Kenny Rogers

Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Pig: A Piano Player Without Equal

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alan Jackson, Bob Dylan, Charlie Rich, Dolly Parton, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, J.J. Cale, John Hartford, Kenny Rogers, Loretta Lynn, Mark Knopfler, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, RIP, Sturgill Simpson, The Cramps, Ween

Session superstar Hargus Robbins passes away at age 84

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Music Journalism Pop 

Pop Top 40: Hot 100 Week Ending August 29, 1981

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments Diana Ross, Journey, Juice Newton, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Lionel Richie, Lulu, Pop Top 40, Stevie Nicks, The Commodores, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty

The month of MTV’s birth, the biggest singles in the U.S. didn’t exactly reflect the new cable channel

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Country and/or Western Remembrance 

We Got Hooked on Mac Davis

October 1, 2020October 3, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bobby Goldsboro, Bruno Mars, Cheaper to Keep Her, Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton, Frank Sinatra, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, King of the Hill, Lou Rawls, Mac Davis, Merle Haggard, Murder She Wrote, North Dallas Forty, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Tammy Wynette, The Muppets, The Sting II, Webster

The iconic country singer, songwriter and actor dead at age 78

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Funk 

Three Decades Later, Does Graffiti Bridge “Still Would Stand All Time”?

September 1, 2020November 24, 2021 De Angela L. Duff 0 Comments Carmen Electra, Elisa Fiorello, George Clinton, Graffiti Bridge, Jill Jones, Junior Vasquez, Kenny Rogers, Mavis Staples, Prince, Robin Power, Rosie Gaines, Tevin Campbell, The Steeles, The Time

Looking back at a most misunderstood Prince classic for its 30th anniversary

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Country and/or Western Pop Radio Remembrance 

Crossover King: Kenny Rogers in the ’80s

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 2 Comments Barbra Streisand, Coward of the County, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes, Lady, Lionel Richie, Lucille, RIP, Ronnie Milsap, Sheena Easton

Rogers was a country star in the back half of the ‘70s, but became an all-conquering superstar in the 1980s

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Country and/or Western Pop Remembrance Rock 

The Gambler Leaves the Table

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Country Music Awards, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Islands In The Stream, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, RIP, The Gambler

Kenny Rogers died on March 20 at age 81

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