Lewis attended a fundamentalist Bible school in Texas. He was eventually expelled, but has been quoted as calling rock & roll the Devil's music.
He made his first public appearance at 14, sitting in with a local country & western band.
Lewis' rock direction was suggested to him when he auditioned for Sun Records in 1956. The company had just lost Elvis Presley to RCA and needed a replacement.
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