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    • Jan 8, 1902
    Elmo Lewis is born in Mangham, Louisiana. He becomes the father of country hitmaker Jerry Lee Lewis
    Mar 17, 1912
    Mary Ethel Herron is born in Crowville, Mississippi. At age 23, she gives birth to future piano man Jerry Lee Lewis
    Nov 10, 1933
    Dorothy Barton is born. She becomes the first wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, though certainly not the last
    Mar 15, 1935
    Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is born in Louisiana. He runs with cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley as a youngster, before heading into the ministry
    Sep 29, 1935
    Jerry Lee Lewis is born in Ferriday, Louisiana. The piano-pumping singer, nicknamed "the Killer," rises with his late-1950s, genre-busting Sun recordings, but focuses on country in the following decade, earning membership in both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Aug 6, 1938
    Jerry Lee Lewis loses his older brother, when Elmo Lewis Jr. is killed in an auto accident in Louisiana
    Jul 11, 1944
    Myra Gale Brown is born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. At age 13, she marries her cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, touching off a firestorm of controversy in his career
    Jul 18, 1947
    Jerry Lee Lewis' younger sister, Linda Gail Lewis, is born in Ferriday, Louisiana. She joins her brother on the 1969 remake of "Don't Let Me Cross Over"
    Nov 19, 1949
    Jerry Lee Lewis gives his first professional performance when Babin-Paul Motors, of Ferriday, Louisiana, holds an open house to introduce the new Fords. Co-owner Lloyd Paul collects almost $13 for Lewis, who plays "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee"
    May 12, 1950
    Jerry Lee Lewis wins a talent contest in Jonesville, Louisiana, while his cousin, Jimmy Swaggart, finishes second
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