Sixty-eight years ago today, Jerry Lee Lewis topped the country chart with a song his producer had to convince him to record.

Jerry Lee Lewis, one of rock and roll’s trailblazers, died in late October at age 87. The singer had been in poor health, but no cause of death was given. Nicknamed “the Killer,” Lewis epitomized rock ...

Elvis Presley might have been the King, but Jerry Lee Lewis — the controversial American singer, songwriter and pianist who passed away Friday at his Mississippi home at the age of 87 — was something ...