(1958) Sun ''It Hurt Me So'' (1) (Chatter, Take 2) Jerry Lee Lewis

STUDIO SESSION FOR JERRY LEE LEWIS
AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS 1958

SUN RECORDING STUDIO
706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
SUN SESSION: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 1958
SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN
PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - JACK CLEMENT
AND/OR BILLJUSTIS

"IT HURT ME SO" (1)
Composer: - Charlie Rich-Bill Justis
Publisher: - B.M.I. - Justis Music
Matrix number: - None - Chatter - Take 2 (3:51)
Recorded: - November 5, 1958 - Not Originally Issued
Released: - January 1983
First appearance: - Charly Records (LP) 33rpm Sunbox 102-8-A4 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS - THE SUN YEARS
Reissued: - October 2015 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 17254-9-6-7 mono
JERRY LEE LEWIS AT SUN RECORDS THE COLLECTED WORKS

On this side, the label credited "Jerry Lee Lewis and his Pumping Piano". the label lied. The not-very pumping piano was played by Charlie Rich, who also co-composed this song with Bill Justis. The material is very heavy into self pity, and engages the more maudlin side of Jerry's vocal stylings. This would not be the last time Jerry Lee's flair for the melodramatic surfaced in his recorded work

''It Hurt Me So'' was recorded by Charlie Rich's as demo of the song that Jerry Lee Lewis recorded for his seventh Sun single. Actually Charlie contributed both the song and the piano work to Jerry Lee's release, leaving the Killer free to concentrate on his singing. Listening to their versions side by side is quite revealing. Without question, Charlie mines a stronger blues vein than here Jerry - which is doubly impressive considering that Charlie was not offering a finished performance for release, but merely a look at the song for another artist to evaluate and learn.

Name (Or. No Of Instruments)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Vocal
Charlie Rich - Piano
Roland Janes - Guitar
Billy Riley - Guitar
Cliff Acred - Bass
James M. Van Eaton - Drums
Jeff Davis - Drums

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