It Won't Happen With Me CD

Jerry Lee Lewis
It Won't Happen With Me CD

Jerry Lee Lewis is the last man standing of the original 1950s Rock 'n' Roll giants.
Over a recording career that has spanned seven decades he has amassed a vast repertoire and a formidable number of hits.
An iconic and unique artist whose music will sustain and be enjoyed for decades to come, many will tell you he was never better than when his career was under the supervision of Sam Phillips, founder of the legendary Sun label of Memphis, between 1956 and 1963.
Most Lewis collections go heavy on The Killer's 1950s repertoire and recycle his big hits of the rock 'n' roll years.
It Won't Happen With Me begins where they end and features the A and B side of almost every 45 that he released between the beginning of 1960 and the end of 1962, including the piano instrumentals that came out under the pseudonym of 'The Hawk'.
It also included five bonus tracks that were issued for the first time on his only album of the period, 'Jerry Lee's Greatest'.
While many of the tracks still rock, they show that Jerry Lee was also not averse to trying his hand at Rhythm & Blues or the country music that would regenerate his career later in the 1960s.
Jerry Lee was always up for a musical challenge and he met most of them head on, without any real regard for the commercial potential of the outcome but making some of the best music of his career in the process of meeting them.
There may not be a Whole Lotta Shakin' or Great Balls Of Fire-sized hit here, but there are plenty of tracks that could and should have been just as big, and that are just as classic in their own way.
Remastered from the best possible sources, with detailed annotation on the period this collection covers, it's a fascinating look at and a rewarding listen to an era of Jerry Lee known mostly to only his most ardent fans.