KENNY ROGERS TOOK A CHANCE ON LIONEL RICHIE — THEN “LADY” CHANGED BOTH OF THEIR LIVES
By 1980, Kenny Rogers hardly needed anyone to tell him how to make a hit.…
Read MoreKENNY ROGERS HAD FAME, FORTUNE, AND EVERYTHING MONEY COULD BUY — THEN ONE SONG ADMITTED WHAT A MAN CAN STILL FORGET AT HOME
By the time Kenny Rogers reached the year 2000, there seemed to be very little…
Read MoreTHE DUET THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO EXIST — AND WHY NEIL DIAMOND AND BARBRA STREISAND COULD NEVER BE REPLACED
Plenty of famous singers have shared a microphone. Plenty of record companies have discovered that…
Read MoreKENNY ROGERS MARRIED FIVE TIMES AND BECAME A FATHER OF FIVE — BUT THE STORY OF HIS CHILDREN REVEALS A SIDE OF HIM MANY FANS NEVER KNEW
Millions knew Kenny Rogers as the silver-haired storyteller behind songs like “The Gambler,” “Lady,” “Lucille,”…
Read MoreAt age 86: Tom Jones Reveals Which Elvis Presley Song SHATTERED Him — And One Private Detail He Shared Is Something Fans Never Knew…
AT 86, TOM JONES LOOKS BACK ON ELVIS PRESLEY — AND THE SONG THAT STILL…
Read MoreKENNY ROGERS COULD FILL AN ARENA WITH ONE SONG — BUT WHAT HE ASKED FANS TO DO BETWEEN THE MUSIC REVEALED ANOTHER SIDE OF THE MAN
By the early 1980s, Kenny Rogers had reached the kind of fame most musicians spend…
Read MoreHE WAS THE FIRST IN HIS FAMILY TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL — WHILE KENNY ROGERS DREAMED OF A BETTER LIFE, HIS MOTHER WAS WORKING NIGHTS TO HELP HIM REACH IT
Long before Kenny Rogers became one of the most recognizable voices in American music, there…
Read MoreTOM JONES’ “I WON’T CRUMBLE WITH YOU IF YOU FALL” ISN’T A LOVE SONG ABOUT ROSES — IT’S ABOUT STAYING WHEN LIFE FALLS APART
There are love songs that promise moonlight, forever, and a world where nothing ever goes…
Read More“Lady” — The Kenny Rogers Ballad That Made Love Sound Grown-Up, Gentle, and Forever
There are certain songs that seem to change the temperature of a room the moment…
Read MoreANNE MURRAY AND KENNY ROGERS DIDN’T JUST SING “IF I EVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN” — THEY MADE SECOND CHANCES SOUND BEAUTIFULLY REAL
There are love songs about the first rush of attraction, about reckless promises, and about…
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