Kenny (album)
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| Studio album by Kenny Rogers | ||||
| Released | September 1979[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 36:02 | |||
| Label | United Artists Group | |||
| Producer | Larry Butler | |||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Kenny is the sixth 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 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
- "You Turn the Light On" 3:03 (L. Anderson, Sean Geyer)
- "You Decorated My Life" 3:38 (Deborah Kay Hupp, Robert E. Morrison)
- "She's a Mystery" 2:54 (Larry Keith, Steve Pippin)
- "Goodbye Marie" 2:47 (Dennis Linde, Mel McDaniel)
- "Tulsa Turnaround" 2:52 (Larry Collins, Paul Cotton, Alex Harvey)
- "I Want to Make You Smile" 3:20
- "Santiago Midnight Moonlight" 3:14 (John Porter McMeans)
- "One Man's Woman" 3:45 (Steve Glassmeyer)
- "In and Out of Your Heart" 3:23 (Thomas Cain, Randy Cullers, Dennis Linde, Alan Rush)
- "Old Folks" 2:44 (Willard Robison)
- "Coward of the County" 4:22 (Roger D. Bowling, Billy Ed Wheeler)
Personnel
- Kenny Rogers - vocals
- Billy Sanford, Dave Kirby, Jerry Shook, Jimmy Capps, Johnny Chirstopher, Larry Keith, Randy Dorman, Ray Edenton, Reggie Young, Rick Harper, Steve Glassmeye - 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 Godges - 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 |
References
- ↑ "LP Discography: Kenny Rogers". lpdiscography.com. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ↑ Kenny (album) at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r93941
| 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 |
