Jerry Lee Lewis

A Louisiana piano prodigy nicknamed 'The Killer', Jerry Lee Lewis arrived at Sun in 1956 and made the piano the lead instrument of rock 'n' roll. His pounding, gospel-fired style drove 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' and 'Great Balls of Fire' to enormous success in 1957. Wild and combustible on stage, he embodied the music's outlaw charge. He was the last of the great Sun rockabilly acts to break through before the studio's golden run cooled.