ABOVE: Jerry Lee Lewis’s live TV debut. (Music starts around 2:15 in the clip.)
On this day in 1957, a wild, piano-burning, 21-year-old rock’n'roll pianist named Jerry Lee Lewis made his television debut on The Steve Allen Show. Lewis went on to have one of the most exciting, and controversial, careers in rock’n'roll history, and although he has experimented with country music and gospel, he always seems to return to his rockin’ roots.
52 years later, at age 73, Lewis is still on tour around the world.
2009 Jerry Lee Lewis Tour Dates:
Fri 09/04/09 Lexington, KY Red Mile Race Course
Sat 09/12/09 Buenos Aires, Argentina Venue TBA
Wed 09/16/09 Porto Alegre, Brazil Pepsi On Stage
Fri 09/18/09 Sao Paulo, Brazil Credicard Hall
Fri 10/02/09 Las Vegas, NV Private Function
Sun 10/04/09 San Diego, CA 4th And B
Thu 11/05/09 Paris, France Grand Rex
Sat 11/07/09 Stavanger, Norway Imikirken
Mon 11/09/09 Prague, Czech Republic Tesla Arena
Thu 11/12/09 Groningen, Netherlands Venue TBA
Sat 11/14/09 Frankfurt, Germany Ballsporthalle
Tue 11/17/09 Linz, Austria Intersport Arena Linz
Thu 11/19/09 Rome, Italy Venue TBA
Sat 11/21/09 Stockholm, Sweden Venue TBA
