question: What American singer-songwriter described as "rock and roll's first great wild man" signed with Sun Records?
answer: Jerry Lee Lewis
context: Title: Birth of Rock and Roll
  Passage: "Birth of Rock and Roll" is a 1986 song written by Carl Perkins and Greg Perkins.  The song was featured on the "Class of '55" album which included performances with Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Jerry Lee Lewis.  "Birth of Rock and Roll" was released as a 7" single with a picture sleeve, 885 760-7, on the Smash/America label copyrighted by PolyGram Records produced by Chips Moman.  The single reached no. 31 on the "Billboard" country chart and no. 44 on the Canadian country chart in 1986.  The B side was "Rock and Roll (Fais-Do-Do)" which featured Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison.  The theme of the song “Birth of Rock and Roll" is about how "Memphis gave birth to rock and roll" in the 1950s at Sun Records.  A video of the song was also made featuring Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones as they drove to the historic Sun studios in Memphis, Tennessee in a white Cadillac convertible.
  Title: Roy Orbison at the Rock House
  Passage: Roy Orbison at the Rock House is the first album by Roy Orbison.  It was released in 1961 by Sun Records at a time when Orbison had already moved to the Monument label but had not yet put out an album.  Sun Records owner Sam Phillips had a collection of songs Orbison had recorded at Sun between 1956 and '58.  Phillips capitalized on the national recognition Orbison had achieved at Monument through three major hit singles in 1960 and '61 that had gone to the top of the Billboard charts.
  Title: Sun Records
  Passage: Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in 1952.  Sun was the first company to record Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash.
  Title: Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings
  Passage: Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings were made by Roy Orbison at Sun Studio with producer Sam Phillips.  Sun Records was established in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, and during an eight-year period Sun Records signed such artists as Roy Orbison, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Ike Turner, Rufus Thomas, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Harold Jenkins, and Charlie Rich.  The musicians signed at Sun Records made music that laid the foundation of rock and roll in the 20th century.
  Title: Jerry Haymes
  Passage: Jerry Haymes, born August 30, 1940 in Vernon, Texas, raised in Clovis, New Mexico, has contributed to the body of rock 'n roll for over 50 years.  Even before graduating from Clovis High, Jerry was recording at the famed Norman Petty Studios, a foreshadow of his career to come.  Graduation from Clovis High School led Jerry to attend Abilene Christian University, Southern Methodist University, Midwest University and Kilgore College.  He also spent time studying at the London Conservatory of Music.  He was boyhood friends with Roy Orbison, who he worked with on a professional level.  This led Haymes to Sun Records where he was an original Sun Legends Musician and Singer (with Roy Orbison).  Over the years he has performed on many chart hits, and although some of his own records charted, the top spot eluded him.  Haymes is also a member of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame and Texas Music Hall of Fame.
  Title: Wee Willie Harris
  Passage: Wee Willie Harris (born Charles William Harris, 25 March 1933, Bermondsey, London) is an English rock and roll singer.  He is best known for his energetic stage shows and TV performances since the 1950s, when he was known as "Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll".
  Title: Jerry Lee Lewis
  Passage: Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist, often known by his nickname, The Killer.  He has been described as "rock & roll's first great wild man."
  Title: Jerry Lee Lewis discography
  Passage: This is a detailed discography for American rock and roll, country, and gospel singer-songwriter Jerry Lee Lewis.  One of the pioneers of rockabilly, Lewis has recorded over 40 albums in a career spanning seven decades.  Lewis is a versatile artist, and has recorded songs in multiple genres.  Lewis, in 1986, was one of the very first inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and, as of 2017, is the last surviving rock and roll pioneer of Sun Records (fellow Sun rock and roll colleagues such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins, among others, are deceased.)  Some of his best known songs are "Great Balls of Fire", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", and "High School Confidential".  His album, "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg", is widely considered one of the greatest live concert albums ever.  In his lengthy career in music, Lewis has had 30 songs reach the top ten on the "Billboard Country-and-Western" chart.  Lewis is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential pianists of the rock and roll era, and was ranked number 24 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
  Title: Sun Studio
  Passage: Sun Studio is a recording studio opened by rock-and-roll pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 3, 1950.  It was originally called Memphis Recording Service, sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business.  Reputedly the first rock and roll single, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats' "Rocket 88" was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards, leading the studio to claim status as the birthplace of rock & roll.  Blues and R&B artists like Howlin' Wolf, Junior Parker, Little Milton, B.B. King, James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, and Rosco Gordon recorded there in the early 1950s.
  Title: Greatest!
  Passage: Greatest!  is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, released on Sun Records on 12 January 1959 (see 1959 in music).  It was Cash's third record on the label, which he had left the previous year to join Columbia Records.  By the time the album was released, Cash had already recorded "The Fabulous Johnny Cash", his first album with Columbia.  This overlap would continue until 1964 with Sun releasing additional albums and singles of previously unreleased material in parallel with Cash's Columbia releases.
citations: Sun Records Jerry Lee Lewis