“Islands in the Stream” , also topped the pop lists. He worked profitably with a number of other female vocalists, including Dottie West, Sheena Easton, Kim Carnes and Anne Murray.
Rogers was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Country Music Association the same year. After moving to Los Angeles in 1966, he joined the folk-pop unit the New Christy Minstrels, a group that also numbered such performers as Carnes, the Byrds’ Gene Clark, “Eve of Destruction” vocalist Barry McGuire and the Lovin’ Spoonful’s Jerry Yester among its members at one time or another.
Rogers also partnered with longtime female star West, and the duo racked up three No. 1 country singles for UA and then Liberty in 1978-81: “Every Time Two Fools Collide,” “All I Ever Need Is You” and “What Are We Doin’ in Love.” Though it failed to even dent the pop charts, “Make No Mistake, She’s Mine,” Rogers’ duet with singer-pianist Ronnie Milsap became Rogers’ next-to-last No. 1 country single in 1987. It also reaped a Grammy for best country vocal duet performance.
He issued a memoir, “Luck or Something Like It,” in 2012, and a novel, “What Are the Chances,” in 2013. That same year, he was the recipient of the CMA Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award. He received a similar honor from CMT with its Artist of a Lifetime Award in 2015.
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He lived a good life.
RIP Kenny you will be missed very much thank you for all the awesome music !
paulnoble That's Noel Edmonds
DrJimmyStar So sad
CrazyNairobian May his soul rest in peace .vows are unbroken
R.I.P
Very sad...
MetaBlackCat Be at peace Gambler..♠️♥️♦️♣️🕯
My Mom loved Kenny Rogers. May he rest in peace.
Long live Bob Seger!
RIP Kenny
Oh man. 💔 Growing up in the country, my entire childhood was filled with his songs. To this day if I hear his music, I find myself singing along. Thanks for the music and memories, Kenny!
FilmBudget Godspeed Kenny thanks for the music acting the heart🙏
The Gambler!
Rest peacefully, Gambler! 😥
MichaelRyanRuiz Thank you google
itsNICKSNIDER 🥺
💿💿💿
Shit
RIP Kenny Rodgers. Loved your music growing up
Something's Burning!
R.IP.
“Know when to walk away, know when to run.” For real Kenny.
CindyPoluta You got to know when to hold 'em... Know when to fold 'em... Know when to walk away... Know when to run... You got to count your dubplates... Before you touch the turntables... 'Cause if you run out of big tunes... That means your sound is done. ⚰️🙏🏾❤️
Pure legend RIP
RIP 🙏🏼 💜
😔
🙏🙏🙏🙏
What!
I remember going to his restaurants as a kid.
Awww RIPKennyRogers 🙁
Rip🙏🏿
wyche89 One of the all time greatest....he left us some amazing music....loved this guy!!!...RIPKenny
wyche89 2020 really f*cking sucks.
woodypaige Nooooo 😩
Shocked
RIP Kenny, I grew up with your music, you were always on the radio to keep me company. God bless you.🙏🙏🙏
woodypaige RIP Kenny
RIP
He broke even when the dealing was done.
SheWhoRises RIP Kenny Rogers😢 .please go away 2020 we’re getting tired of you .
Prayers and condolences to the Roger's family.
😢
Ooh 💔😱rip
RIP Kenny!!💗🙏🏽
Loved all hisusic. He will be sadly missed. RIP Kenny Rogers 🙏
Stay_Cruel taking social distancing to a new level.
Wow. Heartbroken 💔
RIP gambler
Kenny!? ...Kenny!
😢😢😢very sad
RIP
DrPopCultureBG Through the years...... thank you Mr Rogers for some real great work!
😞😞😞
SuperBecca Loved me some Kenny
lookner Condolences to his family. I am a huge fan this brakes my heart.
DavidTruong21
Rest Peacefully Mr. Rogers 🙏🏽
😭💔
MichaelRyanRuiz Turned back toward the window, crushed out his cigarette, and faded off to sleep.
helencadey islands in the stream
:(
RdoCapital RIP ... Kenny
Rest in peace.
💔😭🙏
😢😢😢😢😢
RIP 😢
RIP
😢
NOOOOOOOOOO! I LOVED _KennyRogers 😔💔😭 PMHT
SandyPembroke The 1st Edition is gone.
Ouch. 😞
OMG!!!!! 😢😢😢😢😢
“He said son my life is over but yours has just began and i heard him say i promise to dad not to do things he’s done walk away from if you can “
I am heartbroken over his death will never get over this. I will miss him. RIP KR
Michael Scott is in shambles right now.
2020 just sprinkling depressing news now on this all-time turd of a year.
🙏😞❤️
The Gambler... 🙏
RIP Gambler
RIP
Noooooooo! Guess I know what I’ll be listening to all day today. This sucks.
TheBenderNation So sad to lose one of the greats..
🙏🏽
MichaelRyanRuiz I know ppl keep saying this but it’s true, 2020 is weak as fuck. RIP to a legend.
CrazyNairobian rip to the legend
I had such a big crush on him and he always put on such a great show. You will be missed.💔🙏❤️
RIP The Gambler. ♠️♥️♦️♣️🃏
MichaelRyanRuiz
MichaelRyanRuiz Kenny Kennaayy!?
