{"id":443639,"date":"2022-05-08T05:47:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T02:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mickey-gilley-country-star-who-inspired-urban-cowboy-dead-at-86\/"},"modified":"2022-05-08T05:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T02:47:19","slug":"mickey-gilley-country-star-who-inspired-urban-cowboy-dead-at-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mickey-gilley-country-star-who-inspired-urban-cowboy-dead-at-86\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mickey Gilley, country star who inspired &#8216;Urban Cowboy,&#8217; dead at 86"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240a4c070d9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a240a4c070d9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mickey-gilley-country-star-who-inspired-urban-cowboy-dead-at-86\/#%E2%80%9CMickey_Gilley_country_star_who_inspired_%E2%80%98Urban_Cowboy_dead_at_86%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Mickey Gilley, country star who inspired &#8216;Urban Cowboy,&#8217; dead at 86&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMickey_Gilley_country_star_who_inspired_%E2%80%98Urban_Cowboy_dead_at_86%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Mickey Gilley, country star who inspired &#8216;Urban Cowboy,&#8217; dead at 86&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mickey Gilley, country music star and owner of a famed eponymous Texas honky-tonk that inspired the movie \u201cUrban Cowboy,\u201d died Saturday at the age of 86.<\/p>\n<p>Gilley \u201cpassed peacefully with his family and close friends by his side\u201d in Branson, Missouri, a statement from Mickey Gilley Associates said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWindow Up Above\u201d singer and piano player, who was a cousin of rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis, had performed as recently as last month but had been in declining health in the past week.<\/p>\n<p>He opened Gilley\u2019s, \u201cthe world\u2019s largest honky tonk,\u201d in the early 1970s in Pasadena, Texas. Several years later he hit the charts with \u201cRoom Full of Roses\u201d and enjoyed follow-up success with a string of hits like \u201cDon\u2019t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time\u201d and \u201cShe\u2019s Pulling Me Back Again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gilley had 39 Top 10 country hits over the course of his career, including 17 No. 1 records. In addition, he was known for his acting roles in shows like \u201cMurder, She Wrote\u201d and \u201cThe Dukes of Hazzard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-3.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Late singer Mickey Gilley arrives at the 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Arlington, Texas.\" class=\"wp-image-22183836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Mickey Gilley was known for his song \u201cWindow Up Above.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Mike Stone\/REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Obit-Mickey-Gilley.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mickey Gilley shows off his diamond rings to the media during the 34th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.\" class=\"wp-image-22183865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Obit-Mickey-Gilley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Obit-Mickey-Gilley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Obit-Mickey-Gilley.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mickey Gilley shows off his diamond rings during the 34th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevork Djansezian\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An Esquire article about the nightspot Gilley\u2019s inspired the 1980 John Travolta film \u201cUrban Cowboy,\u201d which was filmed at the bar and gave rise to a nationwide trend of pearl snap shirts, longneck beers and mechanical bulls.<\/p>\n<p>The club was shut down in the late \u201980s and was later destroyed in a fire. A high-end version of the honky-tonk opened in Dallas in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The Natchez, Mississippi, native grew up poor and learned boogie woogie piano by sneaking into Louisiana rhythm and blues clubs with Lewis and cousin Jimmy Swaggart, a future Pentecostal televangelist.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-2.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Mickey Gilley was known for his song &quot;Window Up Above.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-22183835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/gilley-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Mickey Gilley\u2019s honkey-tonk venue inspired the movie \u201cUrban Cowboy.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a>Punch \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf I had one wish in life, I would wish for more time,\u201d Gilley told The Associated Press in March 2001 as he celebrated his 65th birthday. 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