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A Rock ’n’ Roll Renaissance
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Jerry Lee Lewis
A Rock ’n’ Roll Renaissance
Loved by fans and critics alike after an array of country hits, the later years of Jerry Lee Lewis saw him back in favour and returning to his first love of piano-pounding rock’n’roll
WORDS BY JOHNNY SHARP
Big trouble at the gates of Graceland
A bearded Jerry Lee Lewis puffs on a cigar backstage at the London Palladium in 1972
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