Jerry Lee Lewis discography
Jerry Lee Lewis discographyStudio albums 40 Live albums 4 Compilation albums 10 Singles 77 No. 1 Single 12
This is a detailed discography for American rock and roll , country , and gospel singer-songwriter Jerry Lee Lewis (1935–2022). One of the pioneers of rockabilly , Lewis recorded over 40 albums in a career spanning seven decades. Lewis was a versatile artist, and recorded songs in multiple genres. Lewis, in 1986, was one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , and was the last surviving rock and roll pioneer of Sun Records . Some of his best known songs are "Great Balls of Fire ", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On ", and "High School Confidential ". His album, Live at the Star Club, Hamburg , is widely considered one of the greatest live concert albums ever.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] In his lengthy career in music, Lewis had 30 songs reach the top ten on the "Billboard Country-and-Western " chart.[ 6] Lewis was regarded as one of the greatest and most influential pianists of the rock and roll era, and was ranked number 24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time ".[ 7]
Albums
Studio albums
A Last Man Standing peaked at No. 6 on the Americana Radio Pop Chart, No. 9 on the CIMS Pop Chart, No. 8 on the Billboard Rock Chart and No. 1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart.
B Rock & Toll Time peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Rock Chart and No. 30 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart.
Live albums
Collaboration albums
Soundtrack albums
Compilation albums
Singles
1950s
1960s
1970s
Year
Single (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated
Peak chart positions
Album
US
US Country
CAN
CAN Country
1970
"There Must Be More to Love Than This "b/w "Home Away from Home"
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1
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1
There Must Be More to Love Than This
"Once More with Feeling "b/w "You Went Out of Your Way (to Walk on Me)"
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2
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17
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
"I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye "b/w "Good Night Irene "
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7
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4
A Taste of Country
"Waiting for a Train "b/w "Big Legged Woman" (from Rockin' Rhythm and Blues )
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11
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18
Ole Tyme Country Music
"In Loving Memories"b/w "I Can't Have a Merry Christmas, Mary (Without You)" (non-album track)
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48
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In Loving Memories
1971
"Touching Home "b/w "Woman, Woman (Get Out of Our Way)" (from There Must Be More to Love Than This )
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3
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4
Touching Home
"Love on Broadway"b/w "Matchbox " (from Monsters )
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31
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—
Original Golden Hits – Volume III
"When He Walks on You (Like You Have Walked on Me) "b/w "Foolish Kind of Man"
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11
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1
Touching Home
"Me and Bobby McGee " /
40
1 (flip)
50
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Would You Take Another Chance on Me
"Would You Take Another Chance on Me "
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1
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2
1972
"Chantilly Lace "[ c]
43
1
59
1
The Killer Rocks On
"Think About It Darlin'"
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flip
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19
Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?
"Lonely Weekends" /
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11
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13
The Killer Rocks On
"Turn On Your Love Light "
95
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—
"Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano? "b/w "No Honky Tonks in Heaven"
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14
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6
Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano?
1973
"No More Hanging On"b/w "The Mercy of a Letter"
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19
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3
"No Headstone on My Grave"b/w "Jack Daniel's (Old No 7)" (non-album track)
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60
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86
The Session
"Meat Man "b/w "Just a Little Bit"
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Southern Roots
"Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee " "Rock and Roll Medley"
41
20
33
12
The Session
"Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough "b/w "I Think I Need to Pray"
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6
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6
Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough
1974
"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone "b/w "I've Fallen to the Bottom"
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21
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23
"Tell Tale Signs"b/w "Cold, Cold Morning Light"
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18
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8
I-40 Country
"He Can't Fill My Shoes"b/w "Tomorrow's Taking My Baby Away"
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8
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4
1975
"I Can Still Hear the Music in the Restroom"b/w "Remember Me (I'm the Who Loves You)"
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13
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20
Boogie Woogie Country Man
"Boogie Woogie Country Man"b/w "I'm Still Jealous of You
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24
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—
"A Damn Good Country Song"b/w "When I Take My Vacation to Heaven"
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68
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42
Odd Man In
1976
"Don't Boogie Woogie"b/w "That Kind of Fool"
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58
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—
"Let's Put It Back Together Again"b/w "Jerry Lee's Rock and Roll Revival Show"
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6
