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Kenny Rogers' is one of the few country music stars that we featured on ilovethe80s.com. We include him due to the fact that like Juice Newton, Eddie Rabbitt, Dolly Parton, and others, Kenny Rogers made the jump from the country charts to the pop charts. And of course who can forget his career as an actor (The Gambler, etc.).
Rogers stared his music career in the 1950's. He started out as a band member before trying his hand as a solo artist. In the 60's, his band was called Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, and they landed a number of charting country hits. It was in 1976 that he returned to a solo career. Although Kenny Rogers did have a number of country hits in the 1970's, we will focus on his contribution to 80's pop.
In 1980, Kenny and Kim Carnes released the song "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer", which started his pop chart success. That same year, Rogers' joined forces with Lionel Richie as a producer, and the album Share Your Love (1981) featured a number of hit songs: "Lady", "I Don't Need You", "Through the Years", and "Share Your Love with Me". Other 80's pop hits included "Love the World Away", from the Urban Cowboy movie soundtrack, the title track and "A Love Song" from Love Will Turn You Around (1982), "We've Got Tonight" with Sheena Easton and "All My Life" from We've Got Tonight (1983), "Islands in the Stream" with Dolly Parton and "This Woman" from Eyes That See in the Dark (1983), "Crazy" from What About Me (1984), "Morning Desire" from The Heart of the Matter (1985), "Twenty Years Ago" from They Don't Make Them Like They Used To (1986), and "When You Put Your Heart in It" from Something Inside so Strong (1989).
Kenny Rogers continued producing new material throughout the 1990's and beyond, and he was still active at the time of this writing in late 2013. And of course many of you know that Rogers is a entrepreneur and have eaten at one of his restaurants (Kenny Rogers Roasters). They Kenny Rogers Discography is very long:
1976: Love Lifted Me
1977: Kenny Rogers
1977: Daytime Friends
1978: Love or Something Like It
1978: The Gambler
1978: Ten Years of Gold
1979: Kenny
1979: The Kenny Rogers Singles Album
1980: Gideon
1981: Christmas
1981: Share Your Love
1982: Love Will Turn You Around
1983: We've Got Tonight
1983: Eyes That See in the Dark
1983: 20 Greatest Hits
1983: HBO Presents: Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits
1984: Duets
1984: Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton)
1985: The Kenny Rogers Story
1985: Love Is What We Make It
1985: His Greatest Hits and Finest Performances
1985: Short Stories
1985: The Heart of the Matter
1986: They Don't Make Them Like They Used To
1987: I Prefer the Moonlight
1989: Something Inside So Strong
1989: Christmas in America
1989: Lucille and Other Classics
1990: 20 Great Years
1990: Greatest Country Hits
1990: The Very Best of Kenny Rogersv
1990: Love Is Strange
1991: Back Home Again
1992: The Best of Kenny Rogers
1993: Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers
1993: If Only My Heart Had a Voice
1996: Vote for Love
1996: The Gift
1997: Across My Heart
1997: A Decade of Hits
1998: Christmas from the Heart
1998: With Love
1999: A&E Biography
1999: Through the Years: A Retrospective
1999: She Rides Wild Horses
2000: There You Go Again
2000: Kenny Rogers Collection
2001: Best Inspirational Songs
2001: Songs of Love
2001: Live by Request
2002: Love Songs
2003: Back to the Well
2003: The Definitive Collection
2004: Kenny Rogers Love Songs
2004: 42 Ultimate Hits
2004: Christmas with Kenny
2005: Golden Legends: Kenny Rogers
2006: Christmas Collection
2006: Water & Bridges
2006: 21 Number Ones
2008: A Love Song Collection
2008: 50 Years
2009: The First 50 Years
2010: 10 Great Songs
2011: The Love of God
2012: Amazing Grace
2012: Christmas Live!
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