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Kenny Rogers
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Born: Feb 21, 1938
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Kenny Rogers was born in Houston, Texas, USA. He took an interest in singing while quite young and as a teenager joined a doo-wop recording group who called themselves "The Scholars." At age 19, Kenny recorded "That Crazy Feeling" for a small Houston label, Carlton Records, and his career was off and running. Kenny joined the "New Christy Minstrels" in the mid-1960s, then splintered off with others in the popular group to form "The First Edition." Their first big soft-rock hit, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" hit #6 on the US charts, while later successes included "Something's Burning," "Just Dropped In," "Tell It All Brother" and "Reuben James." The husky-framed singer's ingratiating personality and sensual gravel tones soon took center stage and the group eventually renamed themselves "Kenny Rogers and the First Edition." They hosted a syndicated TV variety series from 1971 to 1973 called "Rollin' on the River" but the pressures of taping a weekly show caused extreme friction within the group and eventually took its toll. After a couple of years of producing non-hit songs, the group disbanded in the mid-70s. Solo stardom seemed to be inevitable for Kenny and he began chalking up a string of country-tinged 'top 20' pop hits with "Lucille" (#5), "Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer" (#4, with Kim Carnes), "Through the Years" (#13), "We've Got Tonight" (#6, with Sheena Easton") and his two #1 hit sellers "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) and "Lady." By the late 19...[MORE]
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Kenny Rogers Nude and Sexy
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