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Charley Sherwood Cryer (September 2, 1927 – August 13, 2009) was an American entrepreneur. After forming a partnership with Mickey Gilley , Cryer became co-owner of Gilley's, a Pasadena, Texas -based western nightclub and bar.
In 1970, Gilley joined in a partnership with Sherwood Cryer. Sherwood owned the club under the name Shelly's. His first nightclub in Pasadena, Texas, called Gilley's Club. [1] It later became known as the "world's biggest honky-tonk". Gilley's Club and its mechanical bull were portrayed in the 1980 film, Urban Cowboy. [1]
Too Good to Stop Now is a studio album by American country music singer Mickey Gilley released in 1984 by Epic Records.The album peaked at #34 [1] in the US country chart. The title track, “Too Good to Stop Now”, reached #4 in the US country chart and #1 in the Canadian country chart.
Mickey Gilley, a musician who scored more than three dozen top-10 country hits and whose honky-tonk club inspired the 1980 film "Urban Cowboy" and the "cowboy chic" fashion trend, died Saturday.
Lee, whose biggest hit to date had been a 1977 cover of Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party", had been the main nightclub act (behind Mickey Gilley himself) at Gilley's, a nightclub owned by Sherwood Cryer and country music superstar Mickey Gilley.
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26 between 1938 and 1942) [a] is an American actor. His roles have included Bill Lester in She Came to the Valley (1979), Pfc Glenn Kelly in Nashville (1975), Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence ...
Jon Cryer. Amy Sussman/Getty Images Jon Cryer’s Broadway debut did not go as planned after he accidentally fell asleep on stage. “I fancy myself a very professional actor but apparently that ...
Up-and-coming country music star Mickey Gilley and business partner Sherwood Cryer open Gilley's, a bar/honky tonk that was featured in the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy, and became famous for featuring up-and-coming country acts and its mechanical bulls.