Jerry Lee Lewis

...C. Riley's Harper Valley P.T.A. and Leroy Van Dyke's Walk on By. As A and R boss for record label Mercury's Nashville and New York divisions in the 1960s, he signed Roger Miller, Jerry Lee Lewis and Faron Young to the company's roster.

In this article: Shelby Singleton, Cancer, Mercury, Music Mogul, Nashville, Tennessee, Harper Valley P.T.A., Jeannie C. Riley, Faron Young, Roger Miller, and Sun Records

...artists -- Ray Stevens, LeRoy Van Dyke and Joe Dowell. Earlier with Mercury Records "Smash" imprint, he snapped up Roger Miller, Jerry Lee Lewis, Patti Page and James Brown. He also bought Memphis' Sun Records, promoting the label's...

In this article: Nashville, Shelby Singleton, Cancer, Harper Valley PTA, Jeannie C. Riley, Patti Page, James Brown, and Roy Orbison

...eventually becoming the label's head of A&R. In 1963, before acquiring the Sun catalogue, Singleton signed one of its principal artists, Jerry Lee Lewis, whose career was at a low ebb. Within a few years, Lewis became one of country's...

In this article: Shelby Singleton, Sam Phillips, Elvis Presley, Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson, Johnny Cash, Mercury Records, Harper Valley PTA, Remington Rand, and Peyton Place

...A&R operations in New York and Nashville. During his tenure at Mercury and its Smash Records imprint, he signed Roger Miller, Jerry Lee Lewis and Faron Young to the company's roster. Singleton's legend includes producing three major...

In this article: Shelby Singleton, Mercury, Sun Records, Nashville, Jeannie C. Riley, Ray Stevens, Roger Miller, Charlie Rich, and Carl Perkins

...Duncan 's first Number One hit, "Thinking of a Rendezvous". Other artists who had hits with his songs included Dave & Sugar, Merle Haggard, The Oak Ridge Boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Throckmorton was also signed to a recording contract with...

In this article: Merle Haggard, Nashville Songwriters Association International, Broadcast Music Incorporated, Warner Bros, Johnny Duncan, Mercury Records, and Carlsbad, New Mexico

...Fach. Fach took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artists included James Brown, Bruce Channel, Roger Miller, The Left Banke, Bill Justis and Jerry Lee Lewis. A dispute with King Records led James Brown to release all...

In this article: Mercury Records, Smash Records, Shelby Singleton, James Brown, Out of Sight, Bill Justis, Fontana Records, Bruce Channel, and PolyGram

...at Mercury Records. Kilroy's first studio record, produced in 1968, proved to be a hit for Jerry Lee Lewis - and made Kilroy the "one man responsible" for changing the fortunes of Jerry Lee Lewis' flagging career. Kilroy suggested that...

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...with hits like his 1972 revival of the The Big Bopper's rock classic "Chantilly Lace " as well as looking at middle age with the 1977 "Middle Age Crazy." Lewis's singles and albums were issued on Mercury records instead of Smash from 1971 on.

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