Don Schlitz, one of Nashville's most storied and decorated songwriters, died April 16 at a Nashville hospital due to a sudden illness. He was 73. During his nearly five-decade career, the North ...

Don Schlitz, a hit songwriter whose solo composition “The Gambler” became a crossover smash for Kenny Rogers in 1978, died Thursday. He was 73. No cause was given, but a statement announcing his death ...

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.

In one of America's wealthiest neighborhoods lies an abandoned mega-mansion that was once the home of Kenny Rogers. Built in the early 1990s, this castle-like estate was valued at $15 million and ...

Forty-nine years ago, a country song with a single-word title soared to the top of the charts, putting one name in the spotlight and giving everyone who shared it a fleeting moment of fame.Kenny ...

The Greater Hazleton Concert Series Inc. announced that the Original Kenny Rogers Band featuring Don Gatlin will headline the fifth concert of the 2025-2026 season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at ...

Before he became one of the most successful crossover country artists of all time, Kenny Rogers founded the country-rock group The First Edition, which gave him his first major hit with “Just Dropped ...

On this day (August 5) in 1976, Kenny Rogers entered American Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, and recorded “Lucille.” He released it as a single from his self-titled sophomore solo album. It was a ...

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 ...