Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. His success burned brighter yet after he went solo in 1976, when, after a few minor Kenny Rogers songs became minor hits, he ...

Let's not mince words: 1978 was not only the best year for Kenny Rogers' long and celebrated career, but one of the best years for any songwriter. In what was evidently a Beatles-esque fit of ...

Kenny Rogers became one of the most enduring superstars in country music history, but he was a middle-aged man looking for an unlikely comeback when he scored his first No. 1 country hit in 1977. What ...

Kenny Rogers scored the defining hit of his career when he released “The Gambler” in 1978, but he was not the first artist to record the song. Another well-known star cut it before him, and another ...