This week's song makes your feet start tapping and your fingers start snapping!
It's Jerry Lee Lewis with "Great Balls of Fire"!
Jerry Lee Lewis, one of the founding fathers of Rock 'n' Roll, is the embodiment of the genre at its most reckless and high-spirited!
Along with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, he was one of the original Sun Records quartet and together they defined the music of the generation!
Over fifty years later his recording career is still going strong and his unique style of piano playing continues to influence many musicians - and it's no wonder with hits such as "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "What I'd Say" and "High School Confidential"!
And here he is live in action in 1957:
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