As the host on classical music WETA pointed out, it's Jerry Lee Lewis's birthday.

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No kidding. She did. I had already read it at Wikipedia, but I wasn't expecting to hear it on WETA.

Classical WETA 90.9 FM | Washington's Classical Music Radio Station

Let me dig something up.

Fri Sep 29, 2017: Happy 82 🎂 Jerry Lee

Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (Steve Allen Show - 1957)
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Lewis would often kick the piano bench out of the way to play standing, rake his hands up and down the keyboard for dramatic accent, sit down on the keyboard and even stand on top of the instrument. His first TV appearance, in which he demonstrated some of these moves, was on The Steve Allen Show on July 28, 1957, where he played the song "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On." He is also reputed to have set a piano on fire at the end of a live performance, in protest at being billed below Chuck Berry.

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[Walleye]

1. The Killer! Love him, an American original and a timeless talent.

[rzemanfl]

2. Because of COVID my hair looks like his.

Or Veronica Lake's, I can't decide.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Sheesh. She was only 50 when she died. I was just looking her up. NT

[rzemanfl]

5. Should I say-

"Made you look?"

[luvs2sing]

4. Who would have ever believed..

that out of all the original Sun recording artists, he would outlive them all.

[empedocles]

6. Carl Perkins led a quieter life, apparently not a druggie. Had throat cancer,

heart attack, and strokes. Died at 65.

[luvs2sing]

7. Huge loss.

He was one of the greats.

[empedocles]

9. Always like rockabilly

[Docreed2003]

8. Happy BDay to the Killer

And one of the craziest SOBs I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.