He knew when to fold ‘em.
lookner Tell me he didn’t get coronovirus
what the fuck
No. Not Kenny. RIP 💔😥
I shall watch a video of Kenny and Dolly singing Islands in the Stream. RIPKennyRogers
RIP
This hurt my soul. Kenny used to blast through my Jamaican house for Saturday cleaning 😭
itsNICKSNIDER RIP Kenny. 🙏🏿
My mom will be upset was always a fan of you and Dolly Parton.
I'll forever remember the smell of is chicken restaurant.
just walked in to see what condition my condition was in 😢
RIP
AdamMaina_ Legend Hangs his Cowboy boots.. 😩 Rest well Kenny..💔
I just woke up to see what condition my condition was in 😢
Another sad loss .. R.I.P. x
xDevidax 😥 😥... Grew up listening to his 🎶..
He was a wonderful performer he will be missed
RIPKennyRogers 😥
MarcJSpearsESPN The roast chicken guy? RIP. 😥
AnnNyberg R.I.P.
TheBenderNation RIP Kenny Rogers
❤️😔
🙏🙏🙏
SheWhoRises And if I could move, I'd get my gun and put her in the ground, Oh RUBY, don't take your love to town.🎶 RIP Kenny ♥️
Sad
🎵'If your gonna play the game, boy You gotta learn to play it right...'🎵
RIP
lookner RIP KennyRogers
Sad news. Brought up on his music. What a voice. Also incredibly funny and charming in concert. RIP to a great.
HannabillLecter God damn it
Oh no,,,, auspol
_John_Smith1967 Sad news, me and the Mrs went to see him when he was in Glasgow a few years ago. He was still very good but looked frail.
RIP Kenny Rogers.
Picked a fine time to leave us. Sorry. RIP
RIH Mr Rogers🙏🙏🙏👼
R.I.P. GAMBLER
itsNICKSNIDER 😭😭😭😭😭
RIP Kenny Rogers...Houston-born and raised, there were few bigger in the music world from '77 to the late '80s.
May you find your forever “Island in the Stream” RIP
RIP
It is wrong of me to say I wasn't even aware he was still alive...?
mekaa34 R.i.p to a legend
Danger zone!!!!! Kennyyy nooooo I love you man!! 😩😩😩
Sad Face RIP
OMFG NOOOOOOOO
He leaves his wife Lucille, along with their four hungry children,and a crop in the field.
Dwillsrepgh Legend of legends
Dwillsrepgh We really sad. From zimbabwe africa.
kenedavies 😭😭😭😭😭
RIP Big Boss
RIP KR 🙏🏻😇🎤
Oh, no! A king. My mom LOVED his music and public persona.
No!!!! 😢😢😢😢
😥 He was one of my favorites and worthy of the word legend.
Hope he broke even...
Sad news 😔 RIP Kenny Rogers, You’ll be missed 🙏🏻🌹✨
I was, am & always will be a huge fan of this immeasurably talented man. RIPKennyRogers
spookygirllove 'Best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep'
The Gambler was one of the first vinyl records I ever owned as a five year-old with a phonograph. Played the heck out of it and made me a Kenny Rogers fan for life. God speed, Gambler. Truly one of a kind.
OMG
So sorry to hear that. His voice will live forever.
Rest In Peace Legend
RIP Kenny Rodgers
lookner Oh no.
Rest In Peace
RIP. You're one of the reasons I love country music 💔💔
itsNICKSNIDER 💔💔💔
💔💔
Dam I loved his chicken stores !
Rest in peace😞
He couldn't handle 2020 no more...RIP
phontigallo RIP Kenny Rogers (August 21, 1938- March 20, 2020). 1. The Gambler. 2. Islands In the Stream. 3. Lady. 4. Coward Of the County. 5. She Believes In Me. That was real country music. Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton made country music main stream (pop). KennyRoger RIPKennyRogers
biwomdz Oh No 🤦🏽♀️
uopplmkgeu 0
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NOOOOO 😧
Jali_Cat
Rest in peace. 🙏🏼
RIP Kenny
carolinegriz
Rip Big man. One of the greatest 🙌🏽
Will never be forgotten
RIP you wonderful man xxx
RIP Kenny 💔😥
He was very loved by many in my mother’s generation. RIP...
Yea yeah woooooooo . Yeaaaaahhhhh
RIP KennyRodgers. A great singer songwriter artist from 70's known for big country hits and ballads. This great rock tune example more my style apparently performed while a member of some band well before all that! VoteBlue2020
lookner Rest in peace kenny.
DLthings Again?
What! He was one of the first country artists I knew of growing up💔 Prayers to his fans and family.
😭😭😭😭
I have such fond memories of listening to his songs with my mother. We’d turn up the car stereo and yell out the lyrics to the Gambler, Coward of the Country, islands in the Stream and You Decorated My Life. He will forever be one of the greats. RIP.
shang_hygh
Is he being buried or Roasted? He is a legend.
Rest In Peace beautiful soul
Oh no. What a shame. Liked him.
