This is a detailed discography for American rock and roll, country, and gospel singer-songwriter Jerry Lee Lewis (1935–2022). One of the pioneers of rockabilly, Lewis recorded over 40 albums in a career spanning seven decades. Lewis was a versatile artist, and recorded songs in multiple genres. Lewis, in 1986, was one of the first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and was the last surviving rock and roll pioneer of Sun Records. Some of his best known songs are "Great Balls of Fire", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", and "High School Confidential". His album, Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, is widely considered one of the greatest live concert albums ever.Peter Checksfield (April 1995), "Jerry Lee Lewis. The Greatest Live Show on Earth", Record Collector, No. 188, p. 79.Milo Miles Album review of Live at the Star Club, Hamburg. Rolling Stone, No. 899/900 – July 2002, p.112.Q Magazine, No. 1, 2002, p. 59.Mojo, 3/01/04, p. 52.Stephen Thomas Erlewine, [ Album Review: "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg"] at AllMusic. In his lengthy career in music, Lewis had 30 songs reach the top ten on the "Billboard Country-and-Western" chart. Lewis was regarded as one of the greatest and most influential pianists of the rock and roll era, and was ranked number 24 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
Albums Studio albums Title Album details Chart positions US US Country CAN AUS UK Jerry Lee Lewis Released: March 1958 Label: Sun — — — — — Jerry Lee's Greatest! Released: December 1961 Label: Sun — — — — 12 Golden Hits of Jerry Lee Lewis (re-recordings) Released: c. January 1964 Label: Smash 40 — — — — The Return of Rock Released: 1965 Label: Smash 64 — — — — Country Songs for City Folks/All Country Released: 1965 Label: Smash — 39 — — — Memphis Beat Released: 1966 Label: Smash 145 — — — — Soul My Way Released: 1967 Label: Smash — — — — — Another Place, Another Time Released: 1968 Label: Smash 160 3 — — — She Still Comes Around Released: 1969 Label: Smash — 12 — — — Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 1 Released: 1969 Label: Smash 127 2 — — — Sings the Country Music Hall of Fame Hits, Vol. 2 Released: 1969 Label: Smash 124 5 — — — The Golden Cream of the Country Released: 1969 Label: Sun — 11 — — — She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye Released: 1970 Label: Mercury 186 9 — — — In Loving Memories: The Jerry Lee Lewis Gospel Album Released: 1971 Label: Mercury 213 18 — — — There Must Be More to Love Than This Released: 1971 Label: Mercury 190 8 — — — Touching Home Released: 1971 Label: Mercury 152 11 — — — Would You Take Another Chance on Me? Released: 1971 Label: Mercury 115 3 — — — The Killer Rocks On Released: 1972 Label: Mercury 105 4 — 30 — Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano? Released: 1972 Label: Mercury 201 3 — — — The Session Released: 1973 Label: Mercury 37 4 12 36 — Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough Released: 1973 Label: Mercury — 6 — — — Southern Roots: Back Home to Memphis Released: 1973 Label: Mercury — 6 — — — I-40 Country Released: 1974 Label: Mercury — 25 — — — Boogie Woogie Country Man Released: 1975 Label: Mercury — 16 — — — Odd Man In Released: 1975 Label: Mercury — 33 — — — Country Class Released: 1976 Label: Mercury — 18 — — — Country Memories Released: 1977 Label: Mercury — 21 — — — Jerry Lee Keeps Rockin' Released: 1978 Label: Mercury — 40 — — — Jerry Lee Lewis Released: 1979 Label: Elektra 186 23 — — — When Two Worlds Collide Released: 1980 Label: Elektra — 32 — — — Killer Country Released: 1980 Label: Elektra — 35 — — — My Fingers Do the Talkin' Released: 1983 Label: MCA — 62 — — — I Am What I Am Released: 1984 Label: MCA — — — — — Young Blood Released: 1995 Label: Sire 31 — — — — Last Man StandingA (duets album) Released: 2006 Label: Artists First 26 4 34 46 — Mean Old Man (duets album) Released: 2010 Label: Verve 30 — 30 — — Rock & Roll TimeB Released: 2014 Label: Vanguard 140 27 — — — ALast Man Standing peaked at No. 6 on the Americana Radio Pop Chart, No. 9 on the CIMS Pop Chart, No. 8 on the Billboard Rock Chart and No. 1 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart. BRock & Toll Time peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Rock Chart and No. 30 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart.
