American singer, songwriter, and pianist Jerry Lee Lewis was born on September 29, 1935. Jerry Lee Lewis was known as the Killer and has been said to as “rock n’ roll’s first great wild man and one of the 20th century’s most important pianists.”

In Ferriday, Louisiana, Lewis was born to Mary “Mamie” Herron and Elmo Kidd Lewis Sr. Jerry Lee Lewis’ family was a struggling farmer in eastern Louisiana where he was raised.

With Jerry Lee Lewis’ cousins Jimmy Swaggart and Mickey Gilley, who would eventually become well-known country music performers, he started playing the piano together when they were young (later a popular televangelist).

To purchase a piano for Jerry Lee Lewis, his parents mortgaged their farm. Carl McVoy, Jerry Lee Lewis’ older relative who plays the piano, had an effect on Jerry Lee Lewis.

In 1952, Jerry Lee Lewis recorded his first demo in New Orleans for Cosimo Matassa. Jerry Lee Lewis went to Nashville somewhere around 1955, when he played in clubs and made an effort to generate interest.

The chart-topping singles “Great Balls of Fire,” “Breathless,” and “High School Confidential” came soon after. Jerry Lee Lewis’ marriage to Myra Gale Brown, a 13-year-old cousin, however, had a negative impact on his rock and roll career.

Jerry Lee Lewis Children: Does Jerry Lee Lewis Have Kids?

Jerry Lee Lewis had six kids namely Steve Allen Lewis, Phoebe Allen Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis III, Lori Lee Lewis, Ronnie Guy Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis Jr.

Jerry Lee Lewis has had seven marriages, including bigamous unions and one with his young cousin. Over the course of his marriages, he had six kids.

At the age of three, his son Steve Allen Lewis killed in a swimming pool accident in 1962, and Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. passed away in a Jeep accident in 1973 when he was 19 years old.