Country singer Mickey Gilley has been left paralysed from the neck down after suffering a near-fatal fall over the summer (09). Read More
Mickey Gilley , whose country hits include 'Stand By Me,' featured in the iconic 1980 film 'Urban Cowboy,' continues to recover from serious injury to his neck and spinal cord suffered this past July. Mickey, 73, was helping a friend move a 40-pound piece of furniture when he backed out through the threshold of a door and fell backwards, leaving him temporarily paralyzed from the neck down. Read More
A dance craze swept the nation in 1960, right after Chubby Checker recorded "The Twist." Read More
For most of his career, pianist/vocalist Mickey Gilley lived in the shadow of his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, playing a similar ... Read the full Mickey Gilley bio.