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"It's
interesting what a song can do for you emotionally, professionally and
socially," comments Kenny Rogers. "It's also great when
you can continue to touch people with your music."
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Kenny Rogers with
Richard De La Font |
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An American icon, there are few artists of Kenny's
stature. His phenomenal success as a global entertainer is unique. In
the span of nearly three decades, Kenny Rogers has recorded more
than 58 albums which have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
In March 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded
Kenny the prestigious Diamond Award, celebrating sales of more
than 10 million albums for his "Greatest Hits" album. As one of country music's biggest crossover successes,
Kenny's numerous accolades include four Grammy Awards, 11 People's
Choice Awards, 18 American Music Awards, eight Academy of Country Music
Awards and five Country Music Association Awards. In addition, he was
named "Favorite Singer of All Time" in a PM Magazine/USA Today
poll in 1986, and in 1989 readers of People Magazine voted Kenny
"Favorite Male Vocalist."
Perhaps his most cherished award is also his most
personal. In 1990, Kenny was honored with the Horatio Alger Award,
given to those who have distinguished themselves despite humble
beginnings. For both Kenny and his admirers, his success is all the more
remarkable for his having been raised in a Houston public housing
project with seven brothers and sisters.
  Kenny Rogers continues to take his music on the road. His
"live" concerts have always been a mainstay of his success and
he continues to pack them in – not only in the United States, but
in Europe, New Zealand, Africa and the Far East. In April-May, 1998, he
performed with Reba McEntire throughout Australia. Kenny embarked on a
month-long extensive European concert tour commencing in April, 1999
visiting such territories as Poland, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden,
Finland, Norway, Scotland and England. Kenny spends a great deal of his time recording and
performing, but he has also enjoyed a wonderfully fulfilling career as
an actor, and is best known worldwide for his colorful portrayal as The
Gambler's Brady Hawkes. Kenny's popular "Gambler"
mega-hit recording spawned the longest running mini-series in the
history of television in the United States. The five Gambler
mini-series has attracted more than 100 million viewers nationwide.
Success of the magnitude of Kenny's brings with it an
opportunity to draw some attention to the charitable causes that he
champions. After the 1981 death of friend, singer/songwriter Harry
Chapin, Kenny assumed his position at the forefront of the movement to
aid the hungry. "Access to proper food and nutrition," said
Kenny, "is perhaps the most fundamental right of every human being."
Thus, the World Hunger Media Awards were created. In 1985, Kenny Rogers participated in the
historical recording of "We Are The World," the
multi-celebrity performance which raised millions of dollars for famine
relief in Africa. A year later, he co-chaired the audacious, "Hands
Across America" fund-raiser for America's hungry. Kenny was also
instrumental in aiding the hungry in his own backyard in Georgia by
establishing the Athens Area Homeless Shelter which opened in 1990.
Between his entertainment and charitable endeavors,
Kenny has managed to find the time to become a well-respected
photographer. He was invited to the White House to create a portrait of
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the CBS TV Special "A Day in
The Life of Country Music" that aired in 1993. He has also
published two well-received photography books: "Kenny Roger's
America," composed of black and white landscapes, and "Kenny
Rogers: Your Friends And Mine," a collection of celebrity
portraits.
Kenny Rogers is a man constantly seeking new
challenges, new ways to maintain excitement both for himself and his
fans. Most of all, he is exactly as he seems – a proud man, but
also a sincere, honest one, unfazed by his success and largely
unimpressed by his own accomplishments.
Awards include --
- Country Weekly Presents the TNN Music Awards Career Achievement
Award 2000
- Grammy Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet 1988
- American Music Awards Favorite Album 1985
- American Music Awards Favorite Male Artist 1985
- ASCAP Song of the Year 1983
- Academy of Country Music Single of the Year 1983
- Academy of Country Music Top Vocal Duet 1983
- American Music Awards Favorite Male Artist 1983
- American Music Awards Favorite Single 1983
- American Music Awards Favorite Album 1982
- American Music Awards Favorite Album 1981
- American Music Awards Favorite Male Artist 1981
- American Music Awards Favorite Single 1981
- American Music Awards Favorite Album 1980
- American Music Awards Favorite Male Artist 1980
- Music City News Country Single of the Year 1980
- American Music Awards Favorite Album 1979
- American Music Awards Favorite Male Artist 1979
- CMA Album of the Year 1979
- CMA Male Vocalist of the Year 1979
- CMA Vocal Duo of the Year 1979
- Grammy Best Male Country Vocal Performance 1979
- Music City News Country Male Artist of the Year 1979
- Music City News Country Single of the Year 1979
- Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year 1978
- Academy of Country Music Top Male Vocalist 1978
- American Music Awards Favorite Single 1978
- CMA Vocal Duo of the Year 1978
- Academy of Country Music Album of the Year 1977
- Academy of Country Music Single of the Year 1977
- Academy of Country Music Song of the Year 1977
- Academy of Country Music Top Male Vocalist 1977
- CMA Single of the Year 1977
- Grammy Best Male Country Vocal Performance 1977
Hit songs include --
- All I Ever Need Is You
- Buy Me a Rose
- Coward Of The County
- Crazy
- Daytime Friends
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- I Don't Need You
- Islands in the Stream
- Lady
- Love Or Something Like It
- Love Will Turn You Around
- Lucille
- Make No Mistake, She's Mine
- Morning Desire
- Share Your Love With Me
- She Believes in Me
Kenny Rogers may be available for your next special event!
For booking information, click
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Genre: ..Country, ..Rock 1
Styles:
..Adult Contemporary
..Urban Cowboy
..Soft Rock
..Contemporary Country
..Country-Pop
Years active:
..60s, ..70s, ..80s, ..90s, ..00s
Born: ..in Texas
..in Houston
Aug 21, 1938
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Buy this album: "Water & Bridges" (2006)
Buy this album: "Christmas with Kenny" (2004)
Buy this album: "Back to the Well" (2003)
Buy this album: "Best of Kenny Rogers: Collectables" (2003)
Buy this album: "For
The Good Times" (2002)
Buy this album: "Greatest
Country Hits - Vol. 3" (2001)
Buy this
4 disc set: "Through
the Years - A Retrospect" (1999)
Buy this
2 disc set: "Kenny
Rogers" (1999)