Previously I mentioned that my friend Morris had given me a copy of Jerry Lee Lewis’ new CD, Last Man Standing. NPR has started a weekend series on this year’s picks for the National Recording Registry, selected by the Library of Congress, starting with Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.”
Click here to go to the NPR feature. The picture is of Lewis with his third wife, Myra. What was with the pencil? And those sunglasses!
Oohhh, somebody pinch me!!
No urban legend. Right on both counts. Even worse, Jerry Lee’s (second) divorce wasn’t final when he married Myra. Jerry Lee’s other cousin? Oral Roberts! True, absolutely true.
Wasn’t Myra only 13, and a cousin? Or is that one of those old urban legends?