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Bob Seger
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter.
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David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC (born November 1, 1949), is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter and arranger, noted for discovering successful singers Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Charice and Michael Bublé and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world.
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music.
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Don Henley
Donald Hugh "Don" Henley (born July 22, 1947; Gilmer, Texas) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful seven time Grammy Award-winning solo career. His solo hits include "Dirty Laundry", "The Boys of Summer", "All She Wants to Do Is Dance", and "The End of the Innocence". In 2008, he was ranked the 87th greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
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Dottie West
Dottie West (October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. She is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the early 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again," which won her the first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965. In the 1960s, West was one of the few female country singers working in what was then a male-dominated industry, influencing other female country singers like Lynn Anderson, Crystal Gayle, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, and Tammy Wynette. Throughout the 60s, West had major country hits within the Top 10 and 20.
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Eddy Arnold
Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918–May 8, 2008), known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He created the Nashville sound in the late 1950s, and had 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. Eddy Arnold transcended different musical tastes in country. He served as a role model for future musicians with both his music and his scrupulously moral personal life. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (from 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (since 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
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George Martin
Sir George Henry Martin CBE (born 3 January 1926) is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"—a title that he owes to his work as producer of all but one ("Let It Be") of The Beatles' original records, as well as playing piano on some of The Beatles tracks—and is considered one of the greatest record producers of all time.
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Hank Snow
Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian country music artist. He charted more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. This total includes the number 1 hits "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket", "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", and "Hello Love" as well as other top ten hits. He is a member of both the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Music Hall of Fame.
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James Ingram
James Ingram (born February 16, 1956, Akron, Ohio) is an American soul musician. He is best-known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. Additionally, he is a producer and songwriter.
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John Y. Brown, Jr.
John Young Brown, Jr. (born December 28, 1933) is a politician, entrepreneur, and businessman from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served as the 55th governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, although he may be best-known for building Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) into a multi-million dollar restaurant chain. Currently single, he has been married three times, the second time to former Miss America Phyllis George. Among his children are news anchor Pamela Ashley Brown and former Kentucky Secretary of State John Y. Brown, III.
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Juice Newton
Juice Newton (born Judith Kay Newton February 18, 1952 in Lakehurst, New Jersey) is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as a CMA Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards (won consecutively). She has several Gold and Platinum records to her credit, including Juice, Quiet Lies and her first Greatest Hits album. During the 1980s, Newton charted 14 Top-10 hits across the Billboard Country, AC, and Hot 100 charts, with many of the recordings achieving crossover success and six of the songs hitting the Number One position.
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye, Jr. (April 2, 1939April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties, he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.
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Mickey Gilley
Mickey Leroy Gilley (born March 9, 1936) is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as well. Among his biggest hits are "Room Full of Roses," "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time," and the remake of the Soul hit "Stand by Me". He is also the cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl McVoy, Jim Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.
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Patsy Cline
Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963), born Virginia Patterson Hensley, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s. Since her death in 1963 at age 30 in a private airplane crash at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most influential, successful, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century.
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Patton Oswalt
Patton Oswalt (born January 27, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor.
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People (magazine)
People (originally called People Weekly) is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it has a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6 on Advertising Age's annual "A-list" and #3 on ''Adweek's'' "Brand Blazers" list in October 2006.
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Sammy Swindell
Sammy Swindell (born October 26, 1955 in Bartlett, Tennessee) is a three time World of Outlaws champion, winning the title in 1981, 1982, and 1997, with hundreds of A-main victories to his credit. He also competed in the CART series in 1985 and 1986 and failed to qualify for the 1987 Indianapolis 500 in a March-Pontiac. Swindell also competed in a full season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 1995, finishing 12th in points with 1 pole and 5 top-tens in the series' inaugural season. He also counts 10 Busch Series and 2 Winston Cup starts among his NASCAR accomplishments. Swindell still competes in the World of Outlaws. He competed in the rival National Sprint Tour for the 2006 season, winning three events.
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Seinfeld
Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself. Set predominantly in an apartment block on Manhattan's Upper West Side (but shot mainly in Los Angeles), the show features a host of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, including George Costanza, Elaine Benes and Cosmo Kramer. Seinfeld was produced by Castle Rock Entertainment and distributed in association with Columbia Pictures Television and Columbia TriStar Television; Sony Pictures Television has distributed the series since 2002. It was largely co-written by David and Seinfeld with input from numerous script writers, including Larry Charles, Peter Mehlman, Gregg Kavet, Andy Robin, Carol Leifer, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer, Steve Koren, Jennifer Crittenden, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Charlie Rubin, Alec Berg, and Spike Feresten.
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Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr; 27 April 1959) is a Scottish recording artist who achieved worldwide fame in the 1980s. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television program The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.
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Steve Wright (DJ)
Stephen Richard "Steve" Wright (born 26 August 1954 in Greenwich, London) is a radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom. He presents the afternoon show on BBC Radio 2. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s while working with Peter Dickson on BBC Radio 1.
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Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin', plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before exiting in 1998. These albums all earned gold or higher certification, and produced several chart singles, including his debut "Should've Been a Cowboy", which topped the country charts and was the most played country song of the 1990s. The song has received 3 million spins since then, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated.
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Whitney Duncan
Whitney Duncan (born August 3, 1984 in Scotts Hill, Tennessee) is an American country music artist, who was the fifth place finalist on the fifth season of Nashville Star. She has released one studio album and has charted on the U.S. country singles charts with "When I Said I Would" and "Skinny Dippin'," as well as a Christmas single and guest appearance on a Kenny Rogers single which was released before her Nashville Star appearance.
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Will Sasso
William "Will" Sasso (born May 24, 1975) is a Canadian comedian and actor. He is most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on the American sketch comedy series MADtv, spending five seasons on the show.
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Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, and remains iconic, especially in American popular culture.
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Born in Texas, the fourth of eight children, singer Kenny Rogers grew up in a poor area of Houston where his father worked in a shipyard and his mother in a hospital. He became the first member of his family to graduate from high school. He took an interest in singing while quite young and as a teenager joined a doo-wop recording group who called themselves "The Scholars". At age 19, Kenny recorded "That Crazy Feeling" for a small Houston label, Carlton Records, and his career was off and running. Kenny joined the "New Christy Minstrels" in the mid-1960s, then splintered off with others in the popular group to form "The First Edition". Their first big soft-rock hit, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" hit #6 on the US charts, while later successes included "Something's Burning", "Just Dropped In", "Tell It All Brother" and "Reuben James". The husky-framed singer's ingratiating personality and sensual gravel tones soon took center stage and the group eventually renamed themselves "Kenny Rogers and the First Edition". They hosted a syndicated TV variety series from 1971 to 1973 called _"Rollin' on the River" (1971)_ (qv) but the pressures of taping a weekly show caused extreme friction within the group and eventually took its toll. After a couple of years of producing non-hit songs, the group disbanded in the mid-70s. Solo stardom seemed to be inevitable for Kenny and he began chalking up a string of country-tinged 'top 20' pop hits with "Lucille" (#5), "Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer" (#4, with 'Kim Carnes' (qv)), "Through the Years" (#13), "We've Got Tonight" (#6, with 'Sheena Easton' (qv)) and his two #1 hit sellers "Islands in the Stream" (with 'Dolly Parton' (qv)) and "Lady". By the late 1970s, he had sold over $100 million worth of records. The 1980s would tell a different story. Normally considered an easygoing talent, he was unflatteringly dubbed the "overweight lightweight" by Rolling Stone Magazine, and the silvery-maned Kenny soon experienced a major slump. After charting lower and lower, he wisely branched off into other successful areas. In 1980, he touched off a modest, but appealing acting career with the TV-movie _Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (1980) (TV)_ (qv), based on his 1979 song hit. This led to four equally popular sequels. He also became a perennial star or co-star of TV seasonal specials. In addition, he published several books on photography and opened a rotisserie-chicken fast-food franchise. Less and less visible in the ensuing years, Kenny produced the 1999 album "She Rides Wild Horses", which peaked at #6 on the country charts, his highest in 15 years, and included the #1 single "Buy Me a Rose". Spending a lot of time breeding Arabian horses and cattle on a 1,200-acre Georgia farm, Kenny's seems settled with his fifth wife Wanda Miller, who he married in 1997. One of his sons, 'Kenny Rogers Jr.' (qv), once followed in his father's boot steps, briefly launching his own singing career in 1989 with "Take Another Step Closer". He now is on the business end of entertainment providing music for TV and movies. Kenny's other two children are Carole and Christopher.
