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A lot of songs
became hits by accident and Mickey’s Gilley’s 1974 number one,
“Room Full Of Roses,” was just such a song! The song had
already scored a # 4 for George Morgan in 1949 and a # 10
later that same year for The Sons Of The pioneers.
In 1974, Mickey
Gilley had his own television program, Gilley’s in Pasadena,
Texas and his own Astro Records label. He went into the studio
to record a song titled “She Called Me Baby,” for a local
jukebox operator who wanted a copy of the tune, He also
recorded “Room Full Of Roses” which was to be the backside of
the record. Local radio DJ’s flipped the record over and
started playing “Room Full of Roses,” After the song became a
local hit record, he shopped it around to all the major
Nashville record labels and was turned down. Finally Playboy
Records bought the master tape and Mickey Gilley’s recording
career was on its way.
Gilley
commented, “There were a lot of mistakes on that record. The
steel guitar was out of tune and I put several “I’s” and
“you’s” in the wrong place. Even my piano run didn’t come out
right but I think that record just had that certain sound that
make it work with the public.”
His “Room Full
Of Roses” made the country music charts October 19th,
1968 and made it to number one. It was Gilley’s second chart
record and was on the charts for 16 weeks.
Doug Davis
Country Music Classics
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