16 Biggest Hits [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Mickey Gilley | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (March 11, 2003)
• Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00008J2RM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Track Listings

1. Room Full of Roses

2. I Overlooked an Orchid

3. City Lights

4. Window Up Above

5. Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time

6. Bring It on Home to Me

7. She's Pulling Me Back Again

8. True Love Ways

9. That's All That Matters

10. A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)

11. You Don't Know Me

12. Lonely Nights

13. Put Your Dreams Away

14. Talk to Me

15. Fool for Your Love

16. Stand by Me

17. Paradise Tonight [*]

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shares his cousin's talent, October 15, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 16 Biggest Hits-Mickey Gilley (Audio CD)

Mickey, a cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, was a formidable performer in his own with a long string of country hits to his credit in the seventies and eighties including seventeen number ones, most of them included here. Mickey was also the owner of the nightclub used as the setting for Urban cowboy, a movie that became a major influence on country music. Mickey's pop country style is typical of the brilliant soundtrack, which I reviewed long ago.

Many of Mickey's big hits were covers of old pop songs (Stand by me, True love ways) and country songs (I overlooked an orchid, Window up above, City lights) from the fifties and sixties. He had a few good original songs too, most notably Don't all the girls get prettier at closing time, A headache tomorrow or a heartache tonight and She's pulling me back again.

No single CD compilation can include all hits but this contains most of those that really matter including Paradise tonight, a chart-topping duet with Charly McClain that was added to this set as a bonus track when it was re-mastered.

As an alternative to this, you may consider the 20-track compilation, Ten years of hits, which contains 15 of the 17 tracks included here. It omits Fool for your love and Paradise tonight but includes five tracks not on this set - Tears of the lonely, You've really got a hold on me, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Chains of love and The power of positive drinking. You can find Paradise tonight on a compilation of Charly's music so unless you particularly want the re-mastered sound, you may decide to buy that compilation instead.

Perhaps somebody will one day release a double CD of Mickey's hits. Until then, this one or Ten years of hits provide an impressive, if incomplete, overview of his career.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mickey Gilley Greatest Hits, July 25, 2011

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B. Rogers "French/Spanish Teacher" (Louisville, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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My wife loves this music and it really made her happy to receive it. Came early. Great company to deal with. Everything as promised. Will use again definitely!

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5.0 out of 5 stars great memories, October 13, 2010

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the best gilley has to have i just cant stop listening to this cd. thank you for providing this cd.