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Mickey Gilley 'Room Full Of Roses' K-LAW Classic [VIDEO]

Frank Seres — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:25:34 +0000

Happy birthday to Mickey Gilley! He turns 77 today, and to honor that we feature his very first #1 song as the K-LAW Classic. ‘Room Full Of Roses’ wasn’t supposed to be a hit. In fact, Mickey Gilley was not happy with the finished product at all. As he listened to it, he didn’t like [...]

Mickey Gilley 'Stand By Me' KLAW Classic [VIDEO]

Frank Seres — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:13:13 +0000

When Ben E. King wrote ‘Stand By Me’, he had no intention of recording it himself. Written for the Drifters, who passed it by, King added it to the end of a recording session to fill some extra time.It went to #1 for King in 1961, and has been recorded in at least 400 different [...]

Mickey Gilley 'True Love Ways' KLAW Saturday Classic [VIDEO]

Jeri Anderson — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 12:30:44 +0000

Today’s Classic, ‘True Love Ways’ was a love song written by Buddy Holly for his wife as a wedding gift. Holly recorded the song himself in 1958 along with the Ray Ellis Orchestra. Mickey Gilley covered the song during the height of his success in 1980. It was around the same time that Gilley opened [...]

Mickey Gilley 'Fool For Your Love' KLAW Classic [VIDEO]

Frank Seres — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:52:35 +0000

Today’s KLAW Classic comes from the first performer to build his own theatre in Branson, Mo., Mickey Gilley. Gilley grew up playing piano with two of his famous (or infamous) cousins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart. Today’s Classic was number one on this day in 1983. Here’s ‘Fool for Your Love’. Enjoy!

Mickey Gilley 'Stand By Me' KLAW Classic [video]

Frank Seres — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:05:37 +0000

The movie Urban Cowboy helped to put a little honky tonk in Pasadena Texas on the map. "Gilleys", was the setting for many drinking, dancing, and bull riding scenes from the movie. Mickey Gilley celebrates his