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- “Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown,” a recording from the soundtrack credited to Mr. Gilley’s Urban Cowboy Band, won a Grammy for best country instrumental performance in 1981.
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Mickey Leroy Gilley (March 9, 1936 – May 7, 2022) was 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.
May 7, 2022 · “Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown,” a recording from the soundtrack credited to Mr. Gilley’s Urban Cowboy Band, won a Grammy for best country instrumental performance in 1981. Well into his 30s...
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May 8, 2022 · Gilley's would win the Academy of Country Music's "Nightclub of the Year" award four times in the 1980s. It closed in 1989 and was destroyed in a fire in 1990. It closed in 1989 and was destroyed ...
May 8, 2022 · Mickey Gilley Was a Consummate Musician Who Sparked 1980s ‘Urban Cowboy’ Craze (Appreciation) Looking back on the life of Mickey Gilley, who died May 7 in Branson, Mo., at the age of 86, one ...
May 9, 2022 · Mickey Gilley was a country music singer-songwriter who charted 39 top ten songs and 17 number one country songs. A cousin of rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis, he opened a popular Texas honky tonk club ...
May 8, 2022 · CBS via Getty Images. Mickey Gilley, country music star and owner of a famed eponymous Texas honky-tonk that inspired the movie “Urban Cowboy,” died Saturday at the age of 86. Gilley “passed ...
