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Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. [1] Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted more than 120 hit singles across various genres, topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone.
"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.
"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.
"Lady" is a song written by Lionel Richie and first recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in September 1980 on the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits . It is listed at number 60 on Billboard ' s "Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs".
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.
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. Kenny Rogers' string of hits in the ...
However, Tillis stated that the song was about a veteran of World War II. [3] "Ruby" was first recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1966. Johnny Darrell reached number nine on the country charts with the song in 1967, [1] and Kenny Rogers and the First Edition released it in 1969.
"All My Life" is a song written by Dave Robbins, Jeff Silbar, and Van Stephenson, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in April 1983 as the second single from the album We've Got Tonight. The song reached number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in mid-1983.