Mickey Gilley
Mickey Gilley
Mickey Leroy Gilleyis 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 also...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth9 March 1936
CityNatchez, MS
CountryUnited States of America
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.
All my money was made doing the dates and selling products when I was out there on the road.
All I have to concentrate on is my performing.
A record co. is just a vehicle for public appearances.
All I want to do is do my shows and play golf.
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.
I try to stay ahead of things, if you know what I mean. I take the money I make and reinvest it.
I don't own everything, I do have a partner.
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.
When a record co. finds a guy now, they want to own everything. They want to own the rights to market that person's particular name. They want a piece of the action all the way through.
So I'm trying to spread myself to the point to where I can do the night shows and not have to worry about the matinees, and do one or two matinees down through the year.
If you're not on a major label today, you're not gonna get played. They've got the market sewed up.
If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant.
If I cut an album now and sell it for ten bucks, I can put seven dollars and fifty cents in my pocket.