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- Morning Desire
- What Are We Doing in Love (feat. Dottie West)
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- Lucille
- Coward of the County
- We've Got Tonight (feat. Sheena Easton)
- All I Ever Need Is You (feat. Dottie West)
- Green Green Grass of Home
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- Sweet Music Man
- We Love Each Other (feat. Dottie West)
- The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
- Every Time Two Fools Collide (feat. Dottie West)
- All My Life
- I Wasn't Man Enough
- My World Begins and Ends With You
- You Are So Beautiful
- Love the World Away
- Together Again (feat. Dottie West)
- Let It Be Me (feat. Dottie West)
- You Were a Good Friend
- Reuben James
- Twentieth Century Fool
- Lady
- Endless Love
- She Believes in Me
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- You Light Up My Life
- Somewhere My Love
- Love Is Many Splendoured Thing
- My Funny Valentine
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Love Me Tender
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- You Are So Beautiful
- Unchained Melody
- I Will Always Love You
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kenny Rogers
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- Crazy in Love
- Lady
- She Believes in Me
- You Decorated My Life
- The Gambler
- Lucille
- Someone Who Cares
- Something's Burning
- Tell It All Brother
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Reuben James
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was in)
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Reuben James
- Something's Burning
- Tell It All Brother
- Love Lifted Me
- Lucille
- Daytime Friends (feat. Dottie West)
- Sweet Music Man
- Every Time Two Fools Collide (feat. Dottie West)
- Love or Something Like It
- Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight (feat. Dottie West)
- The Gambler
- All I Ever Need Is You (feat. Dottie West)
- She Believes in Me
- 'Til I Can Make It on My Own (feat. Dottie West)
- You Decorated My Life
- Coward of the County
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- Love the World Away
- Lady
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- She Believes in Me
- Lady
- Lucille
- Daytime Friends
- The Gambler
- Coward of the County
- Crazy
- Buy Me a Rose
- The Greatest
- There You Go Again
- Islands in the Stream
- I Don't Want to Have to Worry
- The Heart of the Matter
- You Made Me Feel Love
- Morning Desire
- Don't Look in My Eyes
- The Best of Me
- Tomb of the Unknown Love
- People in Love
- I Can't Believe Your Eyes
- Our Perfect Song
- What About Me
- The Night Goes On
- Dream Dancin'
- Two Hearts One Love
- I Don't Want To Know Why
- Didn't We
- Somebody Took My Love
- Crazy
- The Stranger
- Heart To Heart
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- For the Good Times
- Always Leaving, Always Gone
- Shine on Ruby Mountain
- Ticket to Nowhere
- Lay It Down
- Sunshine
- Rueben James
- Elvira
- Me and Bobbie McGee
- Where Does Rosie Go
- I'm Going to Sing a Sad Song Susie
- Tulsa Turnaround
- We All Got to Help Each Other
- Something's Burning
- All God's Lonely Children
- What Am I Gonna Do
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
- A Stranger in My Place
- A Poem for My Little Lady
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Reuben James
- Shine on Ruby Mountain
- Conditions (Just Dropped in)
- She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
- My Washington Woman
- For the Good Times
- Something's Burning
- Heed the Call
- We All Got to Help Each Other
- A Poem for My Little Lady
- Where Does Rosie Go
- Sunshine
- Me & Bobby McGee
- Calico Silver
- Elvira
- Mary, Did You Know
- A Soldier's King
- Pretty Little Baby Child
- What a Wonderful Beginning
- It's the Messiah
- I Trust You
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy
- The Chosen One Montage
- 'Til the Season Comes 'round Again
- Endless Love
- Unforgettable
- She Believes in Me
- When I Fall in Love
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- I Can't Help Falling in Love
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- I Will Always Love You
- Lady
- You Are So Beautiful
- You Light Up My Life
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Islands in the Stream
- Lucille
- Lady
- The Gambler
- Love Lifted Me
- We've Got Tonight
- Scarlet Fever
- Love or Something Like It
- She Believes in Me
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Through the Years
- Daytime Friends
- You Decorated My Life
- Reuben James
- 'Til I Can Make It on My Own
- Coward of the County
- I Don't Need You
- Something's Burning
- Love Will Turn You Around
- Buried Treasure
- Eyes That See in the Dark
- This Woman
- They Don't Make Them Like They Used To
- Midsummer Nights
- I Don't Call Him Daddy
- Now and Forever
- The Stranger
- The Heart of the Matter
- This Love We Share
- Lucille
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Coward of the County
- She Believes in Me
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- You Decorated My Life
- Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love
- My World Begins and Ends With You
- (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (feat. Dottie West)
- Daytime Friends
- Reuben James
- Every Time Two Fools Collide (feat. Dottie West)
- Sweet Music Man
- Lady
- We've Got Tonight (feat. Sheenna Easton)
- We Love Each Other
- Love Lifted Me
- The Gambler
- Desperado
- Blaze of Glory
- The Long Arm of the Law
- Something's Burning
- Day Time Friends
- Love, Love, Love
- All My Life
- Love or Something Like It
- We've Got Tonight
- A Love Story
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight
- I Don't Need You
- You Are So Beautiful
- As Time Goes By
- Endless Love
- Unforgettable
- I Can Have Eyes for You
- Evergreen
- Misty
- She Believes In Me
- Always
- When I Fall In Love
- Crazy
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- You Decorated My Life
- I Can't Help Falling In Love
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- There You Go Again
- He Will, She Knows
- I Wish I Could Say That
- Homeland
- When We Made Love
- Until Forever's Gone
- Crazy Me
- Blue Train
- I Do It for Your Love
- What That Means
- I Won't Forget
- All That You Could Be
- Ain't No Sunshine
- The Kind Of Fool Love Makes
- Let It Be Me
- You Don't Know Me
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- I Will Remember You
- Buy Me A Rose
- Three Times A Lady
- Share Your Love With Me
- I Can't Make You Love Me
- I Don't Need You
- This Masquerade
- Since I Fell For You
- Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer
- Loving Arms
- Love Don't Live Here Anymore
- You Looked So Beautiful
- Small Dark Cloud
- The Gambler
- All My Life
- Love the World Away
- Share Your Love With Me
- Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
- Lady
- Blaze of Glory
- What Are We Doin' in Love?
- Sweet Music Man
- All I Ever Need Is You
- Love Song
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- Lucille
- Anyone Who Isn't Me
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Shine on Ruby Mountain
- Loser
- Good Time Liberator
- Camptown Ladies
- A Poem for My Little Lady
- Always Leaving, Always Gone
- Lay It Down
- Ticket to Nowhere
- Sunshine
- I'm Gonna Sing You a Sad Song
- Good Lady of Toronto
- All God's Lovely Children
- Heed the Call
- Molly
- Tell It All Brother
- The Poor Little Doggie
- Beloved
- That Crazy Feeling
- We'll Always Have Each Other
- For You Alone
- I've Got a Lot to Learn
- Jole Blon
- Lonely
- Don't Feel Rained On
- Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
- My Mammy
- Here's That Rainy Day
- 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
- Reuben James
- Something's Burning
- Tell It All Brother
- Someone Who Cares
- Today I Started Loving You Again
- Lady
- You Are So Beautiful
- She Believes In Me
- You Decorated My Life
- Crazy
- Unforgettable
- I Swear
- I Will Always Love You
- Through The Years
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Love Will Turn You Around
- You Decorated My Life
- Love the World Away
- Today I Started Loving You Again (feat. The First Edition)
- Through the Years
- Love Is What We Make It
- She Believes in Me
- But You Know I Love You
- Every Time Two Fools Collide (feat. Dottie West)
- Lady
- Slow Dance More
- Buy Me a Rose
- I Will Remember You
- Love Don't Live Here Anymore
- She Rides Wild Horses
- The Kind of Fool Love Makes
- Loving Arms
- I Can't Make You Love Me
- Let It Be Me
- The Greatest
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Reuben James
- Shine on Ruby Mountain
- Just Dropped In
- She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
- My Washington Woman
- For the Good Times
- Something's Burning
- Heed the Call
- We All Got to Help Each Other
- Poem for My Little Lady
- Where Does Rosie Go
- Sunshine
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Calico Silver
- Elvira
- After All
- Molly
- The King of Oak Street
- I'm Gonna Sing You a Sad Song Susie
- It's Just Not Christmas
- The Christmas Song
- My Favorite Things
- White Christmas
- Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- Hey Little Christmas Tree
- Merry Christmas
- Money Isn't What Really Matters
- Heroes
- I Wanna Be a Christmas Present
- The Ballerina Song
- Help Somebody Find Their Way
- If I Only Had Your Heart
- Mister Perfect
- I Promise You
- The Toy Shoppe
- Love Will Turn You Around
- Reuben James
- Every Time Fools Collide (with Dottie West)
- Through the Years
- What Are We Doin in Love (with Dottie West)
- The Gambler
- We've Got Tonight (with Sheena Easton)
- Lady
- Share Your Love With Me
- Blaze Of Glory
- Morning Desire
- Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)
- Buried Treasure
- Islands in the Stream
- Crazy
- What About Me? (feat. Kim Carnes and James Ingram)
- Twenty Years Ago
- Make No Mistake, She's Mine (feat. Ronnie Milsap)
- Tomb of the Unknown Love
- I Prefer the Moonlight
- I Believe in Santa Claus
- Winter Wonderland / Sleigh Ride
- With Bells On
- Christmas Without You
- White Christmas
- A Christmas to Remember
- Hard Candy Christmas
- The Greatest Gift of All
- Once Upon a Christmas
- Ticket to Nowhere
- Conditions (Just Dropped In)
- She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
- My Washington Woman
- Run Thru Your Mind
- Sleep Comes Easy
- After All
- Something's Burning
- Hurry Up Love
- Trying Just as Hard
- Sunshine
- Reuben James
- Loser
- Church Without a Name
- I Just Wanna Give My Love to You
- Last Few Threads of Love
- Tell It All Brother
- Always Leaving, Always Gone
- Calico Silver
- The Way It Used to Be
- But You Know I Love You
- I Found a Reason
- We've Got Tonight (feat. Sheena Easton)
- Scarlet Fever
- Farther I Go
- No Dreams
- Bad Enough
- All My Life
- How Long
- Love Love Love
- What I Learned From Loving You
- You Are So Beautiful
- I Remember You
- But Beautiful
- When I Fall in Love
- Love Is Here to Stay
- The Nearness of You
- My Favorite Valentine
- Love Is Just Around the Corner
- Where or When
- My Romance
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
- I Get Along Without You Very Well
- You Are So Beautiful
- The Gambler
- Daytime Friends (And Nightime Lovers)
- Lucille
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Coward of the County
