Texarkana Gazette

NOW THERE WAS A SONG | Mickey Gilley scores a hit with 'You Don't Know Me'

This week in 1981: Sandra Day O'Conner became the first woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court; the first solar-powered airplane flew across the English Channel, completing a 165-mile trip 25 ...
Rolling Stone

Mickey Gilley, Country Music’s Urban Cowboy, Dead at 86

Mickey Gilley, the smooth-voiced, piano-playing country crooner who helped popularize the “Urban Cowboy” movement of the Eighties, died Saturday in Branson, Missouri. He was 86. Gilley’s publicist ...
Yahoo

Mickey Gilley, ‘Urban Cowboy’ Music Star, Dies at 86

Mickey Gilley, a country singer and actor who was featured in the 1980 John Travolta film “Urban Cowboy,” has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in Branson, Missouri, having just played 10 shows on ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Mickey Gilley, Country Singer Who Helped Inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ Dies at 86

Gilley, owner of the honky-tonk club where the 1980 film was set, once said he thanked John Travolta "every night before bed for keeping my career alive." By The Associated Press Country star Mickey ...
FOX13 Memphis

Country music legend Mickey Gilley dead at 86

Country music legend Mickey Gilley, whose Houston-area honky-tonk inspired the 1980 movie "Urban Cowboy," died on Saturday. He was 86. Gilley, who had 17 No. 1 hits during his career, died in Branson, ...