What Gets Me Hot: Mickey Gilley Lawdy Miss Clawdy

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MICKEY GILLEY SUFFERS FALL, EXPECTS FULL RECOVERY

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On Sunday July 5th, 2009 Mickey Gilley suffered a fall in Branson, MO. As a result of the fall Mickey Gilley suffered a back injury that required surgery on Tuesday July 7th, 2009. Mickey Gilley came through surgery successfully, and is expected to make a full recovery.

Mickey Gilley would like to extend his gratitude to his many friends and loyal fans for all the wonderful cards, letters, and flowers.
Mickey is expected to make a full recovery, and is looking forward to returning to his performance schedule in Branson on April 12, 2010.For most of his career, pianist/vocalist Mickey Gilley lived in the shadow of his cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, playing a similar fusion of country, rock, blues, and R&B. In the early '70s, he managed to breakthrough into country stardom, but it wasn't until the late '70s, when he became associated with the urban cowboy movement, that he became a superstar.

GARY STEWART & MICKEY GILLEY
Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Mickey Gilley

Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy Miss Clawdy
Gal, you sure are lookin' good to me
Well, now please don't excite me baby
I know it can't be me.
Well, I give you all of my money
But you just won't treat me right
You like to bowl every morning
Don't come home 'til late at night.
I'm gonna tell, tell my momma
Girl what you been doing to me
I'm gonna tell everybody
That I'm down in misery.
--- Instrumental ---
Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy Miss Clawdy
Gal, you sure are lookin' good to me
Well, now please don't excite me baby
I know it can't be me.
Well, I give you all of my money
But you just won't treat me right
You like to bowl every morning
Don't come home 'til late at night.
--- Instrumental ---
Well bye, bye, bye baby
Girl I won't be comin' no more
Goodye little darling
And down the road I go.

Well bye, bye, bye baby
Girl I won't be comin' no more
Goodye little darling
And down the road I go

GARY STEWART & MICKEY GILLEY - Lawdy Miss Clawdy

Gilley, like Lewis, was raised in Ferriday, LA. It wasn't until Jerry Lee had a hit with his first Sun single, "Crazy Arms," that Mickey decided he wanted to pursue a musical career. Gilley began recording for a number of independent Texas labels without much success in the late '50s. In the early '60s, he became a local favorite by playing a never-ending series of bars and clubs. A few of singles became Texas hits, but he didn't have a national hit until 1968 with minor hit "Now I Can Live Again" on Paula Records.

In 1970, he opened Gilley's Club in Pasadena; the honky tonk had previously been known as Sherry's Club, and its owner, Sherwood Cryer, asked Mickey to re-open the bar with him. In 1974, Gilley had another local hit with "Room Full of Roses," which was released on Astro Records. Playboy Records, which was distributed by Epic, heard the record and acquired national distribution for the single. It became a number one country hit, crossing over to number 50 on the pop charts. "Room Full of Roses" launched a string of updated, countrypolitan-inflected honky tonk hits for Gilley that ran for just over a decade. Gilley racked up 16 number one hits besides "Room Full of Roses," including "I Overlooked an Orchid," "City Lights," "She's Pulling Me Back Again," "True Love Ways," "Stand by Me," "That's All That Matters," and "A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)."

Gilley signed with Epic Records after Playboy folded in 1978. The following year, the film Urban Cowboy -- which was based on Gilley's Club and featured a cameo by Mickey, as well as several of his songs -- brought him to national attention, which resulted in a string of six straight number one singles. He continued to have Top Ten hits until 1986, when his career began to slip. The late '80s were plagued with problems for Gilley. Not only had a new generation of country singers replaced him on the charts, he had financial problems which culminated in the closing of Gilley's Club. He turned his career around in the early '90s, when he became one of the first country stars to open a permanent theater in Branson, MO. Although Gilley recorded some albums in the '90s -- which were primarily available through television advertisements -- he focused his career on the theater.

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Lawdy Miss Clawdy Lyrics - Mickey Gilley
Lawdy Miss Clawdy Lyrics - Well, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy Miss Clawdy Gal, you sure are lookin' good to me Well, now please don't excite me baby I know it can't ...