Mickey Gilley is rightfully known as one of the best country music artists of all time. With a career that spanned six decades, Gilley had hit after hit at country radio, including “City Lights”, ...

On March 9, 1936, Mickey Gilley was born in Natchez, Mississippi. Raised in Ferriday, Louisiana, Gilley was born into country music royalty. He is the cousin of country and rock superstar Jerry Lee ...

Sometimes the song that changes everything is the one nobody expects. That was the case for Mickey Gilley's version of "Room Full of Roses." Fifty-two years ago on June 29, the country classic reached ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago, a cheeky, barroom-ready country tune climbed all the way to the top of the charts and added another milestone to ...

PASADENA, Texas — Country music legend Mickey Gilley died on Saturday surrounded by family and close friends. He was 86-years-old. The announcement comes after Gilley announced tour date cancellations ...

Mickey Gilley, a musician who scored more than three dozen top-10 country hits and whose honky-tonk club inspired the 1980 film "Urban Cowboy" and the "cowboy chic" fashion trend that followed, died ...

Mickey Gilley, the man who personified “urban cowboy,” died Saturday. He was 86. Gilley died in his adopted hometown of Branson, Mo., according to a statement on his Facebook page. His cause of death ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mickey Gilley, left, with "Killer" David Ogle, Gilley's Club bouncer who was featured in the movie "Urban Cowboy," photographed in ...

This browser does not support the Video element. PASADENA, Texas - Honky Tonk Legend, Academy of Country Music award-winner, and Pasadena's own Mickey Gilley passed away Saturday and the community ...

NEW YORK — Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley was born in ...

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in ...