Mickey Gilley, a veteran American country music singer, began his career in the 1970s and ascended to become one of the best American country music singers of all time.
Gilley, who was born and raised in Natchez, Mississippi, adored his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, a prominent rock and roll singer and musician in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Lewis, Mickey Gilley’s cousin, taught him how to play the piano.
Mickey Gilley was born in Natchez, Mississippi, on March 9, 1936. Arthur Fillmore Gilley and Irene Gilley, both deceased, were his parents.
In 1970, he built a nightclub that was subsequently featured in the 1980 film, Urban Cowboy.
Mickey Gilley was well-known for several successful songs, including “Chains of Love” (1977) and “Honky Tonk Woman” (1979).
Is Mickey Gilley related to Jimmy Swaggart?
Gilley and Swaggart are distant first cousins. Davis covers the men’s maternal and paternal lineages in his 2012 book Unconquered: The Saga of Cousins Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Swaggart, and Mickey Gilley.
