![]() In January 1957, he recorded a new song, the self-penned "End of the Road." It was unusual in that singers did not write their own songs at that time. Phillips liked the song, and Jerry Lee Lewis began to establish his name in Memphis in late 1956. Phillips had become famous because of his discovery of Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. They sold a copy of their first song, "Crazy Arms", to the legendary Sam Phillips, president of Sun Records. ![]() They started a band together, with Jerry as singer. In November 1956 he moved in with a cousin, J. His second marriage lasted about four years and produced his first child. He married a second time three weeks before he his divorce from his first wife was final. At 16, he married for the first time, but it only lasted seven months. He was sent to a religious school, but was soon thrown out shortly thereafter - he did a boogie version of a song about Jesus, something the school could not accept. His family, though not very wealthy, sold their house when he was a child to get their son a piano. Jerry Lee Lewis was born on Septeminto a very religious family. ![]()
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