On this day (May 7) in 2022, Mickey Gilley died of complications from bone cancer in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 86. He had a long string of hits in the 1970s. Then, his nightclub inspired ...
A playful 1976 country hit gave one star his fifth No. 1, but its songwriter had already written for music legends.
Country singer Mickey Gilley, best known as the pioneer of the "urban cowboy" style, died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, his publicist Zach Farnum said. He was 86. Gilley had 17 number one country ...
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...