- You Decorated My Life
- Reuben James
- She Believes in Me
- Long Arm of the Law
- Till I Make It on My Own
- The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
- Sweet Music Man
- Green Green Grass of Home
- We've Got Tonight
- Something's Burning
- Desperado
- Lady
- Abraham, Martin & John
- Everytime Two Fools Collide
- Lucille
- Lady
- The Gambler
- She Believes in Me
- Coward of the County
- You Decorated My Life
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- Daytime Friends
- Something's Burning
- Lady
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- She Believes in Me
- Lucille
- You Decorated My Life
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- All I Ever Need Is You
- You Needed Me
- Together Again
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
- Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love
- But You Know I Love You
- Love Lifted Me
- Love or Something Like It
- (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
- My World Begins and Ends With You
- Just the Way You Are
- You and Me
- We Love Each Other
- What I Did for Love
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- The Gambler
- Daytime Friends
- Love Is Strange (feat. Dolly Parton)
- She Believes in Me
- Lucille
- Lady
- Coward of the County
- You Decorated My Life
- Love Lifted Me
- Something's Burning
- Islands in the Stream (feat. Dolly Parton)
- Lucille
- The Gambler
- Coward of the County
- Lady
- She Believes In Me
- I Don't Need You
- Love Will Turn You Around
- We've Got Tonight
- But You Know I love You
- Ruben James
- Daytime Friends
- Lucille
- Lady
- Love Lifted Me
- We've Got Tonight
- Scarlet Fever
- Love or Something Like It
- She Believes in Me
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- You Were a Good Friend
- The Gambler
- Through the Years
- Daytime Friends
- You Decorated My Life
- 'Till I Can Make It on My Own
- Reuben James
- Coward of the County
- I Don't Need You
- Something's Burning
- Love Will Turn You Around
- Blaze of Glory
- I Don't Need You
- The Good Life
- Make Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye
- Through the Years
- Share Your Love With Me
- So in Love With You
- Goin' Back to Alabama
- Without You in My Life
- Greybeard
- Lady
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Lucille
- She Believes in Me
- You Decorated My Life
- Coward of the Country
- Goodbye Marie
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- Sail Away
- The Gambler
- Love the World Away
- Long Arm of the Law
- White Christmas
- Carol of the Bells
- O Holy Night
- Christmas Everyday
- Kids
- Kentucky Homemade Christmas
- Christmas is My Favorite Time of the Year
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy
- When a Child is Born
- My Favorite Things
- Goin' Home to Rock
- Gideon Tanner
- No Good Texas Rounder
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- The Buckeroos
- You Were a Good Friend
- Call Me Up (The Phone Is in the Cradle)
- These Chains
- Somebody Help Me
- One Place in the Night
- Sayin' Goodbye
- Goin' Home to Rock (reprise)
- The Gambler
- Lady
- Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- She Believes in Me
- Coward of the County
- Lucille
- You Decorated My Life
- Reuben James
- Love the World Away
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- Long Arm of the Law
- You Turn the Light On
- You Decorated My Life
- She's a Mystery
- Goodbye Marie
- Tulsa Turnaround
- I Want to Make You Smile
- Santiago Midnight Moonlight
- One Man's Woman
- In and Out of Your Heart
- Old Folks
- Coward of the County
- The Gambler
- I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again
- (The) King of Oak Street
- Making Music for Money
- The Hoodooin' of Miss Fannie DeBerry
- She Believes in Me
- Tennessee Bottle
- Sleep Tight, Goodnight Man
- A Little More Like Me (The Crucifixion)
- San Francisco Mable Joy
- Morgana Jones
- Daytime Friends
- Desperado
- Rock and Roll Man
- Lying Again
- I'll Just Write My Music and Sing My Songs
- My World Begins and Ends With You
- Sweet Music Man
- Am I Too Late
- We Don't Make Love Anymore
- Ghost of Another Man
- Let Me Sing for You
- Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
- I Wasn't Man Enough
- Mother Country Music
- Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love
- Green Green Grass of Home
- Till I Get It Right
- Lucille
- The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp
- Lay Down Beside Me
- Puttin' In Overtime at Home
- While I Play the Fiddle
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Reuben James
- But You Know I Love You
- Something's Burning
- Just Dropped In
- Lucille
- Daytime Friends
- While the Feeling's Good
- Love Lifted Me
- Today I Started Loving You Again
- I Swear
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- As Time Goes By
- Unchained Melody
- Crazy
- Somewhere My Love
- Always And Forever
- Evergreen
- She Believes In Me
- You Send Me
- You Light Up My Life
- Stardust
- Through The Years
- I Can't Help Falling In Love
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- For the Good Times
- Me and Bobby McGhee
- The King of Oak Street
- Ticket to Nowhere
- Tell It All Brother
- The Way It Used to Be
- Heed the Call
- Chunch Without a Name
- But I Know I Love You
- Poem for My Little Lady
- I Believe in Music
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Christmas Everyday
- Kentucky Homemade Christmas
- Carol of the Bells
- Kids
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy
- Christmas Is My Favorite Time of the Year
- White Christmas
- My Favorite Things
- O Holy Night
- When a Child Is Born
- Love Lifted Me
- Coward of The County
- She'll Believe You
- Islands In The Stream
- The Gambler
- Love Will Turn You Around
- Lady
- Something's Wrong In Vegas
- Lucille
- Only Time Will Tell
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- Through The Years
- Lady
- Unchained Melody
- You Light Up My Life
- Love Me Tender
- You Are So Beautiful
- It Had to Be You
- Stardust
- As Time Goes By
- Unforgettable
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Misty
- Crazy
- Shine on Ruby Mountain
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Reuben James
- Honky Tonk Angels
- She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
- Something's Burning
- Makin' Believe
- Trying Just As Hard
- Sleep Comes Easy
- Two Little Orphans
- Heed to Call
- We All Got To Help Each Other
- Little Blossom
- Run Through Your Mind
- For The Good Times
- Letter To Heaven
- My Washington Woman
- Where Does Rosie Go
- Me And Bobby McGee
- Poem For My Little Lady
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Release Me
- Conditions (Just Dropped In)
- Sunshine
- Elvira
- Ticket To Nowhere
- Crazy
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- You Decorated My Life
- I Can't Help Falling in Love
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- It Had To Be You
- I Swear
- Stardust
- I Will Always Love You
- You Send Me
- Me & Bobby McGee
- Shine on Ruby Mountain
- A Poem for My Little Lady
- Ticket to Nowhere
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Good Time Liberator
- Where Does Rosie Go?
- Heed the Call
- Tell It All Brother
- Love Woman
- Something's Burnin'
- Loser
- We All Got to Help Each Other
- I'm Gonna Sing You a Sad Song
- Ticket to Nowhere
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Ruben James
- Loser
- I Just Want to Give My Love to You
- Me and Bobby McGee
- The Way It Used to Be
- For the Good Times
- Something's Burning
- Hurry Up Love
- We All Got to Help Each Other
- Church Without a Name
- She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
- Run Thru Your Mind
- Sleep Comes Easy
- Calico Silver
- Tell It All Brother
- I'm Going to Sing You a Sad Song Suzie
- Always Leaving, Always Gone
- Lay It Down
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Tulsa Turnaround
- Elvira
- Reuben James
- The King Of Oak Street
- Me And Bobby Mcgee
- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Conditions Is In)
- For The Good Times
- Something's Burning
- Tell It All Brother
- Sunshine
- A Poem For My Little Lady
- She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye
- But You Know I Love You
- Heed The Call
- I Believe In Music
- Just Dropped In
- But You Know I Love You
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
- Something's Burning
- Tell It All Brother
- Lucille
- Day Time Friends, Night Time Lovers
- The Gambler
- She Believes In Me
- You Decorated My Life
- Coward Of The Country
- Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer
- Love The World Away
- Lady
- We've got tonight
- Buried Treasure
- This Woman
- Eyes That See In The Dark
- What About Me
- Crazy
- Tomb Of The Unknown Love
- Make No Mistake, She's Mine
- Lucille
- Coward of the County
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Love the World Away
- A Love Story
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- You Decorated My Life
- She Believes in Me
- I Don't Need You
- All My Life
- As Time Goes By
- Endless Love
- Unforgettable
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Evergreen
- Misty
- She Believes in Me
- Always
- When I Fall in Love
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Good Time Liberator
- Reuben James
- Good Lady of Toronto
- Where Does Rosie Go
- I'm Goin to Sing a Sad Song Suzie
- Tulsa Turnaround
- We All Got to Help Each Other
- After All
- Tell It All Brother
- The King of Oak Street
- Love Woman
- Head the Call
- Camptown Ladies
- Molly
- All I Ever Need Is You
- Til I Can Make It on My Own
- Just the Way You Are
- You Needed Me
- Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong
- Together Again
- Midnight Flyer
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin
- Let's Take the Long Way Around the World
- Let It Be Me
- Coward of the County
- Lady
- Love Lifted Me
- Lucille
- We've Got Tonight
- Scarlet Fever
- Love or Something
- She Believes in Me
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love
- Don't Fall in Love With
- You Were a Good Friend
- The Gambler
- Through the Years
- Daytime Friends
- You Decorated My Life
- Till Can Make It on My Own
- Reuben James
- Lucille
- The Gambler
- She Believes in Me
- Lady
- Daytime Friends
- I Don't Need You
- Love Will Turn You Around
- Love the World Away
- But You Know I Love You
- What Are We Doin' in Love
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Coward of the County
- We've Got Tonight (feat. Sheena Easton)
- You Decorated My Life
- Through the Years
- Reuben James
- Something's Burning
- Today I Started Loving You Again
- Share Your Love With Me
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Sunshine
- Just Dropped In
- Reuben James
- Something's Burning
- For the Good Times
- Elvira
- Shine on Ruby Mountain
- Loser
- Ticket to Nowhere
- Lay It Down
- New Design
- Always Leaving, Always Gone
- What Am I Gonna Do
- Goodtime Liberator
- All God's Lonely Children
- If Wishes Were Horses
- Girl Get a Hold of Yourself
- Once Again She's All Alone
- Somthing's Burning
- For the Good Times
- Where Does Rose Go-
- Ruby (Don't take Your Love to Town)
- All God's Lovely Children
- Elvira
- What Am I Gonna Do
- Tulsa Turnaround
- Lay It Down
- Me & Bobby McGee
- Back to the Well
- Listen to the Rain
- 727 East Magnolia Avenue
- Undercover
