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"You Decorated My Life" is a song written by Debbie Hupp and Bob Morrison, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in September 1979 as the lead single from his album Kenny. It was a number-one hit on the Billboard Country Singles chart, [1] and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]
Rogers sings the opening verse, while Nelson sings most of The Gambler's dialog, then falls asleep just as Rogers concludes the song's story. After he dies, The Gambler's spirit rises from his Muppet body, singing backup and dances to the song's last two choruses, and lets a deck of cards fly from his hand before fading away. [28] A caricature ...
Kenny is the eighth studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers, released in 1979. It includes the singles " Coward of the County " and " You Decorated My Life ." "Tulsa Turnaround" is a reworking of an earlier song Rogers recorded with The First Edition .
"The Gambler" Don Schlitz: ... "You Decorated My Life" Debbie Hupp / Bob Morrison: ... "Love Will Turn You Around" David Malloy / Kenny Rogers / Thom Schuyler /Even ...
Daytime Friends is the third studio album by American singer Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records, released in 1977. [4] It was his second major success following the break-up of The First Edition in 1976 (his first album Love Lifted Me was a minor success, with his second, the self-titled Kenny Rogers, going to Number 1 on the US country charts and crossing over to the mainstream pop ...
The title track "The Gambler" was written by Don Schlitz, who was the first to record it. It was also covered by several other artists, but it was Kenny Rogers' adaptation of the tale that went on to top the country charts and won Rogers a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1980, later becoming Rogers' signature song.
"Coward of the County" is a song written by Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. The song was released in November 1979 as the second and final single from Rogers' multi-platinum album Kenny.
Robert Edwin Morrison (born August 6, 1942) is an American country songwriter based in Nashville.More than 350 of his songs have been recorded. His most successful compositions are the Grammy-winning Kenny Rogers song, "You Decorated My Life" and the Grammy-nominated "Lookin' for Love," the theme song for the 1980 John Travolta film, Urban Cowboy, recorded by Johnny Lee.