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 ...

1980 was a confusing time for America. A Southern Christian farmer was president — and a Democrat! — but he was about to be supplanted by a California politician tight with Hollywood — and a ...

(Reuters) - Country singer Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas-sized honky-tonk bar was the birthplace of the "Urban Cowboy" music and fashion fads of the 1980s, died at age 86 in Branson, Missouri, ...

Looking back on the life of Mickey Gilley, who died May 7 in Branson, Mo., at the age of 86, one must consider the musician and the country music era that he helped to define. The singer-pianist was a ...

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 ...

PASADENA, Texas — Country music legend Mickey Gilley died on Saturday surrounded by family and close friends. He was 86-years-old. The announcement comes after Gilley announced tour date cancellations ...

HOUSTON – The Pasadena and Greater Houston community is remembering the life of country music icon and local legend, Mickey Gilley. Gilley, known as the “Original Urban Cowboy,” passed away at the age ...