Kenny Rogers dead at 81

[Emelee]

Died peacefully at home surrounded by family.

RIP

 

[Barbara Fan]

RIP Kenny Rogers

Sympathies to his family and will always remember him for the lyrics

with 4 hundred children and a crop in the field - or so i thought!

 

[Michelle Stevens]

I enjoyed Kenny Rogers work. One of my favourites was from his early days with First Edition,

 

[Payton Cross]

I grew up with the music of Kenny Rogers, because his music was played a lot at home, even now I still enjoy his music.
Kenny Rogers will definitely be missed, what a legend he was.


Kenny Rogers

Thanks you for your beautiful music, your will live on forever in our hearts.

 

[Rove]

Sad to hear this.

This has always been one of my favourites. Kenny was a great story-teller.

R.I.P. mate.​

 

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[Jessie]

I was sad to hear of his passing. I saw Kenny in concert twice once with Dolly Parton. I love his music. My condolences to his family and friends. May he Rest In Peace.

 

[Sarah]

So sad to hear this. The Gambler is one of my favourite songs and of course, he has worked with my favourite lady

 

[Angela Channing]

His songs that told a story were the best, my favourite was Coward of The Country. However, the most interesting was Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town which told the story of a woman who went out looking for sex because she couldn't have relations anymore with her husband after he was paralysed in the Vietnam war. Astonishing subject matter that he made into a brilliant recording.

 

[Daniel Avery]

My sixth-grade teacher Mrs. Green was absolutely in love with the man. I mean, she would play his records in class before class started (while she was taking roll and such) and while we were outside at recess. We all knew we could sidetrack her in lessons by bringing him up somehow. But we got so tired of hearing the same two/three albums over and over. One of her records ended up getting placed on the heater and melted. Ah, good times.

He was most popular during that odd period of the 1970s when everyone was trying to be "crossover artists"--country singers trying to be pop stars, pop stars trying to be country stars--but he probably was the most successful at maintaining an identity in both parts of the music business.