- Prairie Wedding
- I'm Missing You
- It's a Beautiful Life
- Tears in God's Eyes
- Harder Cards
- Handprints on the Wall
- Owe Them More Than That
- Love Like This
- She Believes in Me
- You Are So Beautiful
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Evergreen
- I Can't Help Falling in Love
- You Light Up My Life
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Always
- You Decorated My Life
- Through the Years
- Always and Forever
- My Funny Valentine
- Somewhere My Love
- Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Love Is Strange
- Soldier of Love
- Listen to the Rain
- If I Were a Painting
- Crazy in Love
- Lay My Body Down
- So Little Love in the World
- Walk Away
- In Our Old Age
- What I Did for Love
- I Prefer the Moonlight
- Now and Forever
- We're Doin' Alright
- Make No Mistake, She's Mine
- One More Day
- She's Ready for Someone to Love Her
- I Don't Call Him Daddy
- The Factory
- We Fell in Love Anyway
- You Can't Say (You Don't Love Me Anymore)
- Daytime Friends
- Love Lifted Me
- Lucille (remix)
- Something's Burning
- Islands in the Stream
- She Believes in Me
- You Decorated My Life
- Coward of the County
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- Lady
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- You Light Up My Life
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- If You Want to Find Love
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- When You Were Loving Me
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- What Are We Doin' in Love
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- I Don't Need You
- Just Dropped In
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- One Night
- There Lies the Difference
- If I Ever Fall in Love Again (feat. Anne Murray)
- When You Put Your Heart in It
- The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)
- Maybe (feat. Holly Dunn)
- Love the Way You Do
- This Woman
- You and I
- Buried Treasure
- Islands in the Stream
- Living With You
- Evening Star
- Hold Me
- Midsummer Nights
- I Will Always Love You
- Eyes That See in the Dark
- Christmas in America
- Winter Wonderland
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
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- O Little Town of Bethlehem
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- The First Noel
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- What Child Is This
- Silent Night
- Lady
- We've Got Tonight (feat. Sheena Easton)
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Lucille
- Coward of the County
- Love the World Away
- Sweet Music Man
- The Gambler
- All My Life
- Love or Something Like It
- I Don't Need You
- Through the Years
- You Decorated My Life
- Share Your Love With Me
- Love Will Turn You Around
- Daytime Friends
- What Are We Doin' in Love (feat. Dottie West)
- She Believes in Me
- Lucille
- The Gambler
- Coward of the County
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Islands in the Stream (feat. Dolly Parton)
- Something's Burning
- Daytime Friends
- Lady
- We've Got Tonight (feat. Sheena Easton)
- Rueben James
- Love the World Away
- Desperado
- Sweet Music Man
- She Believes in Me
- You Decorated My Life
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- Blaze of Glory
- I Don't Need You
- Everytime Two Fools Collide (feat. Dottie West)
- Green Green Grass of Home
- Ain't No Sunshine
- The Kind of Fool Love Makes
- Let It Be Me
- You Don't Know Me
- How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)
- I Will Remember You
- Buy Me a Rose
- Three Times a Lady
- Share Your Love With Me
- I Can't Make You Love Me
- I Don't Need You
- This Masquerade
- Since I Fell for You
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Loving Arms
- Love Don't Live Here Anymore
- You Looked So Beautiful
- Small Dark Cloud
- Fightin' for the Same Thing
- Missing You
- She Waits
- Ol' Red
- If I Were You
- Wanderin' Man
- Reason to Go
- If You Were the Friend
- If Only My Heart Had a Voice
- Somebody's Wrong, Somebody's Right
- We've Got Tonight (feat. Sheena Easton)
- Everytime Two Fools Collide (feat. Dottie West)
- (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (feat. Dottie West)
- Til I Can Make It on My Own (feat. Dottie West)
- All I Ever Need Is You (feat. Dottie West)
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- Baby I'm a Want You (feat. Dottie West)
- Together Again (feat. Dottie West)
- Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight (feat. Dottie West)
- That's the Way It Could Have Been (feat. Dottie West)
- As Time Goes By
- Endless Love
- Unforgettable
- I Only Have Eyes for You
- Evergreen
- Misty
- She Believes in Me
- Always
- When I Fall in Love
- Crazy
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- You Decorated My Life
- I Can't Help Falling in Love
- The Wind Beneath My Wings
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Coward of the County
- Lucille
- We've Got Tonight (feat. Sheena Easton)
- She Believes in Me
- The Gambler
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer (feat. Kim Carnes)
- 20 Years Ago
- Through the Years
- Eyes That See in the Dark
- Islands in the Stream (feat. Dolly Parton)
- Crazy
- What About Me (feat. Kim Carnes & James Ingram)
- Lady
- I Don't Need You
- You Decorated My Life
- Love the World Away
- Buried Treasure
- Lady
- She Believes In Me
- We've Got Tonight
- Crazy
- You Decorated My Life
- Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
- Share Your Love With Me
- What Are We Doin' In Love
- Through the Years
- A Love Song
- I Don't Need You
- Love The World Away
- Every Time Two Fools Collide
- Daytime Friends
- All I Ever Need Is You
- Till I Can Make It On My Own
- Desperado
- You Are So Beautiful
- Green Green Grass of Home
- So In Love With You
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Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands in the stream
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- Duration: 4:04
- Published: 18 Mar 2007
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Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
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Kenny Rogers Jackass
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- Published: 17 Mar 2006
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Jackass Kenny Rogers
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Kenny Rogers "You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille"
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- Duration: 3:53
- Published: 09 Dec 2007
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Recorded LIVE in Branson MO, Kenny Rogers performs one of his hits.
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Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
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- Duration: 3:15
- Published: 05 Nov 2007
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Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
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Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton We've Got Tonight
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- Duration: 4:19
- Published: 24 Dec 2007
- Uploaded: 21 Feb 2012
- Author: videoenhancer
Great song from 1983.
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kenny rogers - lucille
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- Duration: 3:23
- Published: 27 Nov 2007
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- Author: country2music
video muy classic para kenny rogers
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Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In
The king of rotisserie chicken mimes his hit record on the Smothers Brothers show. Impressive video effects for the time!
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Kenny Rogers' The Gambler on the Muppet Show
Kenny Rogers sings his classic "The Gambler" on the Muppet Show.
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Kenny Rogers - Coward of the county 1980 Original version
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- Published: 22 Apr 2009
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Kenny Rogers - Coward of the county nice to see him sing this massive hit when it came out 1st
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Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
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- Duration: 3:01
- Published: 22 May 2009
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KENIROJASU, the first version of Ruby Please do not take your love to town to play a valuable video. The actual live performance from 1972.
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Lady-Kenny Rogers
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- Duration: 3:54
- Published: 29 Apr 2008
- Uploaded: 21 Feb 2012
- Author: georkost81
![Kenny Rogers - The Gambler [Original video] ((HD/HQ)) 1978](http://web.archive.org./web/20120302201131im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/6q2mFiN7GIc/0.jpg "Kenny Rogers - The Gambler [Original video] ((HD/HQ)) 1978")
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler [Original video] ((HD/HQ)) 1978
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (original video) Album: The Gambler 1978 Writer: Don Schlitz Label: United Artists Release song: © CAPITOL NASHVILLE (2007) © EMI ------------------------------------------ Real Name: Kenneth Ray Rogers American country singer, producer and actor, born on August 31, 1938 in Houston, Texas. "The Gambler" is the title of a song written by Don Schlitz and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in November 1978 as the title track from his album The Gambler which won him the Grammy award for best male country vocal performance in 1980.[1] Bobby Bare had recorded the song earlier that same year in his album BARE CBS KC35314 (1978). The song was written by Schlitz who had recorded it previously, and had charted at #65 on the country charts with it. It was one of five consecutive songs by Rogers to hit #1 on the Billboard country music charts. On the pop chart, the song made #16 in early 1979. Johnny Cash also performed this song. (Wikipedia)
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Kenny Rogers Reality Show
Will Sasso is too funny in this skit. Plain and simple.
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Kenny Rogers
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- Duration: 6:21
- Published: 26 May 2010
- Uploaded: 08 Feb 2012
- Author: ConnecticutStyle
Desiree interviews Kenny Rogers.
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Kenny Rogers - I Can't Unlove You
i can't unlove you by kenny rogers I do not own this song. I got the background picture off of Google along with the lyrics. I made this video out of complete boredom.
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We Got Tonight - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers live 1985
We Got Tonight - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers live in 1985 from the real live tour
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Kenny Rogers performs "Islands In The Stream" on Opry Live
Kenny Rogers performs his classic hit "Islands In The Stream" at the Grand Ole Opry and on GAC's Opry Live. Visit www.opry.com to find out more!
