Kenny Rogers was proud of himself after he made the song Lucille. However, his mother didn’t feel so good about it after the song was first played on the radio. The biggest problem for her was that ...

Forty-nine years ago today, Kenny Rogers was at the top of the country chart for the first time with a song his mom didn't appreciate.

It’s easy to forget sometimes, after four decades of hits on the country charts and a dozen roles in TV westerns, that there was once a time when Kenny Rogers, who died Friday at age 81, was seen as ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” ...

Kenny Rogers, a grizzled, raspy-voiced country-pop crooner who specialized in narrative-driven ballads such as “Lucille” and “The Gambler,” the latter of which sent its life-as-a-card-game refrain ...

Actor-singer 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 ...

Kenny Rogers, the country-pop legend who became a household name with his 1977 and 1978 hits “Lucille” and “The Gambler,” has died at the age of 81. Rogers passed away late Friday night, according to ...