The birth of Rock and Roll in the early 1950s was driven by many names: Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, and so forth. However, many of the stage antics and high-energy attributes we now associate with the genre were first seen in Jerry Lee Lewis. Lewis also introduced the piano as an instrument of Rock and Roll, and would slam the keys wildly as he played. In the late 50s Elvis and Jerry both fell in love with young girls (Elvis met 14 year old Priscilla Wagner when he was 24, and at 22 Jerry fell for his 1st cousin, 13 year old Myra Gale Brown). Elvis waited until 1967 to marry Prascilla, however Jerry married Myra in 1958, when she was still 13. The scandal nearly destroyed his career, and he fell out of favour for nearly a decade. His reputation never fully recovered, and it is anyone's guess if his name would be synonymous with Elvis had he postponed the wedding. In 1956, after an impromptu jam session with Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash (dubbed the Million Dollar Quartet), Cash wrote that "Nobody wanted to follow Jerry Lee, not even Elvis."
Bonus:
Only 8 people have been granted Honorary American Citizenship, among which only two - Winston Churchill and Mother Theresa - received the honour while alive. Canada has granted Honorary Citizenship to six people, all of whom were alive to receive the award except one: Raoul Wallenberg. Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during the 2nd world war before disappearing, was granted honorary citizenship by the US, Canada, Hungary, Australia, and Israel for his deeds.
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