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"Islands in the Stream" is a song written by the Bee Gees and recorded by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers's fifteenth studio album Eyes That See in the Dark. The Bee Gees released a live version in 1998 and a studio version in 2001.
"Real Love" is a song written by David Malloy, Richard "Spady" Brannon and Randy McCormick, and recorded as a duet by American entertainers Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers that topped the US country singles chart in August 1985. [1] It was released in April 1985 the second single and title track from Parton's Real Love album.
Rogers and Parton first worked together in 1976 when Rogers was a guest on Parton's syndicated variety series, Dolly. The pair joined forces again on Rogers' 1983 single, "Islands in the Stream", which was a number one hit. Rogers contacted Parton in late 1983 to see if she would be interested in doing a Christmas album with him.
The discography of American singer Kenny Rogers (1938–2020), consists of 39 studio albums and 80 singles, 24 of which have reached Number One on the country chart.His longest-lasting Number Ones on that chart are "The Gambler" and "Coward of the County", at three weeks each.
The song was subsequently sent to country radio on November 4. [3] It debuted on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in December 2013, eventually peaking at number 57. For their performance, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton were nominated in 2014 at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance .
Kenny Rogers' string of hits in the '70s and '80s made him a crucial bridge between country music's origins and its arrival as a true pop force in the '90s.
Throughout her decades-long career, Dolly Parton has seen 25 of her songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart — but one in particular is the most personal to her. In a new ...
Had Dolly Parton's "Jolene" not hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in the first week of February 50 years ago, it's an easy-to-argue point that the superstardom that found the ...