Biography
Mickey Gilley was an American country singer, musician and actor. Born Mickey Leroy Gilley on 9 March 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi, he was a cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart. He opened Gilley's nightclub in Pasadena, Texas, in 1971, which became the setting for the 1980 film Urban Cowboy and featured Gilley as himself.
Gilley placed 17 singles at number one on the country charts between 1974 and 1983. He appeared as himself on television series including CHiPs (1977), Fantasy Island (1978) and Murder, She Wrote (1984). He died on 7 May 2022 in Branson, Missouri.
