His 1978 country chart-topper "The gambler" turned into five popular TV movies, while some of his other hits also inspired small-screen features. The special is said to be largely built around footage from the all-star salute Rogers received in Nashville on October 25, 2017, just a couple of months before his final concert appearances.Īlong with his music career, he started as an actor. Rogers'' signature song "The Gambler" was added to the National Registry in 1978.Ī special, "Biography: Kenny Rogers," had been announced by A&E earlier this month, set to air on April 13. He also worked with a number of other female vocalists, including Dottie West, Sheena Easton, Kim Carnes and Anne Murray. Two of them, his 1980 reading of Lionel Richie''s "Lady" and his 1983 collaboration with Dolly Parton "Islands in the stream". His appealing and gritty voice propelled him to become a country icon, from 1977-1987. I could never properly thank them for the encouragement and support they''ve given me throughout my career and the happiness I''ve experienced as a result of that."Īfter establishing himself commercially via rock- and pop-oriented singles with his group the First Edition, the bearded, prematurely gray Rogers was launched into the top rank of crossover country artists with a string of singles. "I didn''t want to take forever to retire," Rogers had said in a statement he released in 2018, adding: "I''ve thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to say farewell to the fans over the course of the past two years on ''The Gambler''s Last Deal'' tour. In April of 2018, he announced that he is calling off the remaining dates, including a planned appearance at the Stagecoach Festival in California, due to unspecified "health challenges".
"Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family," a representative for the singer said in a statement.ĭue to the global COVID-19 outbreak, the family is planning a small private service with a public memorial planned later.īack in 2015, Rogers had announced a farewell tour and kept it going through December 2017. Rogers, who dominated the pop and country charts in the 1970s and 1980s and won three Grammys, passed away "peacefully" from natural causes, reports.
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John Hobbs, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George Bitzer, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Leim, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - George Terry, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Albhy Galuten, Conductor, Producer, String Arranger, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Karl Richardson, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Barry Gibb, Producer, String Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Maurice Gibb, Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Rogers, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Fuller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bee Gees, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Myrna Matthews, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marti McCall, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Lala, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ken Faulk, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Renwick, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Gatlin Brothers, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Klein, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Whit Sidener, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Graves, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Denise De Caro, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Larry McNeely, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Neil Bonsanti, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Zeigler, Drums, AssociatedPerformer © Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo More info Their absence makes Through the Years somewhat less than definitive, yet it's still a fine roundup of his prime hitmaking period. Notably, there is nothing from the First Edition and "Islands in the Stream," his smash duet with Dolly Parton, is nowhere to be found.
In between, there are a bunch of big hits - "Daytime Friends," "Love or Something Like It," "The Gambler," "Coward of the County," "You Decorated My Life," "Lady," "Love Will Turn You Around," plus duets with Kim Carnes, Dottie West, and Sheena Easton - but not all of them. The set begins with "Lucille," his Top Ten breakthrough from 1977, and draws to a conclusion with the 1987 Ronnie Milsap duet "Make No Mistake, She's Mine," adding the 2006 single "I Can't Unlove You" as a coda. Released in 2018, Best of Kenny Rogers: Through the Years focuses squarely on Rogers' golden era of the late 1970s and early '80s, letting 20 hits pile up in chronological order.
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