This Top 10 Kenny Rogers songs list was extremely challenging to narrow down, ... Kenny Rogers had left the First Edition and made the decision to launch his solo career in country music.

After leaving the First Edition in 1976, Rogers released one relatively unsuccessful solo album. ... No other song but "The Gambler" could head up any list of the Top 10 Kenny Rogers Songs.

Kenny Rogers' string of hits in the ’70s and ’80s ... Rogers had moved the First Edition toward country ... As with most of his songs, Rogers didn’t write this chilling account of a ...

A cover song and a Christmas song make up two of the best Kenny Rogers duets with Dolly Parton. This Top 5 list also includes a timeless country collaboration.

Here’s a rundown of Rogers’ songs on the latest list. Kenny Rogers on Digital Song Sales Chart ... No. 37, “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” with The First Edition (4,000, up 6,836%) ...

In 1977, the song reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s U.S. Hot Country Songs list and No. 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100 list. Rogers said Lucille took off after he performed the song on The ...

The late Kenny Rogers‘ first posthumous album, Life Is Like a Song, is set to release June 2 via UMe. Rogers, who notched a successful career in pop music with the band First Edition in the ...

With its story-songs, characters, and morality tales, The Ballad of Calico pointed to the directions Rogers would go once the First Edition broke up a few years after its release.

At 2 p.m. Saturday, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, who disbanded in 1976, will reunite for a panel discussion at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. "We still absolutely love each ...

Recorded in 1969 by rising pop star Kenny Rogers, whose name had just been recently put out front on the marquee with “Kenny Rogers and The First Edition,” “Ruby” was a song about a ...

The late Kenny Rogers‘ first posthumous album, Life Is Like a Song, is set to release June 2 via UMe.. Rogers, who notched a successful career in pop music with the band First Edition in the ...