Kenny (album)

Kenny

Studio album by Kenny Rogers

Released

September 1979^[1]

Recorded

1979

Genre

Country

Length

36:02

Kenny Rogers chronology

The Kenny Rogers Singles Album
(1979)

Kenny
(1979)

Gideon
(1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Kenny is the eighth studio album by Kenny Rogers, released in 1979. It includes the singles "Coward of the County" and "You Decorated My Life."

"Tulsa Turnaround" is a reworking of an earlier song Rogers recorded with The First Edition.

"Goodbye Marie" was later recorded by Bobby Goldsboro, charting as a single for him in 1981.

The album reached the top five of the US Billboard album chart and #1 in the Country charts (where it stayed for a record total of 25 weeks). In the UK, it was a top ten album as well. In 2007, the album was issued as a two album set on one CD, the other album included on the disc being the self-titled Kenny Rogers from 1976.

In the sleevenotes for the 2009 reissue on the Edsel record label, biographer Chris Bolton notes that this album "does its best to represent every musical personality of Kenny Rogers." Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that the album mixes music styles from Country to Disco.^[3]

This album has reportedly sold over 20 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Turn the Light On"	Louis Anderson, Stephen Geyer	3:03
2.	"You Decorated My Life"	Deborah Kay Hupp, Robert E. Morrison	3:38
3.	"She's a Mystery"	Larry Keith, Steve Pippin	2:54
4.	"Goodbye Marie"	Dennis Linde, Mel McDaniel	2:47
5.	"Tulsa Turnaround"	Larry Collins, Paul Cotton, Alex Harvey	2:52
6.	"I Want to Make You Smile"	Bill Medley	3:20
7.	"Santiago Midnight Moonlight"	John Porter McMeans	3:14
8.	"One Man's Woman"	Steve Glassmeyer	3:45
9.	"In and Out of Your Heart"	Thomas Cain, Randy Cullers, Dennis Linde, Alan Rush	3:23
10.	"Old Folks"	Willard Robison	2:44
11.	"Coward of the County"	Roger D. Bowling, Billy Ed Wheeler	4:20

Personnel

Kenny Rogers - lead vocals
Billy Sanford, Dave Kirby, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Johnny Christopher, Larry Keith, Randy Dorman, Ray Edenton, Reggie Young, Rick Harper, Steve Glassmeyer - guitar
Bob Moore, Charles "Chuck" Jacob, Joe Osborn, Tommy Allsup - bass
Bobby Wood, Chuck Cochran, David Briggs, Edgar Struble, Gene Golden, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Larry Keith, Shane Keister - keyboards
Edgar Struble - synthesizer
Bobby Thompson - banjo
Bobby Daniels - drums
Farrell Morris - percussion
Steve Glassmeyer - saxophone
Bergen White, Bobby Daniels, Buzz Cason, Don Gant, Donna McElroy, Edgar Struble, Lea Jane Berinati, Steve Glassmeyer, Todd Cerney, Tom Brannon, Yvonne Hodges - background vocals
Sheldon Kurland Strings - strings
Bill Justis, Edgar Struble - string arrangements

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	5
Canadian RPM Country Albums	1
Canadian RPM Top Albums	1
UK Albums Chart	7

References

↑ "LP Discography: Kenny Rogers". Lpdiscography.com. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Kenny - Kenny Rogers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Kenny - Kenny Rogers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-09-09.

Preceded by Greatest Hits by Waylon Jennings	Top Country Albums number-one album November 10, 1979 - April 26, 1980	Succeeded by There's a Little Bit of Hank in Me by Charley Pride
Preceded by Greatest Hits by Waylon Jennings I'll Always Love You by Anne Murray I'll Always Love You by Anne Murray Sings Kristofferson by Willie Nelson	RPM Country Albums number-one album October 27 - December 15, 1979 January 12 - February 16, 1980 March 15–22, 1980 April 19, 1980	Succeeded by I'll Always Love You by Anne Murray I'll Always Love You by Anne Murray Sings Kristofferson by Willie Nelson Together by The Oak Ridge Boys
Preceded by The Gambler by Kenny Rogers	Top Country Albums number-one album of the year 1980	Succeeded by 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs by Dolly Parton

Kenny Rogers

Studio albums	Love Lifted Me Kenny Rogers Daytime Friends Love or Something Like It The Gambler Kenny Gideon Share Your Love Love Will Turn You Around We've Got Tonight Eyes That See in the Dark What About Me? The Heart of the Matter They Don't Make Them Like They Used To I Prefer the Moonlight Something Inside So Strong Love Is Strange Back Home Again If Only My Heart Had a Voice Vote for Love Across My Heart She Rides Wild Horses There You Go Again Back to the Well Water & Bridges The Love of God Amazing Grace You Can't Make Old Friends

Collaboration albums	Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) Classics (with Dottie West) Timepiece (with David Foster)

Christmas albums	Christmas Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton) Christmas in America The Gift Christmas from the Heart Christmas with Kenny Christmas Collection Once Again It's Christmas

Compilations	Ten Years of Gold The Kenny Rogers Singles Album Greatest Hits (1980) 20 Greatest Hits Duets The Kenny Rogers Story Love Is What We Make It Short Stories Greatest Hits (1988) Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers Live by Request 42 Ultimate Hits 21 Number Ones

Notable singles	"That Crazy Feeling" "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" "But You Know I Love You" "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "Lucille" "Daytime Friends" "Sweet Music Man" "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West) "Love or Something Like It" "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West) "The Gambler" "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West) "She Believes in Me" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Dottie West) "You Decorated My Life" "Coward of the County" "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes) "Love the World Away" "Lady" "I Don't Need You" "Share Your Love with Me" "Blaze of Glory" "Through the Years" "Love Will Turn You Around" "A Love Song" "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) "All My Life" "Scarlet Fever" "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) "Eyes That See in the Dark" "This Woman" "Buried Treasure" "Together Again" (with Dottie West) "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) "Evening Star" "Crazy" "Morning Desire" "Goodbye Marie" "Tomb of the Unknown Love" "Twenty Years Ago" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Ronnie Milsap) "I Prefer the Moonlight" "The Factory" "I Don't Call Him Daddy" "When You Put Your Heart in It" "Planet Texas" "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" "Maybe" (with Holly Dunn) "Love Is Strange" (with Dolly Parton) "Crazy in Love" "If You Want to Find Love" "Mary, Did You Know?" (with Wynonna Judd) "The Greatest" "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) "He Will, She Knows" "There You Go Again" "Homeland" "I Can't Unlove You"

Guest singles	"What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Dottie West) "Real Love" (with Dolly Parton) "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Anne Murray)

Related articles	Discography The First Edition United Artists Records Liberty Records RCA Records Reprise Records Kenny Rogers Roasters

Book:Kenny Rogers

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