Paula Records released Gilleys first album, Down the Line, in 1967.
In the 1960s, he played at many clubs and bars, gaining a following at the Nesadel Club in Pasadena, Texas. His a record Call Me Shorty on the Dot label sold well in 1958. Gilley then cut a few singles and played sessions in New Orleans with producer Huey Meaux. They sang both boogie-woogie and Gospel music, but Gilley did not become a professional singer until Lewis hit the top of the charts in the 1950s. Gilley, Lewis, and their cousin Jimmy Swaggart played together as children, and Lewis taught them his piano style. Gilley grew up just across the Mississippi River from where Lewis grew up. For many years, Gilley lived in the shadow of his well known cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis, a successful rock and roll singer and musician in the 1950s and early 60s.
Biography,Early life and the rise to fameGilley is a son of Arthur Fillmore Gilley (Novem– February 2, 1982) and Irene (Lewis) Gilley (Septem– August 14, 1985) in Natchez, Mississippi.
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