😭😭
Such a loss! 😭
The gambler!
😭 this is not the news we need right now
lookner F
BrianSandalow
lookner 'And somewhere in the darkness The gambler, he broke even'
Listening to him right now
lookner White dude gone, OMFG! Where do we go from here.
My late father loved his country music and heard KR voice a plenty growing up. Rip legend
A's & 8's
I always thought he had an intriguing biography. Raw talent plus ambition, creating your opportunity... Before he was country he was going for psychedelic. ‘My Condition’ was a great song. R.I.P.
dia muy triste, se ha ido un gran cantante de country, con una voz excepcional. gracias por habernos hecho disfrutar tanto de la música
Shareee Rip Sir
RIP
I won’t never count them before I ran!!! You were the best!!! RIP Kenny....
K810Mt Sad!!!!
Phillip_Nation rip :(
Rest in peace 💔
AndiMakinana Kenny followed the evening star. Bon voyage
RIP ❤
😔
DRMovieNews1 What a loss, he’s been one of my favorites since I was eight years old when my Dad introduced me to his music. 2020 really sucks so far. RIP🙏
He .didn't. Fold. HE. BROKE. EVEN!. RIP, G.O.A.T.
No Way
'Every one considered him the coward of the cowardice' my greatest song RIP to the legend
MarcJSpearsESPN You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille. RIP
RIP will love him 4 ever in tears right now
RIP Kenny Rogers. Amazing musician. I especially love Coward of the county❤️
christineadele_ We seriously need to cancel 2020. RIP Kenny Rogers
lookner Dolly Parton must be so sad
True to brand, Kenny Rogers knew when to fold ‘em.
Noooooo oh God noooo I am crying right now why did you take Kenny. I will love Kenny Rogers and love him 4 ever. My condolences to friends and family. I so wanted to meet my favorite of all time country singer he was my idol. I will miss him. I am heartbroken :(
Felix_Manyindo Sad...we have lost an icon
RIP legend
CrazyNairobian RIP .....
ChrisPaulComedy DON'T COME TO MY DOOR KENNY. THE MOB HAS FUCKED UP BAD.
May he Rest In Peace...🌹🙏🎶
lookner I never got to try his chicken 😢
I was just watching the YouTube video of The First Edition song Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) earlier today... 😥
Rest in peace Kenny Rogers.
He knew what we wanted.
Bye bye Kenny 😢😢😢💔💔💔 your music always made me smile. 💖💖👏👏😊
Idol, icon, you name it, the man was th best while I was growing up!!!
beetlechocolate Wtf 2020 is a bitch
amandadeibert Damn it 2020!
Brandysull A lie !!!!
Tee_Kaey Ohhh no 😔😔😔😔😔😔 Rest in Peace Kenny
So sad, I love his music.
This is very sad news!
“Cause every hand's a winner And every hand's a loser And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep”
lookner Corona?
MarcJSpearsESPN 2020 is really taking a toll
How very sad. I remember seeing him back in the old First Edition days. RIPKennyRogers
Another one.........
RIP, Mr. Rogers, and thank you.
Americareform 😭
NO!!!
R.I.P. Kenny Rogers
☹️
oh no🥺🥺🥺RIP
ReaganGomez Oh noooo 😢
😔 R.I.P
layson_pablo Just enjoyed one his songs 'Lady' with my mom and brother, just this morning (Ph time)... Feel bad this thing had happened... Rest in peace...
MarcJSpearsESPN Don’t know who he is but RIP
Woah. RIP.
RIP Mr. Rogers aka The Gambler! As if 2020 couldn't get any shittier...
😢
lookner Say hi to my dad! You will know him cuz he looks just like you!
lookner 2020 sucks
lookner This is absolutely heartbreaking!! 💔 Amazing man! RIP Kenny. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Whaaat?!!!
michaelarria Delicious_Tacos
😢 Legend
classicmovieblg WHAT THE ABSOLUTE HELL? Oh my god. 😭 Shattered
MissJupiter1957 Oh no-I love him.
''You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille..' RIP
Sad news. I don't think 81 is THAT old. What a legend. An icon. Rest in peace, Gambler.
aw rip--just dropped in to see what condition his condition was in :(
Well, this fucking sucks. RIP sir thanks for all the joy your work brought the world.
KENNY!!!
Lady was my favorite old school song. RIP🌹
Not that I was some big fan but I remember being 5/6 years old in the early 80s, laying in my bed at 10PM & screaming the lyrics for 'Islands in the Stream' over & over again until my mom came in & told me to shut up
lookner The end of an era.
No😔
RIP 🕯❤🌹❤🕯
Oh shit
Bad chicken 😭😭😭 rip
lookner Rest in peace
GEICO I’m petitioning for you guys to bring back Kenny Rogers commercial!!!
Crawford_MILB
RIP!
One of my favorite singers.
Legend! ripkennyrogers
Rest In Peace Kenny Rogers. You will be so missed
Damn
rip
Icon.
Rest In Peace
Icon rip
Holy hell 😞
Damn! RIP
RIP sad.
R.I.P
Rest in peace the gambler
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