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Kenny Rogers - "Ain't No Sunshine" Live
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- Published: 06 Dec 2006
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Kenny Rogers performing "Ain't No Sunshine" from the "A&E Live By Request" show. Although this concert was released on DVD and VHS, this song was not included on the release. This was recorded live from TV in 1999. The studio version of the song was released on Kenny's 1999 international release, "After Dark."
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Kenny Rogers You Are So Beautiful
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- Duration: 3:36
- Published: 24 Dec 2007
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Great video from 1983 with a video tribute to his son Christopher.
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Lady - Kenny Rogers
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- Duration: 4:33
- Published: 12 Jan 2008
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Lady
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| name | Kenny Rogers |
|---|---|
| background | solo_singer |
| birth name | Kenneth Donald Rogers |
| born | August 21, 1938 |
| origin | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| instrument | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, harmonica |
| genre | Country, country pop, rock (with The First Edition) |
| occupation | Singer-songwriter, actor, record producer |
| years active | 1958–present |
| label | Cue, Carlton, Mercury, United Artists, RCA, Reprise, Giant, Atlantic, Curb, Dreamcatcher, Capitol Nashville, WEA |
| associated acts | The New Christy Minstrels, The First Edition, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Juice Newton, Sheena Easton, Kim Carnes |
| website | }} |
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers He was voted the "Favorite Singer of All-Time" in a 1986 joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People. He has received such awards as the AMAs, Grammys, ACMs and CMAs, as well as a lifetime achievement award for a career spanning six decades in 2003.
Later success includes the 2006 album release, ''Water & Bridges'', an across the board hit, that peaked at #5 in the Billboard Country Albums sales charts, also charting high in the Billboard 200. The first single from the album, "I Can't Unlove You," was also a chart hit. Remaining a popular entertainer around the world, the following year he completed a tour of the United Kingdom and the Ireland telling BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright, his favorite hit was "The Gambler". He has also acted in a variety of movies and television shows, most notably the title roles in ''Kenny Rogers as The Gambler'' and the MacShayne series as well as his appearance on the Muppet Show.
Personal life
Rogers was born in Houston, Texas in 1938, the fourth of seven children born to Lucille (née Hester; d. 1991), a nurse, and Edward Floyd Rogers (d. 1975), a carpenter. Rogers graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in Houston.
Career
Early career
His career began in the mid-1950s, when he recorded with a doo-wop group called The Scholars who had some success with a single called "Poor Little Doggie". Rogers was not the lead singer of the group and after two more singles they disbanded when their leader went solo.Now on his own, Kenneth Rogers (as he was billed then) followed the breakup with his own single, a minor solo hit called "That Crazy Feeling" (1958). After sales slowed down, Rogers joined a jazz group called The Bobby Doyle Trio, who got a lot of work in clubs thanks to a reasonable fan following and also recorded for Columbia Records. The group disbanded in 1965, and a 1966 jazzy rock single Rogers recorded for Mercury Records, called "Here's That Rainy Day" failed. Rogers also worked as a producer, writer and session musician for other performers; including country artists Mickey Gilley and Eddy Arnold. In 1966 he joined The New Christy Minstrels as a singer and double bass player.
Feeling that the Minstrels were not offering the success they wanted, Rogers and fellow members Mike Settle, Terry Williams and Thelma Camacho left the group. They formed The First Edition in 1967 (later renamed "Kenny Rogers and The First Edition"). They chalked up a string of hits on both the pop and country charts, including "Something's Burning", "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town", "Reuben James" and "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)". In his First Edition days, Rogers had something of a hippie image, with long brown hair, an earring, and pink sunglasses. Known affectionately in retrospect as "Hippie Kenny", Rogers had a much smoother vocal style than in his later career.
When the group split in 1976, Rogers launched his solo career. Rogers soon developed a more middle of the road sound, with a somewhat rough but tuneful voiced style that sold to both pop and country audiences; to date, he has charted more than 60 top 40 hit singles (including upwards of 25 #1's) and 50 of his albums have charted. His music has also been featured in top selling movie soundtracks, such as ''Convoy'', ''Urban Cowboy'' and ''The Big Lebowski''.
Solo career
thumb|Rogers in 1981.After leaving The First Edition in 1976, after almost a decade with the group, Rogers signed a solo deal with United Artists. Although producer Larry Butler had no doubts about Rogers's talent, he was advised by several colleagues not to sign Rogers, who some saw as a has-been. Nevertheless, Butler and Rogers began a partnership that would last four years.Rogers first outing for his new label was ''Love Lifted Me''. The album charted and two singles "Love Lifted Me" and "While the Feeling's Good" were minor hits. The song "Runaway Girl" was featured in the motion picture ''Trackdown''. Later in 1976, Rogers issued his second album, the self-titled ''Kenny Rogers'', whose first single "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)", was another solo hit.
However, the single "Lucille" (1977) was a major hit, reaching number one on the pop charts in 12 countries, selling over five million copies, and firmly establishing Rogers's post-First Edition career. On the strength of "Lucille", the album ''Kenny Rogers'' reached #1 in the Billboard Country Album Chart. More success was to follow, including the multi-million selling album ''The Gambler'' and another international Number 1 single, "Coward of the County", taken from the equally successful album, ''Kenny''. In 1980, the Rogers/Butler partnership came to an end, though they would occasionally reunite: in 1987 on the album ''I Prefer the Moonlight'' and again in 1993 on the album ''If Only My Heart Had a Voice''.
In the late 1970s, Rogers teamed up with close friend and country singer Dottie West for a series of albums and duets. Together the duo had three hit albums, selling out stadiums and arenas while on tour. Their hits together "Every Time Two Fools Collide", "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" and "What Are We Doin' in Love" became Country standards. Of West, Rogers stated in a 1995 TNN interview "She, more than anybody else I ever worked with, sang with such emotion that you actually believed what she sang." Rogers was with West when she died after sustaining injuries in a 1991 car accident. In 1995 he starred opposite Michele Lee in the CBS biopic ''Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story''.
In 1980, his duet with Kim Carnes "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" became a major hit. Later in 1980 came his partnership with Lionel Richie who wrote and produced Rogers's #1 hit "Lady". Richie went on to write and produce Rogers's 1981 album ''Share Your Love'', a chart topper and commercial favorite featuring hits such as "I Don't Need You" (Pop #3), "Through the Years" (Pop #13), and "Share Your Love with Me" (Pop #14). His first Christmas album was also released that same year. In 1982, Rogers released the album ''Love Will Turn You Around''. The title track reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the country and AC charts. Shortly after he started working with producer David Foster in 1983 recording the smash Bob Seger cover "We've Got Tonight", a duet with Sheena Easton.
He went on to work with the Bee Gees to record and produce his 1983 hit album ''Eyes That See in the Dark'', featuring the title track and yet another #1 hit "Islands in the Stream", a duet with Dolly Parton. The Gibbs originally wrote the song for Marvin Gaye in an R&B; style, only later to change it for the Kenny Rogers album. The partnership with Bee Gees only lasted one album, which was not a surprise considering that Rogers's original intentions were to work with Barry Gibb in only one song but Barry insisted on them doing the entire album.
"Islands in the Stream", Rogers' duet with Dolly Parton, was the first single to be released from ''Eyes That See in the Dark'' in the United States, and it quickly went to #1 in the Billboard Hot 100 (it would prove to be the last country single to reach #1 on that chart until "Amazed" by Lonestar did so in 2000), as well as topping Billboard's country and adult contemporary singles charts; it was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping two million copies in the US. Rogers would reunite with Parton in 1984 for a holiday album and TV special, ''Once Upon a Christmas'', as well as a 1985 duet "Real Love", which also topped the U.S. country singles chart.
Despite the "Islands in the Stream"s success, however, RCA insisted on releasing ''Eyes''' title track as the first UK single, and the song stalled at a disappointing #61 there, although it did stay in the top 100 for several weeks (when it was eventually released in the US, it was more successful, charting high on the Adult Contemporary chart and making the country top 30). "Islands in the Stream" was issued as a followup single in Britain and sold well, making #7. The album itself reached #1 on the country charts on both sides of the Atlantic and enjoyed multi-million sales. "Buried Treasure," "This Woman" and "Evening Star"/"Midsummer Nights" were also all successful singles from the album.
Shortly after came the album ''What About Me?'', a hit whose title track, a trio performance with James Ingram and Kim Carnes, was nominated for a Grammy award; the single "Crazy" (not to be confused with the Willie Nelson-penned Patsy Cline hit) topped the country charts. David Foster was to work again with Rogers in his 1985 album ''The Heart of the Matter'', although this time Foster was playing backing music rather than producing, a role given to George Martin. This album was another success, going to #1, with the title track making to the top ten category in the singles charts.
The next few years saw Rogers scoring several top country hits on a regular basis, including "Twenty Years Ago," "Morning Desire," "Tomb of the Unknown Love", among others. On 28 January 1985 Rogers was one of the 45 artists who recorded the worldwide charity song "We Are the World" to support hunger victims in Africa. The following year he played at Giants Stadium.
On January 1987, Rogers co-hosted the American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. By 1988 to 1990, Rogers had In the 1990s Rogers continued to chart with singles such as "Crazy In Love", "If You Want To Find Love" and "The Greatest". His second Christmas album entitled "Christmas in America" was released in 1989 for Reprise Records. From 1991-94, Rogers hosted ''The Real West'' on A&E;, and on The History Channel since 1995 (Reruns only on The History Channel). He visited Miller's during this time period. From 1992-95, Rogers co-owned and headlined Branson, Missouri's 4,000 seat Grand Palace Theatre. In 1994, Rogers released his "dream" album titled ''Timepiece'' on Atlantic Records. It consisted of 1930s/40s jazz standards; it was the type of music he performed in his early days with The Bobby Doyle Three in Houston.
