Biography:
Mickey Leroy Gilley was born 9th March 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. Best known as a Country music singer and piano player, he moved to Houston at age 17 and began playing rock n roll in local clubs, cutting "Tell Me Why" and "Oo-ee-baby" for the local Minor label. He experienced little success on a succession of labels - Dot (Memphis), Rex (New Orleans), Khoury (Lake Charles, Louisiana) until in 1960 he cut "Is It Wrong" for Potomac which became a regional hit.
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Other songs:
- A Headache Tomorrow Or A Heartache Tonight
- A New Way To Live
- Backslide
- Before It Begins
- Big Ole Texas Tears
- Bring It On Home To Me
- City Lights
- Dont The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time
- Doo Wah Days
- Everything Turned To Love
- Fool For Your Love
- Grapevine
- Here Comes The Hurt Again
- Honky Tonk Christmas
- Honky Tonk Memories
- Hungry For The Sunshine
- I Aint Giving Up Nothing
- I Overlooked An Orchid
- I Still Care
- If I Didnt Have A Dime
- Is It Wrong
- It Aint Gonna Worry My Mind
- Jukebox Argument
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Lonely Nights
- Make The World Go Away
- Room Full Of Roses
- Shes Pulling Me Back Again
- Stand By Me
- Talk To Me
- The Song We Made Love To
- True Love Ways
- Without You
- You Dont Know Me
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- Your First Time
- Your Love Shines Through
- Youve Really Got A Hold On Me
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G C
Well you left me in the spring the snow was melting
D7 G
And I grieved all through the summer and the fall
C
Now it's deep December and you know what honey
A7
It's just too hard to remember
D7 G
I'm gonna go to Gilley's and have a ball
C
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
D7 G
Now since you've gone I can't go on no more
C
The house just seems so empty and your memory so dear
D7 G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
C
Well it's playing Christmas records on that old jukebox
D7 G
Yall remember Brenda Lee she's rocking around the tree
C A7
Well I feel so all alone girl Lord I wish you'd come back home
D7 G
Happiness is just a memory
C
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
D7 G
Now since you've gone I can't go on no more
C
The house just seems so empty and your memory so dear
D7 G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
D7 G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
Well you left me in the spring the snow was melting
D7 G
And I grieved all through the summer and the fall
C
Now it's deep December and you know what honey
A7
It's just too hard to remember
D7 G
I'm gonna go to Gilley's and have a ball
C
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
D7 G
Now since you've gone I can't go on no more
C
The house just seems so empty and your memory so dear
D7 G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
C
Well it's playing Christmas records on that old jukebox
D7 G
Yall remember Brenda Lee she's rocking around the tree
C A7
Well I feel so all alone girl Lord I wish you'd come back home
D7 G
Happiness is just a memory
C
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
D7 G
Now since you've gone I can't go on no more
C
The house just seems so empty and your memory so dear
D7 G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
D7 G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year
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