Great Balls Of Fire

"Great Balls of Fire" was a rock 'n' roll song released by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1957, which reached #1 on the R&B charts, though it was caught below "April Love" and "At the Hop" on the pop charts.^[1] It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer, and described by a religious Lewis to be more dangerous than most other rock songs.^[2] He feared that his piano-pounding style would corrupt more souls, though his producers talked him into it, and after a number of filthy remarks, he consented.^[3] The song reached #96 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (though the list contains exclusively rock songs).^[4]

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• Song performed by Jerry Lee Lewis