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Mickey Gilley Biography

Mickey Leroy Gilley (born March 9, 1936) is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as well. Among his biggest hits are "Room Full of Roses," "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time," and the remake of the Soul hit "Stand by Me". He is a cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl McVoy, Jim Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.

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If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.

Come, Food, Good Food, People, Restaurants

All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.

Golf, Play, Shows, Want

A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.

Appearance, Public, Record, Records, Vehicle

Cause I can make more money going in and doing my recordings and selling them through my entities that I have, rather than going to a record co. and them release a record and pay me 5 percent of what they make off it.

Cause, Causes, Entities, Money, Pay, Records

There used to be a lot of acts, which was good, because people don't want to see the same act every night. But, you don't want too many acts, you don't want to over-saturate it.

Act, Acts, Night, People, Used, Want

Don't all the girls get prettier at closing time?

Closing, Girl, Prettier, Time, Unanswered Questions

I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.

Ahead, Knows, Mean, Money, Take, Trying

If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.

Albums, Cutting, Dollars, Pocket, Pockets, Ten

I had some airline stock, but the airlines tanked. I didn't have a lot of money in them, though.

Airline, Airlines, Lots Of Money, Money, Stock, Tanks

I don't own everything, I do have a partner.

Everything, Partner, Partners

If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.

Label, Labels, Majors, Market, Played, Today

All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road.

Made, Money, Products, Selling, Selling Products

I never made any money off of my records. It gave me the name across the country so that I could do some of the things in my personal appearances.

Across, Country, Names, Personal, Records, Things

I had a few stocks, but stocks took a dive. I never sell my stocks.

Dive, Sell, Sells, Stocks, Took