I can remember barreling down the road standing in the back seat of my sister's '56 Chevy Bel-Air, two-door, when I first heard "Great Balls of Fire." It exploded out of the speakers in her dash ...

The pianist finally acquiesced and recorded “Great Balls of Fire,” which climbed to No. 3 on the pop and R&B charts and reached No. 1 on the country chart.