


There are two articles in the current Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Fireball Mail which have puzzled me.
One is a mysterious 'cousin' of Jerry Lee and Mickey Gilley, Lindsay Rae Spurlock, described as an 'indie rock artist'. She certainly exists as she has a Website/My Space entry, but no mention there of any connexion with Lewis or Gilley. She looks far too young to be a first cousin.
If she's a distant cousin, I just wonder why we've never heard about her before, and how exactly is she related?
The other mystery is a supposed third Sun LP 'Jerry Lee Lewis Sings Elvis'. In FBM there is even an LP sleeve shown, both front and back, with full title listings and a catalog number - LP 1294.
Titles listed for this project which never happened are:
Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Hard Headed Woman, Good Rockin' Tonight, Shake Rattle & Roll, Blue Moon of Kentucky, I Forgot To Remember, Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Mean Woman Blues, I Love You Because, Tomorrow Night, When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again.
Some of these tracks have been released by Shelby Singleton after he bought the Sun catalog, but not Hard Headed Woman, Shake Rattle & Roll or Blue Moon of Kentucky, but Peter Checksfield lists these titles, along with many others, in the 'Killer' book discography as unconfirmed rumors of recordings by Jerry at Sun.
Alll this info apparently comes from the late Michel Grezes and was published in a 1968 edition of the former French JLL fanzine, 'Teen Beat Letter' #14. Also listed in this article is a number called 'I Get The Jitters' by Otis Blackwell, recorded by Jerry during his last Sun session in 1963, along with 'Mule Skinner Blues'. The Hank Williams song 'Kaw Liga' is also listed as a song Jerry cut for Sun, as is a 1959 cut of 'Reelin' and Rockin'', and 'Lovin' Cajun Style' from the 1962 session which produced 'Sweet Little 16'. Peter's 'Killer' discography also lists all these titles as unconfirmed rumors of Jerry Lee recordings at Sun.
So it is the LP, complete with sleeve and serial number, which is the real mystery. The serial number would fit in pretty well with the two released Sun albums while Jerry was with the label - numbers 1230 and 1265.
'Lawdy Miss Clawdy', 'Hard Headed Woman', 'Shake Rattle & Roll' were all apparently recorded in 1963 for the 'Jerry sings Elvis' album.
I just wonder why I've never heard of this album project before, and how it got so far as to have a sleeve designed for it, and a catalog number allocated, yet was never released?
Perhaps Singleton bought the rights before it was issued and canceled the project?
I wonder if any of these titles, and the others Peter mentions in the 'Killer' discography as unconfirmed rumors, will ever see the light of day.


