How it began: Listening to Jerry Lee Lewis in the seventies And Swaggart gained fame as a televangelist-and infamy for his fall from grace for allegedly consorting with prostitutes. Lewis, known as “The Killer” for his wild way with a piano, was a huge hit in the fifties with such rock & roll classics as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” Gilley was a country-music singer best known for opening “the world’s biggest honky-tonk” in Pasadena, Texas-the model for the dance hall in Urban Cowboy. The men are related through maternal and paternal lines that Davis details in his 2012 book Unconquered: The Saga of Cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley. Gilley and Swaggart are first cousins once removed. Lewis and Swaggart are double first cousins. ![]() Davis was exposed early on to the famous trio from north Louisiana-cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley. Growing up in Quitman, a small town in the piney woods of northeast Texas, author J. Davis tells the story of three cousins from Ferriday who hit the big time. ![]() The Killer, the Preacher, and the Cowboy J.
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