Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. His success burned brighter yet after he went solo in 1976, when, after a few minor Kenny Rogers songs became minor hits, he ...

This week in 1977: Hustler editor Larry Flynt was sentenced to seven years in prison for engaging in organized crime; The final episode of the ABC miniseries "Roots" reached a record 80 million ...

Your mom's favorite country singer, Kenny Rogers, famous for growling "Lucille," "The Gambler," "Coward of the County" and the 1983 duet with Dolly Parton "Islands in the Stream," plays at Black Bear ...

Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The Gambler" on ...