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 ...
TheWrap

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 ...

Ben E. King’s ‘Stand by Me’: 21 Must-Hear Covers

From John Lennon and Tina Turner to Miley Cyrus and Stephen Wilson Jr., the most eclectic renditions of the 1961 hymn ...
Yahoo

Mickey Gilley, musician whose club inspired the Travolta film 'Urban Cowboy,' dies at 86

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 that followed, died ...
WESH

Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire 'Urban Cowboy,' dies at 86

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86.Gilley died Saturday in ...
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 ...
WLWT

Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire 'Urban Cowboy,' dies at 86

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died Country star Mickey Gilley, whose ...
WHYY

Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86

He was known for such hits as “Window Up Above" and for the Texas honky-tonk he owned that inspired the hit film “Urban Cowboy." In this April 19, 2015 file photo, Mickey Gilley poses with the triple ...
KOIN 6

Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Country star Mickey Gilley, ...
al.com

Mickey Gilley, country star who helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86

Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley died Saturday in ...
OPB

Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86

Jack Plunkett / AP Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film “Urban Cowboy” and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, has died. He was 86. Gilley ...