In 1996 he released an album ''Vote For Love'' where the public requested their favorite love songs and Rogers performed the songs (several of his own hits were in there). The album was the first for the TV shopping channel QVC's record label, onQ Music. The album, sold exclusively by QVC, was a huge success and was later issued in stores under a variety of different titles. It reached #1 in the UK country charts under the title ''Love Songs'' (a title also used for various compilations) and also crossed over into the mainstream charts.
In 1999 Rogers scored with the single "The Greatest", a song about life from a child's point of view (looked at through a baseball game). The song reached the top 40 of Billboard's Country singles chart and was a Country Music Television Number One video. It was on Rogers's album ''She Rides Wild Horses'' the following year (itself a top 10 success). In 1999, Rogers also produced a song, "We've Got It All", specifically for the series finale of the ABC show ''Home Improvement''. Not on any album, the recording sells for a high sum at auction.
Beyond the 1990s
In the 21st century, Rogers was back at #1 for the first time in more than a decade with the 2000 single "Buy Me a Rose", making him, at 61, the oldest artist in the history of country music to reach the chart summit. In doing so, he broke a 26-year-old record held by Hank Snow (who, in April 1974, was 59 years and 11 months old when he scored with "Hello Love"). Rogers held the record until 2003, when then 70-year-old Willie Nelson became the oldest artist to have a No. 1 on the country charts with his duet with Toby Keith, "Beer for My Horses". Rogers also released the critically acclaimed album ''Back to the Well''.Although Rogers did not record new albums for a couple of years, he continued to have success in many countries with more greatest hits packages. In 2004 ''42 Ultimate Hits'', which was the first hits collection to span his days with the First Edition to the present, reached Number 6 on the American country charts and went gold. It also featured two new songs, "My World Is Over" with Whitney Duncan and "We Are the Same". "My World Is Over" was released as a single and was a minor hit. In 2005 ''The Very Best of Kenny Rogers'', a double album, sold well in Europe. It was the first new solo Kenny Rogers hits album to reach the United Kingdom for over a decade, despite many compilations there that were not true hits packages.
Rogers also signed with Capitol Records and had more success with the TV advertised release ''21 Number Ones'' in January 2006. Although this CD did contain 21 chart-toppers as the title claims (recorded between 1976 and the present day), this was not a complete collection of Rogers's #1 singles, omitting such singles as "Crazy in Love" and "What About Me?"
Much of his success was during the period from 1976 to 1983, when he was signed to United Artists and later Liberty. It is very rare for an artist of Rogers's age to be signed to a major label. Capitol followed ''21 Number Ones'' with Rogers's new studio album, ''Water And Bridges'', in March 2006 on the Capitol Nashville Records label. The first single from the album was "I Can't Unlove You" which peaked at #17 on the country charts, after spending over 6 months on the hit list, more than 50 years after he formed his first group and 38 years after his first major hit as leader of The First Edition; the song remains in recurrent airplay on some radio stations today. "I Can't Unlove You" was followed up with the second single from the album, "The Last Ten Years (Superman)", in September 2006. The third single, "Calling Me," which features Don Henley, became popular in early 2007, and was nominated for a Grammy Award at the 2007 Grammy Awards. Also in 2007, the 1977 "Kenny Rogers" album was re-issued as a double play CD, also featuring the 1979 "Kenny" album and this once again put Rogers's name into the sales charts worldwide. The following year, another compilation album ("A Love Song Collection") also charted. He currently lives in Atlanta.
As of 2011 Rogers has recorded 65 albums and sold over 190 million records.
On August 26, 2008, Rogers released "50 Years" exclusively at Cracker Barrel stores. The album includes some of Rogers's greatest hits, plus 3 new songs. The release is designed to celebrate Rogers's 50th year in the music business. However, it should be noted Rogers has been in the music business for more than 50 years including his releases with The Scholars, who recorded for a local label in Houston. 1958 was the year he signed his first recording deal with a major label. In 2007 the England national rugby union team team adopted Rogers song "The Gambler" as their unofficial 2007 Rugby World Cup anthem, after hearing prop Matt Stevens playing it in the team hotel. Before the Semi-final against France and the Final against South Africa, Rogers sent video messages of support to the team in light of them choosing his song. He offered to come to England and party with the team if they won the World cup.
In 2008 Rogers toured with his very popular Christmas Show. However, he decided to split the show up, making the first half his "best of" and the second half consisted of his Christmas songs. One such show was at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
In 2009 he toured the UK, playing in Cardiff CIA (March 27), Birmingham NIA (March 28), Manchester MEN (March 29), Newcastle Arena (March 30), Plymouth Pavilions (April 1), Nottingham Concert Hall (April 2), London Hammersmith Apollo (April 3) and Bournemouth BIC (April 4), with support band - Savannah Jack. In 2009, Kenny embarked on his 50th Anniversary Tour. The tour went around the United States, Britain and Ireland.
On April 10, 2010, a TV special was taped, ''Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Year''s. Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie were among those set to perform with Kenny during a show celebrating his contribution to country, blues and pop music, It took place at the MGM Grand in Foxwoods. This special is set debut on March 8, 2011 on Great American Country.
Outside music
Rogers also had success as an actor. His 1982 movie ''Six Pack'', in which he played a race-car driver, took more than $20 million at the US box office, while made-for-TV movies such as ''The Gambler'', ''Christmas in America'', and ''Coward of the County'' (based on hit songs of his) topped ratings lists.As an entrepreneur, he collaborated with former Kentucky Fried Chicken CEO John Y. Brown, Jr. in 1991 to start up the restaurant chain Kenny Rogers Roasters. The chicken and ribs chain, which is similar to Boston Market, was famously featured in an episode of the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld'' called "The Chicken Roaster". On the November 27, 1997, broadcast of ''Late Night with Conan O’Brien'', Rogers could not pick his chicken out in a taste test, claiming he preferred "greasy burgers."
Rogers and his restaurant were subjects of comedy from ''MADtv'', especially the impersonation done by Will Sasso; the sketch of the faux-Rogers hosting ''Jackass'' became popular on the Internet.
Rogers put his name to the Gambler Chassis Co., a Sprint car racing manufacturer started by C. K. Spurlock in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The company used the name from Rogers hit song ''The Gambler''. During the 1980s/90s, Gambler was one of the fastest and widely used Sprintcars with such drivers as Steve Kinser, Sammy Swindell and Doug Wolfgang driving the cars to victory in the World of Outlaws and the famous Knoxville Nationals. Gambler sprintcars were also successful in Australia with drivers such as Garry Rush and Steve Brazier using Gamblers to win multiple Australian Sprintcar Championships.
Rogers appeared in a 2004 episode of Reno 911 as himself being subjected to incompetent security provided by starstruck sheriff's deputies to comical effect. In this episode, Deputy Garcia, who is obsessed with Rogers, reveals that he thinks that Rogers should focus all of his effort on acting, and "give that singing thing a rest for a while," because Garcia believes that Rogers could win an Oscar. In order to "protect" Rogers the deputies take down all of the posters announcing his appearance in Reno, when he finds out he angrily berates the deputies and leaves. He is then promptly shot and wounded by an obsessed fan played by Patton Oswalt, though he is only superficially wounded, and asks for "mall security".
Rogers is also the inspiration behind the pop culture website menwholooklikekennyrogers.com. The site features close to a thousand photos of men who look like the real Rogers, as well as tips on how to look like Rogers, places to spot Rogers look-alikes, and even a Kenny of the Month and sells t-shirts and buttons.
Marriages
Discography
Awards/Honors
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Record labels
The following is a list of record labels to which Rogers signed:
See also
References
External links
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| Name | Dolly Parton |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Dolly Rebecca Parton |
| Birth date | January 19, 1946 |
| Birth place | Sevierville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genre | Country, country pop, bluegrass, ballad |
| Instrument | Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Autoharp, Piano, Drums, Appalachian Dulcimer, Harmonica, Pennywhistle, Finger Nails, Recorder, Fiddle, Bass Guitar, Saxophone |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, author, philanthropist, musician, businesswoman |
| Degrees | Honorary musical and humane letters doctorate degree from University of Tennessee |
| Years active | 1957–present |label Goldband (1957–59) Mercury Records (1962–64)Monument (1965–67) RCA (1967–86) CBS (1987–95) Rising Tide (1995–97) Decca (1997–98) Sugar Hill (1999–2006) Dolly (2007–present) |
| Associated acts | Reba McEntire, Porter Wagoner, Kenny Rogers, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Shania Twain, Juice Newton, Stella Parton, The Larkins, Altan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus, Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill, Carrie Underwood |
| Website | dollypartonmusic.netdollyparton.com }} |
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. She is one of the most successful female country artists of all time, garnering the title of "The Queen of Country Music."
Early years
Dolly Parton was born in Sevierville, Tennessee, the fourth of twelve children born to Robert Lee Parton (March 22, 1921 – November 12, 2000) and Avie Lee Parton (née Owens; October 5, 1923 – December 5, 2003). Robert and Avie's children include:Her family was, as she described them, "dirt poor". She described her family's shortness of money in a number of her early songs, notably "Coat of Many Colors" and "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)". They lived in a rustic, dilapidated one-room cabin in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, a hamlet just north of the Greenbrier Valley in the Locust Ridge area of the Great Smoky Mountains in Sevier County, a predominantly Pentecostal area.
