Record #0164: Breathless / Down the Line – JERRY LEE LEWIS

Sun 288 (original) USA, Feb. 1958
Words & Music by:  Side A – Otis Blackwell; Side B – Roy Orbison
Musicians:  Jerry Lee Lewis (vocals & piano), James van Eaton (drums), J.W. Brown (bass), Billy Lee Riley (guitar)
Recording sessions:  Produced by Sam Phillips at Sun Studio, Memphis, TN, Jan. 21, 1958
Highest chart positions: US #7, US R&B #3, US Country #4, UK #8; Side B – US #51

Here are two nice rocking tracks by the Killer. The flip side was written by a fellow Sun artist, Roy Orbison (Roy’s original was titled “Go, Go, Go”).

When this was recorded, Jerry Lee's cousin J.W. Brown had just become his father-in-law in Dec. 1957.

List price:  Very Good + is $20, Near Mint $40