Another Place Another Time
Vinyl Memories.

Another Place Another Time, was the beginning of the country music side for Lewis, the honky-tonk piano man know as the "Killer."

The song is an interesting representation of this early rock & roll star's dramatic change from his rock-n-roll vinyl record memories to his pure country music side.

Jerry Lee Lewis will always be portrayed as a huge Rock-n-roll star and legend, no one can deny that, but he can sing country better than 90% of Nashville's best.

He's an all around performer and has hits singing rock-n-roll, rockabilly and Country. Over the years my very favorite side of Jerry Lee Lewis has continued to be his country side.

More than a few Rock-n-Roll fans have often said that Jerry Lee Lewis is the King.  Elvis fans might dispute that title, but nobody else in the history of popular music would dare call himself  The Killer.

Of all the legends who came out of Sun Records in the 1950s, including Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Roy Orbison, no one would have bet the last one standing would be the pill-popping, whiskey-guzzling, gun-waving hellion from Ferriday, La.... Except The Killer, of course.

When Jerry Lee tore into a boogie-woogie rendition of "My God Is Real" at a church assembly, they sent him packing the same night.

By the time a 21-year-old Lewis showed up in Memphis at Sun studios, he had been thrown out of bible college, been turned down by many Nashville-based record companies and the Louisiana Hayride.

He also had been married twice, spent time in jail, and still believed with a passion....that he really was the next big thing.

Certainly few other artists came to the party with more ego and talent than Jerry Lee and when he broke on the national scene in 1957 with his vinyl record classic, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," he was every parents' worst nightmare.

Sam Phillips spent lots of money to promote Lewis' song "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" but the gamble paid off. The song went to number one on the country and the R&B charts and reached #3 on the Billboard pop charts.

I was a teenager when Lewis released this pumpin' piano classic. Words cannot express my excitement as I walked into a Junior High School dance and heard "Come on over Baby, Whole lotta Shakin' goin' on" playing over the speaker system. 

Little did I know that nearly a half century later this song would be selected for permanent preservation at the Library of Congress. See more information below.      

On Jan. 5, 1968, Lewis cut a quick three-song session before leaving for London. Among the tunes was a lean number about a backstreet affair, penned by Jerry Chesnut.

The setting included a small band featuring fiddler Kenny Lovelace, Lewis' bandleader for nearly half a century, and an intense, no-nonsense vocal by Lewis.

The record date didn't take long and as he was in a hurry to get to London, Lewis probably forgot about the session.  That number, Another Place Another Time completely reignited Jerry Lee Lewis' flagging career. The song began with these memorable barroom lyrics from the first verse of the song;

One by one they're turning out the lights
I've been feedin' that ol' jukebox just to hold you tight
I guess its for the best I just put in my last dime
I heard you whisper "We'll meet again, another place, another time"

It vaulted to No. 4 on the U.S. country chart and began a run of 1968-71 hits that encompassed 10 top-five country singles, including three No. 1 sides, as well as several lesser chart entries.

Lewis never sounded better, and with this song, Another Place, Another Time, and others that followed in the 1970s, you just knew he understood pure traditional country music.