This article originally appeared on Rolling Stone. From bold psychedelic rockers and cinematic story songs to sentimental country-pop, Kenny Rogers covered considerable musical turf throughout six ...

Forty-five years ago today (Nov. 15, 1978) was a life-altering day for Kenny Rogers: It was on that date that the singer's multi-Platinum-selling album The Gambler was released. Rogers was already one ...

The music, the voice, that beard! Kenny Rogers songs was a staple of both country and pop radio for decades starting in the late 60s, when he left the New Christy Minstrels and broke out with a few ...

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 ...

Growing up in the 1940s and ‘50s as the fourth of eight children in a poor Houston family, future country music legend Kenneth Donald Rogers first recognized the possibility of a better life when he ...

(CBS) - The life and legacy of country music legend Kenny Rogers is honored in a new star-studded concert special, Kenny Rogers: All In For The Gambler, to be broadcast Thursday, September 23rd from 9 ...

Keith Urban hosted a livestream concert from his basement studio this week, the second in his Urban Underground series. Performing a six-song set, the singer-guitarist mixed in a classic cover as a ...

Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his persona as “The Gambler” on ...

From bold psychedelic rockers and cinematic story songs to sentimental country pop, Kenny Rogers covered considerable musical turf throughout six decades of recording and performing, using his ...

1938: Country music singer-songwriter and actor Kenny Rogers is born in Houston, Texas. Rogers is best known for hits like "Lucille," "The Gambler," "She Believes in Me," "Lady," "Through the Years" ...