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Sep 22, 2021 · Lewis was the first cousin to make it big with his breakout hit “Crazy Arms” in 1956. Meanwhile, Swaggart and Gilley, who both got married as teenagers, were sweating out a living—Swaggart as a dragline swamper and street preacher in Ferriday and Gilley as a pipe layer in Houston.
Oct 30, 2022 · Jerry Lee Lewis' marriage to his 13-year-old cousin in 1957 nearly ended his career. Today, Myra Williams, 78, reflects on the scandal and her late ex-husband.
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Mar 8, 2019 · Jerry Lee Lewis had two famous cousins: country legend Mickey Gilley and 1980s televangelist Jimmy Lee Swaggart.
Oct 28, 2022 · The "Great Balls of Fire" rocker's career took a hit following his marriage to Myra Gale Brown, his first cousin once removed and the daughter of Lewis' bassist. She was 13 at the time. Lewis...
Swaggart is the cousin of rockabilly pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and country music star Mickey Gilley. He also had a sister, Jeanette Ensminger (1942–1999). With his parents, Swaggart attended small Assemblies of God churches in Ferriday and Wisner.
Sep 24, 2022 · Myra Gale Brown was the cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, and on December 12, 1957, when she was 13 years old, became his third wife.
Lewis was influenced by a piano-playing older cousin, Carl McVoy (who later recorded with Bill Black 's Combo), the radio, and the sounds from Haney's Big House, a black juke joint across the tracks. [13] .