Till Love Grows Cold. The story says that Dorothy s brothers showed up at his door and threatened him to marry his sister. Is Real on piano. He also made a trip to the country music capital, Nashville, Tennessee. None of the studios there wanted a piano player.
Piano players weren t yet hot in country music.
Jerry Lee heard Elvis Presley on the radio, he was also a southern boy who had grown up with similar musical influences. A small company in Memphis, called Sun Records, recorded Elvis. Jerry Lee realized he should take a shot at this. He and his father financed a trip to Memphis with money they earned by selling 33 dozen of eggs at Nelson's Supermarket in Ferriday. Jerry Lee persuaded producer Jack Clement to let him record some demo songs in the studio.