offense but neither one. In 76 I had just graduated probably would've picked LYNYRD SKYNYRD

[@jeffpemper6918]

The London Sessions. Hands down my favorite Jerry Lee record