Music formed a major part of her early church experience. She once told an interviewer that her grandfather was a Pentecostal "holy-roller" preacher. Today, when appearing in live concerts, she frequently performs spiritual songs.
Career discovery
Parton began performing as a child, singing on local radio and television programs in the Eastern Tennessee area. By age nine, she was appearing on ''The Cas Walker Show'' on both WIVK Radio and WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee. At thirteen, she was recording on a small Louisiana label, Goldband Records, and appeared at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. It was at the Opry where she first met Johnny Cash who encouraged her to go where her heart took her, and not to care what others thought. The day after she graduated from high school in 1964, Parton moved to Nashville taking many traditional elements of folklore and popular music from East Tennessee with her.Parton's initial success came as a songwriter, writing two top ten hits with her uncle Bill Owens: Bill Phillips's "Put it Off Until Tomorrow" and Skeeter Davis' 1967 hit "Fuel to the Flame". She also wrote a minor chart hit for Hank Williams Jr during this period. She had signed with Monument Records in late 1965, where she was initially pitched as a bubblegum pop singer, earning only one national-chart single, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby," which did not crack the Billboard Hot 100.
The label agreed to let Parton sing country music after her composition, "Put It Off Until Tomorrow," as recorded by Bill Phillips (and with Parton, uncredited, on harmony), went to number six on the country music charts in 1966. Her first country single, "Dumb Blonde" (one of the few songs during this era that she recorded but did not write), reached number twenty-four on the country music charts in 1967, followed the same year with "Something Fishy," which went to number seventeen. The two songs anchored her first full-length album, ''Hello, I'm Dolly''.
Marriage
On May 30, 1966, she and Carl Thomas Dean were married in Ringgold, Georgia. She had met Dean at the Wishy-Washy Laundromat two years earlier on her first day in Nashville. His very first words to her were: "Y'all gonna get sunburnt out there, little lady."Dean, who runs an asphalt road-surface-paving business in Nashville, has always shunned publicity and rarely accompanies her to any events. According to Parton, he has only ever seen her perform once. However, she has also commented in interviews that, although it appears they do not spend much time together, it is simply that nobody sees him. She has also commented on Dean's romantic side claiming that he will often do spontaneous things to surprise her, and sometimes even writes her poems.
The couple partly raised several of Parton's younger siblings at their home in Nashville, leading her nieces and nephews to refer to her as "Aunt Granny". She has no children of her own.
Parton is also the godmother of actress and singer, Miley Cyrus.
The couple are also the sole guardian of a family friend's son whose parents died within two years of each other, though in keeping with the very private nature of the family, not much is known of him.
On May 30, 2011, they celebrated their 45th anniversary. Later, she said, "We're really proud of our marriage. It's the first for both of us. And the last."
Music career
1967–75: Country music success
In 1967, country entertainer Porter Wagoner invited Parton to join his organization, offering her a regular spot on his weekly syndicated television program ''The Porter Wagoner Show'', as well as in his road show.Initially, much of Wagoner's audience was unhappy that Norma Jean, the performer whom Parton had replaced, had left the show, and was reluctant to accept Parton (sometimes chanting loudly for Norma Jean from the audience). With Wagoner's assistance, however, Parton was eventually accepted. Wagoner also convinced his label, RCA Victor, to sign Parton. RCA decided to protect their investment by releasing her first single as a duet with Wagoner. That song, a cover of Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind," released in late 1967, reached the country top ten in January 1968, launching a six-year streak of virtually uninterrupted top ten singles for the pair.
Parton's first solo single for RCA, "Just Because I'm a Woman," was released in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate chart hit, reaching number seventeen. For the remainder of the decade, none of her solo efforts – even "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)", which later became a standard – were as successful as her duets with Wagoner. The duo was named ''Vocal Group of the Year'' in 1968 by the Country Music Association, but Parton's solo records were continually ignored. Wagoner and Parton were both frustrated by her lack of solo success, because he had a significant financial stake in her future: as of 1969, he was her co-producer and owned nearly half of Owepar, the publishing company Parton had founded with Bill Owens.
By 1970, both Parton and Wagoner had grown frustrated by her lack of solo chart success, and Porter had her record Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues", a gimmick that worked. The record shot to number three on the charts, followed closely, in February 1971, by her first number-one single, "Joshua." For the next two years, she had a number of solo hits – including her signature song "Coat of Many Colors" (number four in 1971) – in addition to her duets. Though she had successful singles, none of them were blockbusters until "Jolene". Released in late 1973, the song topped the singles chart in February 1974 (it would eventually also chart in the UK, reaching #7 in 1976, representing Parton's first UK success). Parton and Wagoner performed their last duet concert in April 1974, and she ceased appearing on his TV show in mid-1974, though they remained affiliated, with him helping to produce her records through 1976. The pair continued to release duet albums, their final release being 1975's ''Say Forever You'll Be Mine''.
In 1974, her song, "I Will Always Love You," written about her professional break from Wagoner, went to number one on the country music charts. Around the same time, Elvis Presley indicated that he wanted to cover the song. Parton was interested until Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, told her that it was standard procedure for the songwriter to sign over half of the publishing rights to any song Elvis recorded. Parton refused, and that decision is credited with helping to make her many millions of dollars in royalties from the song over the years.
1976–86: Branching out into pop music
From 1974 to 1980, she consistently charted in the country Top 10, with no fewer than eight singles reaching number one. Parton had her own syndicated-television variety show, ''Dolly!'' (1976–1977). During this period, a number, including Rose Maddox, Kitty Wells, Olivia Newton-John, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt, covered her songs, and her siblings Randy and Stella all received recording contracts of their own.It was also during this period that Parton began to embark on a high profile crossover campaign, attempting to aim her music in a more mainstream direction and increase her visibility outside of the confines of country music. In 1976, she signed with the Los Angeles PR firm Katz-Gallin-Morey, working closely with Sandy Gallin, who would serve as her personal manager for the next twenty-five years.
With her 1976 album ''All I Can Do'', co-produced by herself with Porter Wagoner, Parton began taking more of an active role in production, and began specifically aiming her music in a more mainstream, pop direction. Her first entirely self-produced effort, 1977's ''New Harvest ... First Gathering'', highlighted Parton's pop sensibilities, both in terms of choice of songs—the album contained covers of the pop and R&B; classics "My Girl" and "Higher and Higher" – and the album's production. While receiving generally favorable reviews, however, the album did not achieve the crossover success Parton had hoped for. Though it topped the country albums charts, it stalled at #71 on the pop albums chart; the album's single, "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" only reached #87 on the Hot 100.
After ''New Harvest'''s disappointing chart performance, Parton turned to high profile pop producer Gary Klein for her next album. The result, 1977's ''Here You Come Again'', became her first million-seller, topping the country albums chart and reaching #20 on the pop albums chart; the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned "title track" topped the country singles chart, and became Parton's first top-ten single on the pop charts (reaching number three). A second single, the double A-sided single "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong But It's All Right" also topped the country singles chart and crossed over to the pop top twenty. For the remainder of the 1970s and into the early '80s, many of Parton's subsequent singles charted on both pop and country charts, simultaneously. Her albums during this period were developed specifically for pop-crossover success.
In 1978 Parton won a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her ''Here You Come Again'' album. She continued to have hits with "Heartbreaker" (1978), "Baby I'm Burning" and "You're the Only One" (both 1979), all of which charted in the pop singles Top 40, and all of which also topped the country-singles chart; 1979's "Sweet Summer Lovin'" became the first Parton single in two years to not top the country singles chart (though it still nonetheless reached the top ten). During this period, Parton's visibility continued to increase, with television appearances in 1977, 1978 and 1979. A highly publicized candid interview on ''The Barbara Walters Special'' in December 1977 (timed to coincide with ''Here You Come Again'''s release) was followed by appearances in 1978 on Cher's ABC television special, and her own joint special with Carol Burnett on CBS, ''Carol and Dolly in Nashville''. She also served as one of three co-hosts (along with Roy Clark and Glen Campbell) on the CBS special ''Fifty Years of Country Music''. In 1979, Parton hosted the NBC special ''The Seventies: An Explosion of Country Music'', performed live at the Ford Theatre in Washington, D.C., and whose audience included President Jimmy Carter.
Parton's commercial success continued to grow during 1980, with three number-one hits in a row: the Donna Summer-written "Starting Over Again", "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You", and "9 to 5", which topped the country and pop charts in early 1981.
With less time to spend songwriting as she focused on a burgeoning film career, during the early 1980s Parton recorded a larger percentage of material from noted pop songwriters, such as Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Rupert Holmes, Gary Portnoy and Carole Bayer Sager.
"9 to 5", the theme song to the feature film ''Nine to Five'' (1980) Parton starred in along with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, not only reached number one on the country charts, but also, in February 1981, reached number one on the pop and the adult-contemporary charts, giving her a triple-number-one hit. Parton became one of the few female country singers to have a number-one single on the country and pop charts simultaneously. It also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
Parton's singles continued to appear consistently in the country Top 10: between 1981 and 1985, she had 12 Top 10 hits; half of those were number-one singles. Parton continued to make inroads on the pop charts as well with a re-recorded version of "I Will Always Love You" from the feature film ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' (1982) scraping the Top 50 that year and her duet with Kenny Rogers, "Islands in the Stream" (written by the Bee Gees and produced by Barry Gibb), spent two weeks at number one in 1983. Other chart hits during this period included Parton's chart-topping cover of the 1969 First Edition hit "But You Know I Love You" and "The House of the Rising Sun" (both 1981), "Single Women", "Heartbreak Express" and "Hard Candy Christmas" (1982) and 1983's "Potential New Boyfriend", which was accompanied by one of Parton's first music videos, and which also reached the U.S. dance charts.
