Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire! (1957) 4K

1957... #1 US Billboard Hot Country Singles #1 UK Singles Chart #2 US Billboard Hot 100 #8 New Zealand Charts.. Otis Blackwell, a prolific songwriter who wrote many hits for Elvis Presley, wrote this song with Jack Hammer, who at one point was a member of The Platters. Blackwell died in 2002 at age 70. The song became Lewis’ signature tune, a perfect fit for his incendiary style. “A person tells at least a little bit about himself in any song he cuts,“ Lewis said years later. Like Lewis’ previous hit, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,“ this song is filled with sexual innuendo (“ let me love you like a lover should...“), which was shocking for a southern musician in 1957. Lewis grew up in a religious household and was conflicted over whether or not he should record this. He and Sun Records owner Sam Phillips argued as Phillips tried to convince him to sing it. Tape was rolling during the spat and the exchange can be heard on some Sun Records collections. “I thoug