{"id":2441228,"date":"2019-03-01T17:41:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T00:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=802314"},"modified":"2019-03-01T17:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T00:41:36","slug":"jerry-lee-lewis-suffers-minor-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/jerry-lee-lewis-suffers-minor-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Lee Lewis Suffers Minor Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jerry Lee Lewis<\/a>, one of the last Fifties rock & roll architects alive and performing, has been hospitalized, the singer\u2019s representatives announced via his Facebook page<\/a>. Here is the full message:<\/p>\n

\u201cLast night, Jerry Lee Lewis suffered a minor stroke. He is with his family, recuperating in Memphis and the doctors expect a full recovery. The Killer looks forward to getting back into the studio soon to record a Gospel record and on the road performing live for his fans. His family requests privacy at this time. Well wishes and prayers are greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n

\u2018But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,\u2019 declares the Lord \u2013 Jeremiah 30:17.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Elvis Presley two years before him, Lewis broke through on Memphis\u2019 Sun Records, scoring a hit with \u201cWhole Lot of Shakin\u2019 Going On\u201d in 1957. His songs like \u201cGreat Balls of Fire,\u201d \u201cHigh School Confidential\u201d and \u201cBreathless\u201d defined the genre. His career famously fell apart in 1958 when it was revealed that he had married an underage relative, Myra, but he had a major country comeback beginning in the late Sixties. He played as recently as February 16th in Greenville, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

When Rolling Ston<\/em>e last caught up with him, he was steadfast and clear about his legacy<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI had created rock & roll before they ever thought about having rock & roll,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen Elvis come out, he was rockabilly. When I come out with \u2018Whole Lotta Shakin\u2019 Goin\u2019 On,\u2019 that was rock & roll. That\u2019s when the name \u2018rock & roll\u2019 was put in front.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jerry Lee Lewis, one of the last Fifties rock & roll architects alive and performing, has been hospitalized, the singer\u2019s representatives announced via his Facebook page. Here is the full message: \u201cLast night, Jerry Lee Lewis suffered a minor stroke. He is with his family, recuperating in Memphis and the doctors expect a full recovery. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2441228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 21:10:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}