“You don’t write a folk song … They come up out of the ground, the hills. That’s why they’re called folks songs.” Nevertheless, after being signed to a record contract in 1946, Travis was asked to come up with an album of folk songs to take advantage ...
Coming up with a list of ten of the best Kenny Rogers songs is almost a downright impossible task. You could do separate essays on his 60s and 70s hits withThe First Edition, and his duets — withDolly Parton,Dottie West,Kim Carnes, andSheena Easton(among others) would warrant a list a...
"I was planning on doing (a different song), and then Kenny Rogers passed and I thought I would honor him. What a beautiful man. Beautiful songwriter. Beautiful singer. Actor. He did all of the things," she shared. Clarkson called the late Kenny Rogers "a beautiful man."Getty Images ...
Rogers cut a pop album of songs intended for The Bee Gees in 1983. The album was titledEyes That See in The Dark, and its hit single was the now timelessDolly Partonduet "Islands in the Stream." Yeah, it's pop and not country, but it's as great a pop song as you'll find from...
Whether you discovered Kenny Rogers through counterculture rockers the Fifth Edition, his staggering list of country hits, or his recurring role as Brady Hawkes in the The Gambler TV movies, your first close encounter with the legend’s music was millions of light years away from “Planet Texas...
In 2016, Dierks Bentley teamed up with Elle King for what would become his 15th No. 1 and her first. The singer has said he connected with "Different for Girls" the moment he heard it, finding honesty in the song's lyrics. “This is one of those ‘once-in-a-career’ songs, and ...