Rogers turned toDon Schlitzin 1999 for this unlikely hit that compared life to playing baseball. Always a magician with a lyric, Schlitz’s turning the boy’s bad play into an exercise in philosophy turned out to be stroke of genius, providing the singer with his first entry into the Top ...
A Lost Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Duet Is Finally Seeing the Light of Day "Tell Me That You Love Me" is a highlight of a new posthumous album from Rogers, who died in 2020 Country Treasure By Joseph Hudak The 50 Best Dolly Parton Songs ...
In 1974 Rogers again went the solo route and achieved the commercial success he had been striving for with the feel-good country song, “Love Lifted Me.” Just two short years later, he scored his first hit on the top of the country charts with the heart-wrenching hit, “Lucille.” It...
Rogers’ cinematic 1979 hit “Coward of the County,” penned by Roger Bowling and Billy Ed Wheeler, has no right to be as funky as it is — half of the band seems to be playing it straight, while the bassist and guitar player apparently have other ideas. It belies the fact that it’...
Below, listed chronologically, are some of Rogers’ top duets and the position they reached on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Related “Every Time Two Fools Collide,” Rogers & Dottie West – No. 1, 1978 The first single and title track from Rogers’ and West’s first duets album...
‘The Man in Me’) and the grinding psychedelia of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition’s ‘Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).’ Meanwhile, Jesus Quintana became a 10-minute film legend with the help of the Gipsy Kings’ flamenco take on ‘Hotel California.’ ...
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Rogers started out in the late fifties in the rock and roll genre but eventually transitioned into country music. He rose to superstardom in the 1970s and went on to record and produce multiple hit songs including "Lucille," "Laura," and the "The Gambler." Aside from music, Rogers also...
Released as the lead single from Rogers'Eyes That See in the Darkalbum, "Islands in the Stream" would go on to hit No. 1 on Nov. 2, and would land at the top ofBillboard's Hot Country Songs, mainstream Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. It earned a Gold single on Oct. 18,...
Kenny Rogers. Actor: Six Pack. Born in Houston, Texas on August 21, 1938, Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, actor, record producer and entrepreneur Kenneth Ray Rogers was the fourth of eight children born to a carpenter father who worked in a shipyard a