Live albums Title Album details Chart positions US US Country Live at the Star Club, Hamburg Released: 1964 Label: Philips — — The Greatest Live Show on Earth Released: 1964 Label: Smash 32 — By Request: More of the Greatest Live Show on Earth Released: 1966 Label: Smash — — Live at the International, Las Vegas Released: 1970 Label: Mercury 149 5 Live at Gilley's Released: 1999 Label: Atlantic — — Last Man Standing Live Released: 2007 Label: Artists First — — Live from Austin, TX (DVD & CD) Released: 2007 Label: New West — — Jerry Lee Lewis: Live at Third Man Records Released: 2011 Label: Third Man — —
Collaboration albums Title Album details Chart positions US US Country AUS Together (with Linda Gail Lewis) Released: 1969 Label: Smash — 8 — Duets: Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends (with Jimmy "Orion" Ellis and Charlie Rich) Released: 1978 Label: Sun — — 93 The Million Dollar Quartet (with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins) Released: 1981 Label: Charly — — — The Survivors Live (with Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins) Released: 1982 Label: Columbia — 21 — Class of '55 (with Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins) Released: 1986 Label: PolyGram 87 15 — Jimmy Lee & Jerry Lee: The Boys from Ferriday (with Jimmy Swaggart) Released: 2022 Label: Jim — — —
Soundtrack albums Title Album details Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Great Balls of Fire! Released: 1989 Label: Polydor
Compilation albums Title Album details Chart positions US US Country Original Golden Hits, Vol. 1 Released: 1969 Label: Sun 119 8 Original Golden Hits, Vol. 2 Released: 1969 Label: Sun 122 6 Rockin' Rhythm and Blues Released: 1969 Label: Sun — — A Taste of Country Released: 1970 Label: Sun — 16 Ole Tyme Country Music Released: 1970 Label: Sun — — The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis Released: 1970 Label: Smash 114 8 Monsters Released: 1971 Label: Sun — 44 Original Golden Hits, Vol. 3 Released: 1971 Label: Sun — — Breathless (High Heel Sneakers + Roll Over Beethoven) Released: 1974 Label: Pickwick — — The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis, Volume II Released: 1978 Label: Mercury — 23 Best of/Vol. 3 Released: 1981 Label: Philips — 49 The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis Featuring 39 and Holding Released: 1982 Label: Elektra — 39 Jerry Lee Lewis – 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits Released: 1989 Label: Rhino — — All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology Released: 1993 Label: Rhino — — Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Released: 1994 Label: Prima 62 — Great Balls of Fire and Other Hits Released: 1998 Label: Rhino — — A Half-Century of Hits (box set) Released: 2006 Label: Rhino — — Sun Recordings: Greatest Hits Released: 2012 Label: Time Life — 71 A Whole Lotta...Jerry Lee Lewis: The Definitive Retrospective Released: 2012 Label: Salvo — — The Essential Jerry Lee Lewis (The Sun Sessions) Released: 2013 Label: Legacy — — Lost Christmas: Holiday Rarities (Various Artists) Released: 2014 Label: Capitol — —
Singles
1950s Year Single (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicatedSingle details Peak chart positionsCertifications Album US US Country US R&B UK BEL 1956 "Crazy Arms"b/w "End of the Road" (from Original Golden Hits - Volume 1) December 1956 Sun Records — — — — — Jerry Lee Lewis 1957 "Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On"b/w "It'll Be Me" (alt. from Jerry Lee Lewis) April 1957 Sun Records 3 1 1 8 13 non-album track/Original Golden Hits – Volume 1 "Great Balls of Fire" / November 1957 Sun Records 2 1 1 1 16 RMNZ: Gold Jerry Lee's Greatest! "You Win Again" 95 4 — — —non-album tracks/Original Golden Hits – Volume 1 1958 "Breathless"b/w "Down the Line" February 1958 Sun Records 7 4 3 8 — "High School Confidential" / May 1958 Sun Records 21 9 5 12 —Jerry Lee Lewis "Fools like Me" — — 11 — — "Lewis Boogie"b/w "The Return of Jerry Lee" June 1958 Sun Records — — — — — non-album tracks/18 Original Sun Greatest Hits "Break-Up" / August 1958 Sun Records 52 — — — — Jerry Lee's Greatest! "I'll Make It All Up to You" 85 19 — — — non-album tracks/Original Golden Hits – Volume 2 "I'll Sail My Ship Alone"b/w "It Hurt Me So" November 1958 Sun Records 93 — — — —1959 "Lovin' Up a Storm"Ab/w "Big Blon' Baby" February 1959 Sun Records — — — 28 — non-album tracks "Let's Talk About Us"b/w "The Ballad of Billy Joe" (non-album track) June 1959 Sun Records — — — — — Jerry Lee's Greatest! "Little Queenie"b/w "I Could Never Be Ashamed of You"(from Original Golden Hits – Volume 2) September 1959 Sun Records — — — — — non-album track/Original Golden Hits – Volume 1 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1960s Year Single (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicatedSingle details Peak chart positions Album US US Country CAN Country UK 1960 "Baby Baby Bye Bye"b/w "Old Black Joe" (non-album track; later appeared on Ole Tyme Country Music) March 1960 Sun Records — — — 47 non-album track "John Henry"b/w "Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes" (non-album track; later appeared on Rockin' Rhythm and Blues) August 1960 Sun Records — — — — non-album track/Ole Tyme Country Music "When I Get Paid"b/w "Love Made a Fool of Me" November 1960 Sun Records — — — — non-album tracks 1961 "What'd I Say"b/w "Livin' Lovin' Wreck" (non-album track) February–March 1961 Sun Records 30 27 — 10 Jerry Lee's Greatest! "Cold, Cold Heart"b/w "It Won't Happen with Me" (non-album track) May 1961 Sun Records — 22 — — "Save the Last Dance for Me"b/w "As Long As I Live" (from Jerry Lee's Greatest!) September 1961 Sun Records — — — —non-album track/Original Golden Hits – Volume 2 "Money"b/w "Bonnie B" (non-album track) November 1961 Sun Records — — — —Jerry Lee's Greatest! 1962 "I've Been Twistin'"b/w "Ramblin' Rose" (later appeared on The Golden Cream of the Country) January 1962 Sun Records — — — — non-album tracks "Sweet Little Sixteen" b/w "How's My Ex Treating You" (non-album track, later appeared on Original Golden Hits – Volume 2) July 1962 Sun Records 95 — — 38 non-album track/Rockin' Rhythm and Blues "Good Golly Miss Molly"b/w "I Can't Trust Me (in Your Arms Anymore)"(non-album track; later appeared on The Golden Cream of the Country) November 1962 Sun Records — — — 31 non-album track/Rockin' Rhythm and Blues 1963 "Teenage Letter"b/w "Seasons of My Heart" (non-album track with Linda Gail Lewis; later appeared onThe Golden Cream of the Country) April 1963 Sun Records — — — —non-album tracks "Pen and Paper"b/w "Hit the Road Jack" November 1963