Rogers receives Nelson award
The just inducted Country Music Hall of Fame member will be honored with a tribute featuring Jennifer Nettles, Rascal Flatts and Darius Rucker.
"Kenny Rogers is a living legend and Country Music trailblazer," said Ed Hardy, President of the CMA Board of Directors."He is more than deserving of this honor and what is sure to be a stellar tribute. He represents everything that this Award was intended to recognize when we initiated it last year with Willie."
Rogers is a five-time CMA Awards winner with 23 career nominations. Rogers has sold more than 120 million records worldwide, recorded 24 number one songs and 12 number one albums.
The award, presented for the first time last year to its namesake, was created and meant to be presented to an iconic artist who has attained the highest degree of recognition in country. The award recognizes an artist who has achieved both national and international prominence and stature through concert performances, humanitarian efforts, philanthropy, record sales and public representation at the highest level.
More news for Kenny Rogers
- 04/02/20: CMT sponsors Rogers tribute benefit concert
- 03/21/20: Kenny Rogers dies at 81
- 07/19/17: Rogers announces last show; Parton to perform
- 07/18/16: Rogers announces final Xmas tour
- 04/13/16: Rogers starts final tour in May
- 07/13/15: It's Christmas time again for Rogers
- 09/30/14: Rogers announces holiday tour
- 12/20/13: Rogers charts for seven decades
CD reviews for Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers has aged well, perhaps because he was already prematurely grey back when he first entered the country music realm more years ago than he'd probably care to mention. He sings, with the help of old friend Dolly Parton, on this album's title track about how you can't make old friends. And disarmingly honest lines like, "Who's going to tell me the truth?" raise this song above being just another music buddy number. The only trouble with having Parton sing a ...
There seems to be a theme among country superstars. They work their way onto the scene, burn bright, hopefully keeping the flame alive for some time. Then as their career ebbs and flows and the hits stop coming as steadily as they used to, they find themselves sitting in a studio recording a gospel record. Granted, country and gospel have always been fine bedfellows, but it just seems to be a trend that signifies that one is nearing the end of their career.
"The Gambler" himself, Kenny ...
Kenny Rogers' first studio album in three years finds his gifts undiminished, with his voice resounding distinctively atop Dann Huff's country-tinged adult contemporary productions. The material sticks to the sort of contemplative mid-tempo numbers on which Rogers excels, and though the opening single (the power ballad "I Can't Unlove You") is lyrically pedestrian, there are songwriting riches to be found throughout.
Walt Wilkins and Davis Raines' "Someone Somewhere Tonight" hits a high point ...
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