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Gary Ronnie Stewart (May 28, 1944 – December 16, 2003) [1] was an American musician and songwriter, known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his outlaw country sound influenced by southern rock. At the height of his popularity in the mid-1970s, Time magazine described him as the "king of honkytonk ."
Mickey Leroy Gilley (March 9, 1936 [1] – May 7, 2022) was an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, Gilley 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.
Mickey Gilley Gary Stewart Ronnie Milsap: Piano Players Medley "Bouquet of Roses" "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)" "Daydreams About Night Things" "How I Love Them Old Songs" Willie Nelson "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" Chet Atkins: Patriotic Medley "Yankee Doodle Dixie" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" "America the Beautiful"
Looking back on the life of Mickey Gilley, who died May 7 in Branson, Mo., at the age of 86, one must consider the musician and the country music era that he helped to define. The singer-pianist ...
Billie Jo Spears gained her only number one with "Blanket on the Ground", [13] as did Gary Stewart with "She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)". [14] Linda Ronstadt and B. J. Thomas each topped the country chart for the first time having already achieved a chart-topper with an earlier single on the Hot 100.
Gary Stewart 8 7 Penny Joe Stampley 17 18 Pictures on Paper Jeris Ross: 14 17 Poor Sweet Baby: Jean Shepard: 2 18 Rainy Day Woman: Waylon Jennings 6 17 Rock on Baby Brenda Lee 32 19 Roll You Like a Wheel Mickey Gilley and Barbi Benton 3 2 Roses and Other Love Songs Ray Price 15 — She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye: Ronnie Milsap: 13 5
"Tears of the Lonely" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield, and originally recorded by Don Williams on his 1978 album Expressions. The song was later recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley and released in February 1982 as the third single from his album You Don't Know Me.
In the United Kingdom, a version by Rod Stewart charted at No. 4 in 1972 as a double A-side with "Angel." The Texas band What Made Milwaukee Famous takes its name from this song. Irish-American Celtic punk band Flogging Molly included a live cover of the song on their 1997 debut album, Alive Behind the Green Door .