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KENNY ROGERS TICKETS
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KENNY ROGERS TICKETS
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Kenny Rogers History
It took several tries before Kenny Rogers became a
star. But superstardom lay ahead for this Texan, and
it arrived in the late '70s. His experience with the two
previous pop groups had prepared him well: He knew
the easy listening audience was out there, and he
supplied them with well-done middle-of-the-road
songs with a country flavor. Having gone solo, in 1976
Rogers charted with "Love Lifted Me." The rest (as
they say) is history: award-winning duets with
Dottie West and Dolly Parton, 12 TV specials, another
song-of-the-year with "The Gambler," "Daytime
Friends," "Coward of the County," "We've Got Tonight,"
"Crazy," and "Lady" (his first pop number one). And
that's just the musical side of Rogers. In 1980, the
made-for-TV movie The Gambler blasted the
competition, followed quickly by Coward of the
County, then enough sequels to The Gambler to get
him to Roman numeral IV.
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Like many country superstars, Rogers came from humble roots. Born in Houston, TX, Rogers
and his seven siblings were raised in one of the poorest sections of town. Nevertheless, he
progressed through high school, all the while learning how to play guitar and fiddle. When he
was a senior, he played in a rockabilly band called the Scholars, who released three singles,
including "Kangewah," which was written by Louella Parsons. Following his graduation, he
released two singles, "We'll Always Fall in Love Again" and "For You Alone," on the local
independent label Carlton. The B-side of the first single, "That Crazy Feeling," was popular
enough to earn him a slot on American Bandstand. In 1959, he briefly attended the University of
Texas, but he soon dropped out to play bass in the jazz combo the Bobby Doyle Three. While
he was with the group, Rogers continued to explore other musical venues and played bass on
Mickey Gilley's 1960 single "Is It Wrong." The Bobby Doyle Three released one album, In a Most
Unual Way, before Rogers left the group to play with the Kirby Stone Four. He didn't stay long
with Stone and soon landed a solo record contract with Mercury.
Rogers released a handful of singles on Mercury, all of which failed. Once Mercury dropped the
singer, he joined the New Christy Minstrels in 1966. He stayed with the folk group for a year,
leaving with several other bandmembers -- Mike Settle, Terry Williams, and Thelma Lou
Camacho -- in 1967 to form the First Edition. Adding drummer Terry Jones, the First Edition
signed with Reprise and recorded the pop-psychedelic single "Just Dropped In (To See What
Condition My Condition Was In)." The single became a hit early in 1968, climbing to number
five. Within a year, the group was billed as Kenny Rogers & the First Edition, and in the
summer of 1969, they had their second and final Top Ten hit, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to
Town." The country overtones of the single hinted at the direction Rogers was taking, as did the
minor hit follow-up, "Ruben James." For the next two years, the First Edition bounced between
country, pop, and mild psychedelia, scoring their last big hit with Mac Davis' "Something's
Burning" in early 1970. By the end of 1972, the group had their own syndicated television show,
but their sales were drying up. They left Reprise the following year, signing to Rogers' new
label, Jolly Rogers. None of their singles became major hits, though a version of Merle
Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again" reached the lower regions of the country charts
late in 1973. Rogers left the group in 1974, and the band broke up the following year.
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At the time the band broke up, Rogers
was severely in debt and Jolly Rogers
was out of business. In order to jump-
start his career, he signed to United
Artists in 1975, and with the help of
producer Larry Butler, he devised an
accessible, radio-ready, and
immaculately crafted take on country-
pop that leaned toward adult
contemporary pop, not country. For the
next six years, Rogers had a steady
string of Top Ten hits on both the
country and pop charts. His crossover
success is important -- his lush, easy listening productions and smooth croons showed that country stars could conquer the pop audience, if produced and marketed correctly. |
During the late '70s and early '80s, much of country radio was dominated either by urban
cowboy or country-pop in the vein of Rogers' own singles. Between 1978 and 1980, he had five
straight number one country singles -- "Love or Something Like It," "The Gambler," "She
Believes in Me," "You Decorated My Life," "Coward of the County" -- most of which also reached
the pop Top Ten. In addition to his solo hits, he had a series of Top Ten duets with Dottie West,
including the number one hits "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (1978), "All I Ever Need Is You"
(1979), and "What Are We Doin' in Love" (1981). Not only did his singles sell well, but so did
his albums, with every record he released between 1976's Kenny Rogers and 1984's Once
Upon a Christmas going gold or platinum. By the beginning of the '80s, Rogers' audience was
as much pop as it was country, and singles like his cover of Lionel Richie's "Lady" confirmed
that fact, spending six weeks at the top of the pop charts. Rogers also began duetting with pop
singers like Kim Carnes ("Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer," number three country, number
four pop, 1980) and Sheena Easton ("We've Got Tonight," number one country, number six pop,
1983). Rogers also began making inroads into television and film, appearing in a number of
movies, including 1982's Six Pack and two movies based on his songs "The Gambler" and
"Coward of the County." Late in 1983, he left United Artists/Liberty for RCA Records, releasing a
duet with Dolly Parton called "Islands in the Stream" as his first single for the label. Written by
the Bee Gees and produced by Barry Gibb, the record became one of his biggest hits,
spending two weeks on the top of both the country and pop charts. Rogers stayed at RCA for
five years, during which time he alternated between MOR, adult contemporary pop and slick
country-pop. The hits didn't come as often as they used to, and they were frequently competing
with releases from Liberty's vaults, but he managed to log five number one singles for the
label, in addition to "Islands in the Stream": "Crazy" (1984), "Real Love" (1985), "Morning
Desire" (1985), "Tomb of the Unknown Love" (1986), and the Ronnie Milsap duet "Make No
Mistake, She's Mine" (1987). Despite his country successes, he no longer had pop crossover
hits. Nevertheless, Rogers' concerts continued to be popular, as did his made-for-TV movies.
Still, the lack of blockbuster records meant that RCA failed to renew his contract when it
expired in 1988. Rogers returned to his first label, Reprise, where he had one major hit --
1989's Top Ten "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)," taken from the gold album
Something Inside So Strong -- before his singles started charting in the lower half of the Top
40. Throughout the late '80s and '90s, Rogers kept busy with charity work, concerts, his fast-
food chain Kenny Rogers' Roasters, television specials, movies, and photography, publishing
no less than two books, -Kenny Rogers' America and -Kenny Rogers: Your Friends and Mine,
of his photos. Rogers continued to record, releasing albums nearly every year, but they failed to
break beyond his large, devoted fan base and only made a slight impact on the charts. With
1998's Christmas From the Heart, he established his own record label, Dreamcatcher; She
Rides Wild Horses followed a year later, and There You Go Again was issued in mid-2000
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