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‘It Was Like Country Night Fever’ — Mickey Gilley On Urban Cowboy, 40 Years Later
Posted on · The country music star's Pasadena nightclub was the setting for much of the film, which starred John Travolta and Debra Winger.
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Friday’s Houston Matters: Tropical Depression Cristobal, And Mickey Gilley On 40 Years Of Urban Cowboy (June 5, 2020)
Posted on · On Friday's show: An update on Tropical Depression Cristobal, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the news, and Mickey Gilley reflects on the legacy of Urban Cowboy.
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Mickey Gilley’s Long Road To Country Success Went Through Houston
Posted on · Country music artist Mickey Gilley grew up singing alongside his cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart in Louisiana. Music was always going to be a part of his life, but it took him some time to achieve the success of Lewis and Swaggart. After marrying and becoming a father at a young age, he […]
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Littering, Human Rights First, and Mickey Gilley: Houston Matters for Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Posted on · If you’re relatively new to Texas, you may not be aware that the phrase “Don’t Mess with Texas” was originally a slogan used in ad campaigns in the 1980s to reduce littering on Texas roads. And it worked. In the late ’80s, there was a significant, noticeable decrease in trash on Texas highways. But as […]