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Mickey Gilley

Mickey Gilley

Acting
09 Mar 1936
07 May 2022
Natchez, Mississippi, USA

Biography

Country western star Mickey Gilley was born on March 9, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi, the cousin of future rockabilly legend Jerry Lee Lewis and disgraced televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, and raised in Ferriday, Louisiana. In their childhood, all three would play the piano when they got together and sing gospel and boogie-woogie songs. After Lewis became a chart-topper in the 1950s, Mickey turned professional himself and cut some singles before becoming a session player in the Big Easy. First marr...

Also Known As

Mickey Leroy Gilley

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