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On the Charts 26 Years Ago, Kenny Rogers Became the Oldest Country Singer To Hit No. 1 at the Time

On May 16, 2000, Kenny Rogers topped the country charts for the first time in more than a decade with "Buy Me a Rose".
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5 Kenny Rogers songs that prove 1978 was the best year of his career

Kenny Rogers, the genre-spanning icon who became the king of soft rock, released a slew of these career-defining hits in his ...
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This 1981 song by Kenny Rogers is his most romantic by far

Though romance was, of course, a category Rogers dabbled in plenty across his memorable catalog, no song reached the supreme ...

Blake Shelton Brought the ACM Awards to a Powerful Close With ‘The Gambler’ [Watch]

Blake Shelton helped bring the 2026 ACM Awards to an emotional close with a performance that had the entire arena singing ...
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Meet Kenny Rogers' 5 Wives—Plus, His $60 Million Divorce Settlement

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kenny Rogers’ career spanned decades and genres, and though the crooner sang of love and romance from time to time, it took the ...
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When I Say “Play Some Country Music” This Kenny Rogers Performance of His Signature 1970s Classic Is Exactly What I Mean

"The Gambler" nearly slipped away before Kenny Rogers turned it into one of the most iconic songs in country music history.

Country music icon Don Schlitz, who wrote Kenny Rogers' hit 'The Gambler,' dead at 73

Country Music Hall of Famer Don Schlitz, songwriter behind hits for Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis and The Judds, has died at age 73 in Nashville.

'The Gambler': 1978 No. 1 Hit Flopped Before Kenny Rogers Covered It

Every country fan knows "The Gambler." Scratch that, most avid music lovers know "The Gambler." There was a time when the ...