Jerry Lee's Greatest!

~ Release by Jerry Lee Lewis (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Annotation

A modified reissue:
1. Tracks sequence on medium is different (as on cover, not as on original vinyl).
2. Track "Money" is not edited (faded-out) master, but first issued complete master take.
3. Track "Break Up" (and not "Breakup") is not master, but first issued overdubbed alternate version.
4. Track "Hello Josephine" is not master, but alternate version.
5. Alternate title of "Hillbilly Music" ("Country Music Is Here to Stay") disappears.

Annotation last modified on 2017-03-15 20:19 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Money
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
bass guitar:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1961-09-21)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1961-09-21)
guitar:
Jerry Kennedy (on 1961-09-21) and Wayne Moss (on 1961-09-21)
horn:
Don Sheffield (on 1961-09-21), Bill McElhiney (on 1961-09-21), Cam Mullins (on 1961-09-21) and John Wilkin (on 1961-09-21)
organ:
Jerry Tuttle (on 1961-09-21)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1961-09-21)
saxophone:
Karl Gavin (on 1961-09-21), Jim Hall (saxophonist) (on 1961-09-21) and Homer 'Boots' Randolph (on 1961-09-21)
background vocals and choir vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1961-09-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1961)
remix of:
Money (stereo) by Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
cover recording of:
Money (That’s What I Want) (on 1961-09-21)
writer:
Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK), Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
2:46
2As Long as I Live
bass guitar:
W.S. 'T-Willie' Stevenson (from 1960-01-21 until 1960-01-25)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton
guitar:
Roland Janes
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
edit of:
As Long as I Live (false start & master) by Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
cover recording of:
As Long as I Live (in 1960-01)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Acuff
2:31
3Hillbilly Music
producer:
Jack Clement, Bill Justis and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass guitar:
Cliff Acred (on 1959-03-22)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (on 1959-03-22)
guitar:
Brad Suggs (on 1959-03-22)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1959-03-22)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1959-03-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1961)
cover recording of:
Hillbilly Fever (on 1959-03-22)
lyricist and composer:
Vaughn Horton
2:11
4Break Up
remix of:
Break Up (take named (3.5) on BCD 17254) by Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
recording of:
Break Up
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich (US country singer)
publisher:
Knox Music, Inc.
2:41
5Hello, Hello Baby
producer:
Jack Clement and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1958-03)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (in 1958-03)
guitar:
Roland Janes (in 1958-03) and Billy Lee Riley (in 1958-03)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (in 1958-03)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (in 1958-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1961)
recording of:
Hello Hello Baby (in 1958-03)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
publisher:
Knox Music, Inc.
3:26
6Home
recording of:
Home
lyricist and composer:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”)
2:02
7Let's Talk About Us
producer:
Ernie Barton
bass guitar:
Leo Lodner (from 1959-06-25 until 1959-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Russell Smith (US 1950s drummer) (from 1959-06-25 until 1959-06-26)
guitar:
Roland Janes (from 1959-06-25 until 1959-06-26) and Billy Lee Riley (from 1959-06-25 until 1959-06-26)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1959-06-25 until 1959-06-26)
background vocals and choir vocals:
Gene Lowery Singers (from 1959-06-27 until 1959-06-30)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1959-06-25 until 1959-06-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1959)
remix of:
Let’s Talk About Us (undubbed master) by Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
recording of:
Let’s Talk About Us (from 1959-06-27 until 1959-06-30)
lyricist and composer:
Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1959)
2:11
8Great Balls of Fire
recording of:
Great Balls of Fire
writer:
Otis Blackwell (American pianist, singer and songwriter) and Jack Hammer (Earl Burroughs, co-wrote Great Balls of Fire)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
1:55
9Frankie and Johnny
producer:
Jack Clement, Bill Justis and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass guitar:
Billy Lee Riley (from 1958-12 until 1959-01)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (from 1958-12 until 1959-01)
guitar:
Roland Janes (from 1958-12 until 1959-01)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1958-12 until 1959-01)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (from 1958-12 until 1959-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1961)
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (Jerry Lee Lewis version) (from 1958-12 until 1959-01)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
arrangement of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of “Frankie and Albert”)
2:35
10Cold Cold Heart
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
bass guitar:
Jay W. Brown (1960s US R&B, single “That’s How Much / Don’t Push Me Around”)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton
guitar:
Roland Janes
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
remix of:
Cold Cold Heart (master stereo) by Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
edit of:
Cold Cold Heart (slate & master) by Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
cover recording of:
Cold, Cold Heart (on 1961-02-09)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Rightsong Music Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-02-16)
43:07
11What'd I Say
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
bass guitar:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1961-02-09)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1961-02-09)
guitar:
Hank Garland (on 1961-02-09) and Kelton ‘Kelso’ Herston (on 1961-02-09)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1961-02-09)
background vocals and choir vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1961-02-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1961)
remix of:
What’d I Say (master stereo) by Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
cover recording of:
What’d I Say (on 1961-02-09)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Mijac Music, MUAC Music, Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:29
12Hello Josephine
producer:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) and Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass guitar:
Jay W. Brown (1960s US R&B, single “That’s How Much / Don’t Push Me Around”) (on 1962-01-05)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (on 1962-01-05)
guitar:
Roland Janes (on 1962-01-05) and Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (on 1962-01-05)
organ:
Shirley Sisk (on 1962-01-05)
piano:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1962-01-05)
vocals:
Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”) (on 1962-01-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Record Company (in 1969)
remix of:
Hello Josephine (My Girl Josephine) (version 2 stereo) by Jerry Lee Lewis (rock & roll pianist, nicknamed “The Killer”)
cover recording of:
My Girl Josephine (on 1962-01-05)
lyricist and composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
writer:
Dave Bartholomew and Fats Domino
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
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