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14
Country Class
"The Closest Thing to You"b/w "You Belong to Me "
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27
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23
1977
"Middle Age Crazy"b/w "Georgia on My Mind "
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4
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3
Country Memories
1978
"Come On In"b/w "Who's Sorry Now"
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10
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44
"I'll Find It Where I Can"b/w "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"
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10
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Jerry Lee Keeps Rockin'
1979
"Save the Last Dance for Me "b/w "Am I to Be the One"
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26
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18
Duets
"Cold, Cold Heart "b/w "Hello Josephine "
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84
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"Rockin' My Life Away"b/w "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again "
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18
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34
Jerry Lee Lewis (Elektra)
"Who Will the Next Fool Be?"b/w "Rita May "
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20
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24
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s–2000s
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US Country
CAN Country
1980
"When Two Worlds Collide"b/w "Good News Travels Fast"
11
15
When Two Worlds Collide
"Honky Tonk Stuff"b/w "Rockin' Jerry Lee"
28
48
"Somewhere over the Rainbow "b/w "Folsom Prison Blues"
10
18
Killer Country
1981
"Thirty Nine and Holding"b/w "Change Places with Me"
4
6
1982
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry "b/w "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" (from The Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Volume 2 )
43
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The Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Volume 1
"I'd Do It All Again"b/w "Who Will Buy the Wine"
52
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The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis
"My Fingers Do the Talkin'"b/w "Forever Forgiving"
44
41
My Fingers Do the Talkin'
1983
"Come as You Were "b/w "Circumstantial Evidence"
66
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"Why You Been Gone So Long?"b/w "She Sings Amazing Grace"
69
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1984
"I Am What I Am"b/w "That Was the Way It Was Then"
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I Am What I Am
1986
"Get Out Your Big Roll Daddy"b/w "Honky Tonkin' Rock 'n Roll Piano Man"
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Get Out Your Big Roll Daddy
"Sixteen Candles "b/w "Rock and Roll (FAIS-DO-DO)" (with Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins)
61
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Class of '55
1990
"It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)"b/w "It Was the Whisky Talkin' (Not Me)" (Rock & Roll version)
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Dick Tracy (soundtrack)
1995
"Goosebumps"b/w "Crown Victoria Custom '51 "
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Young Blood
2006
"Pink Cadillac " (with Bruce Springsteen ) [ 17]
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Last Man Standing
2007
"Honky Tonk Woman " (with Kid Rock )
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Last Man Standing
2009
"Mean Old Man"
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Mean Old Man
"—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other singles
Singles from collaboration albums
Guest singles
Music videos
Other appearances
Year
Song
Album
2010
"Great Balls of Fire" (live version)
The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts [ 20]
Notes
^ "What'd I Say" also peaked at number 30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Sides chart.
^ "Another Place, Another Time " also peaked at number 73 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada.
^ "Chantilly Lace" also peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.
References
^ Peter Checksfield (April 1995), "Jerry Lee Lewis. The Greatest Live Show on Earth", Record Collector , No. 188, p. 79.
^ Milo Miles Album review of Live at the Star Club, Hamburg . Rolling Stone , No. 899/900 – July 2002, p.112.
^ Q Magazine , No. 1, 2002, p. 59.
^ Mojo , 3/01/04, p. 52.
^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Album Review: "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg" at AllMusic .
^ Myers, Marc (October 24, 2014). "Jerry Lee Lewis, the Enduring Rebel of Rock 'n' Roll" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved November 24, 2021 .
^ "The Immortals: The First Fifty" . Rolling Stone . No. 946. Archived from the original on March 16, 2006.
^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 177. ISBN 0-646-11917-6 .
^ "Discography Jerry Lee Lewis" . australian-charts.com . Retrieved August 20, 2022 .
^ Bonomo, Joe (June 1, 2010). Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found . Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781441125880 .
^ Billboard . January 1, 1964.
^ Escott, Colin ; Hawkins, Martin (August 1, 2017). Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll . St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 9781250182111 .
^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 320. ISBN 1-904994-10-5 .
^ Petrusich, Amanda (August 1, 2008). It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music . Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9781429957557 .
^ Escott, Colin; Hawkins, Martin (March 1, 2011). Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll . Open Road Media. ISBN 9781453213148 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010 . Record Research, Inc. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8 .
^ "Jerry Lee Lewis With Bruce Springsteen – Pink Cadillac (2006, CD)" . Discogs.com . Retrieved November 24, 2021 .
^ "Black And White Video Shows Jerry Lee Lewis Perform 1957 Song "Great Balls Of Fire" " . January 26, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2020 .
^ "CMT : Videos : Jerry Lee Lewis : Pink Cadillac" . Country Music Television . Archived from the original on November 3, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2011 .
^ "The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts (4CD)" . Amazon . Retrieved November 25, 2011 .
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