NSUNT p19
19/08/2007
KENNETH Donald "Kenny" Rogers, the American country music singer,photographer, producer, songwriter, actor and businessman, has charted more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping thecountry and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the US alone.
Two of his albums, the multi-million selling The Gambler (1978) and Kenny are featured in the About.com poll of "The 200 Most InfluentialCountry Albums Ever".
Rogers hasn't recorded any new albums for a couple of years, but nowhe's back with his compilation of greatest hits in Kenny Rogers 20 GreatYears, featuring new versions of some of his best known hit singles from1969 through 1989.
Lucille, that tells the story of an unfaithful wife and mother, was Rogers' first major hit as a solo artiste after leaving the successfulCountry/Rock group, The First Edition, in 1975.
Recorded in 1980, Lady, written and produced by Lionel Richie, proved to be an important record for both of them. It became the first record ofthe 80s to chart on all four of Billboard magazine's singles charts -Country, Hot 100, Adult Contemporary and Top Black Singles.
Other songs on this album are The Gambler , She Believes In Me, a country-pop song about a songwriter who has a beloved too good for him, the 1979 hit You Decorated My Life which reached number one on the country charts and crossed over onto the Billboard Hot 100 and Ruby,Don't Take Your Love To Town.
Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer features a duet with GrammyAward-winning singer-songwriter Kim Carnes, while Daytime Friends (AndNighttime Lovers) is the title track to Roger's 1993 compilation album.
If you like Kenny Rogers, you'll love this album. - NST
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