Mickey Gilley Musical artist

Mickey Leroy Gilley (born March 9, 1936) is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as well.Among his biggest hits are "Room Full of Roses," "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time," and the remake of the Soul hit "Stand by Me". He is also the cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl McVoy, Jim Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, Gilley is a licensed pilot, who holds an instrument rating with commercial pilot privileges for multi-engine airplanes, as well as private pilot privileges for single engine aircraft.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Mickey Leroy Gilley
Birth dateMarch 09, 1936
Birth place
United States
Hometown
Ferriday Louisiana
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Musical artist

Career started1964
associated musical artist
Jerry Lee Lewis
Charly McClain
Carl McVoy
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Country music
Pop music
Nashville sound
instrument
Piano
Singing
record label
Epic Records
Varèse Sarabande
Playboy Records

Mickey Gilley on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artists/g/gill6200.htm
  2. http://www.dvdlyrics.com/lyrics-m-mickey_gilley.html
  3. http://www.gilleys.com
  4. http://www.gilleys.com/cafe/index.cfm
  5. http://www.sec.state.la.us/museums/delta/delta-mickey.htm