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Country singer and actor Mickey Gilley, known for launching the Urban Cowboy movement in Country music and hit songs including “Stand By Me,” “Room Full of Roses” and “Lonely Nights,” died Saturday, May 7th, in Branson, Missouri at the age of 86. Gilley, a native of Natchez, Mississippi, influenced generations of country singers for decades […]
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, died Saturday.
BRANSON, M.O. (CelebrityAccess) -- Pioneering country singer-songwriter, club owner, and actor, Mickey Gilley, who recorded hits such as "Room Full of
Gilley had recently returned home from the road after playing 10 shows in April, according to the statement.
Mickey Gilley, who shot to country stardom with a string of iconic hits and helped launch the Urban Cowboy craze of the 1980s, has died.