She also continued to explore new business and entertainment ventures such as her Dollywood theme park, that opened in 1986 in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
By the mid-1980s, her record sales were still relatively strong, with "Save the Last Dance for Me", "Downtown", "Tennessee Homesick Blues" (all 1984); "Real Love" (another duet with Kenny Rogers), "Don't Call It Love" (both 1985); and "Think About Love" (1986) all reaching the country-singles Top 10. ("Tennessee Homesick Blues" and "Think About Love" reached number one. "Real Love" also reached number one on the country-singles chart and also became a modest pop-crossover hit). However, RCA Records didn't renew her contract after it expired that year, and she signed with Columbia Records in 1987.
1987–94: Return to country roots
Along with Harris and Ronstadt, she released the decade-in-the-making ''Trio'' (1987) to critical acclaim. The album strongly revitalized Parton's temporarily stalled music career, spending five weeks at number one on Billboard's Country Albums chart, selling several million copies and producing four Top 10 country hits including Phil Spector's "To Know Him Is to Love Him", which went to number one. ''Trio'' won the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 1987, she revived her television variety show, ''Dolly''.After a further attempt at pop success with 1987's critically and commercially disappointing ''Rainbow'', Parton refocused on recording country material. ''White Limozeen'' (1989) produced two number-one hits in "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses". Although it looked like Parton's career had been revived, it was actually just a brief revival before contemporary country music came in the early 1990s and moved all veteran artists out of the charts.
A duet with Ricky Van Shelton, "Rockin' Years" (1991) reached number one but Parton's greatest commercial fortune of the decade came when Whitney Houston recorded "I Will Always Love You" for the soundtrack of the feature film ''The Bodyguard'' (1992); both the single and the album were massively successful.
She recorded "The Day I Fall In Love" as a duet with James Ingram for the feature film ''Beethoven's 2nd'' (1993). The songwriters (Sager, Ingram, and Clif Mangess) were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song and Parton and Ingram performed the song on the awards telecast.
Similar to her earlier collabrative album with Harris and Ronstadt, Parton recorded ''Honky Tonk Angels'' (1994) with Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette. It was certified as Gold Album by the Recording Industry Association of America and helped revive both Wynette's and Lynn's careers.
Also in 1994, Parton contributed the song "You Gotta Be My Baby" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization.
1995–present
In 1995 Parton re-recorded "I Will Always Love You" as a duet with Vince Gill on her album ''Something Special'' for which they won the Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year Award.A second and more contemporary collaboration with Harris and Ronstadt, ''Trio II'' (1999), was released and its cover of Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" won a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. Parton was also inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.
She recorded a series of critically acclaimed bluegrass albums, beginning with ''The Grass Is Blue'' (1999), winning a Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, and ''Little Sparrow'' (2001), with its cover of Collective Soul's "Shine" winning a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. The third, ''Halos & Horns'' (2002) included a bluegrass version of the Led Zeppelin classic "Stairway to Heaven".
Parton released ''Those Were The Days'' (2005), her interpretation of hits from the folk-rock era of the late 1960s through the early 1970s. It featured such classics as John Lennon's "Imagine", Cat Stevens's "Where Do the Children Play?", Tommy James's "Crimson and Clover", and Pete Seeger's anti-war song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?".
Parton earned her second Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for "Travelin' Thru", which she wrote specifically for the feature film ''Transamerica'' (2005). Because of the song's theme of uncritical acceptance of a transgender woman, Parton received death threats. She also returned to number one on the country charts later in 2005 by lending her distinctive harmonies to the Brad Paisley ballad, "When I Get Where I'm Goin'".
In September 2007, Parton released her first single from her own record company, Dolly Records, entitled, "Better Get to Livin'", which eventually peaked at number forty-eight on the Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. It was followed by the studio album, "Backwoods Barbie", which was released February 26, 2008, and reached number two on the country charts. The album's debut at number seventeen on the all-genre Billboard 200 albums chart has been the highest in her career. ''Backwoods Barbie'' produced four additional singles, including the title track, which was written as part of her score for ''9 to 5: The Musical'', an adaptation of her feature film ''Nine to Five''.
After the sudden death of Michael Jackson, whom Parton knew personally, she released a video in which she somberly told of her feelings on Jackson and his death.
On October 27, 2009, Parton released a 4-CD box set entitled "Dolly" which features 99 songs and spans most of her career. She is now set to release her second live DVD and album, "Live From London" in October 2009 which was filmed during her sold out 2008 concerts at London's O2 Arena. She is also currently working on a dance-oriented album, "Dance with Dolly", which she hopes to release in 2010.
Longtime friend Billy Ray Cyrus, singer of Brother Clyde, released their self-titled debut album on August 10, 2010. Parton is featured on "The Right Time", which she co-wrote with Cyrus and Morris Joseph Tancredi.
She stated in 2010 that she would like to start recording a country-dance album in November, and that it should be set for release in 2011. On January 6, 2011, Dolly announced her new album would be titled, ''Better Day''. In February 2011, Dolly announced that she would embark on the Better Day World Tour on July 17, 2011, with shows in northern Europe and the United States. The album's lead-off single, "Together You and I," was released on May 26, 2011, and ''Better Day'' was released on June 28, 2011.
In 2011 Dolly voiced the character Dolly Gnome in the British-made animated film Gnomeo and Juliet.
In concert and on tour
Parton toured extensively from the late 1960s until the early 1990s. In the 60's and 70's, Parton toured alongside other country musicians including Porter Wagoner, George Jones and Linda Ronstadt. Parton toured as a headline act in 1977 and 1978 for promote her albums, ''Here You Come Again'' and ''Heartbreaker''. From 1984 to 1985, she toured alongside Kenny Rogers for the "Real Love Tour". She continued touring in 1986 with the "Thinkin' About Love Tour" and in 1989 for the "White Limozeen Tour". Her only tour in the 1990s was the "Eagle When She Files Tour" which was performed in 1991 and 1992. In 2002 she returned to the concert stage; she later went on the Backwoods Barbie Tour in 2008 promoting ''Backwoods Barbie''.
Dollywood Foundation Shows
From the early 1990s through 2001, her concert appearances were primarily limited to one weekend a year at Dollywood to benefit her Dollywood Foundation. The concerts normally followed a theme (similar to a Legends in Concert or, for example, a "fifties-music"-tribute concert). They have also included holiday shows during the Christmas season.
Halos & Horns Tour
After a decade-long absence from touring, Parton decided to return in 2002 with the Halos & Horns Tour, an 18-city, intimate club tour to promote ''Halos & Horns'' (2002). House of Blues Entertainment, Inc. produced the tour and it sold out all its U.S. and European dates (her first in two decades).
Hello, I'm Dolly Tour
She returned to mid-sized-stadium venues in 2004 with her 36-city, U.S. and Canadian Hello, I'm Dolly Tour, a glitzier, more-elaborate stage show than two years earlier. With nearly 140,000 tickets sold, it was the tenth-biggest country tour of the year and grossed more than $6 million.
The Vintage Tour
In late 2005 Parton completed a 40-city tour with The Vintage Tour promoting her new ''Those Were the Days'' (2005).
An Evening with Dolly Parton
Parton scheduled mini concerts in late 2006 throughout the U.S. and Canada as a gear-up to her 17-city, 21-date An Evening with Dolly Parton. Running from March 6 – April 3, 2007, this was her first world tour in many years and her first tour in the United Kingdom since 2002.The tour sold out in every European city and gained positive reviews. It grossed just over $16 million. The most-noted feature of the shows, despite Parton being 60, was that most in attendance had never seen her in concert before. This, coupled with Parton's European popularity, led to a rapturous reception whenever she took to the stage.
Backwoods Barbie Tour
In 2008 Parton went on the Backwoods Barbie Tour. It was set to begin in the U.S. (February–April 2008) to coincide with the release of ''Backwoods Barbie'' (2008), her first mainstream-country album in 17 years. However, because of back problems she postponed all U.S. dates. The tour started March 28, 2008, with 13 U.S. dates, followed by 17 European shows.She returned to the U.S. with a concert at Humphrey's By The Bay in San Diego, California, on August 1, 2008. She performed her Backwoods Barbie Tour on August 3, 2008, at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California, to a sold-out crowd and standing ovations. From August 1 to November 1, she has scheduled 16 dates on both the east and west coasts of the U.S.
Better Day World Tour
In 2011, Dolly plans to embark on the Better Day World Tour visiting northern Europe, the United States and Australia (for the first time in almost 30 years).
Songwriting
Parton is a successful songwriter, having begun by writing country-music songs with strong elements of folk music, based upon her upbringing in humble mountain surroundings, and reflecting her family's evangelical-Christian background. Her songs "Coat of Many Colors", "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" have become classics in the field, as have a number of others. As a songwriter, she is also regarded as one of country music's most-gifted storytellers, with many of her narrative songs based on persons and events from her childhood. On November 4, 2003, Dolly Parton was honored as a BMI Icon at the 2003 BMI Country Awards. She has earned over 35 BMI Pop and Country Awards throughout her prolific songwriting career. In 2001, she was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.In a 2009 interview with CNN's ''Larry King Live'', Parton indicated that she had written "at least 3,000" songs, having written seriously since the age of seven. Parton went on to say that she writes something every day, be it a song or an idea.
Compositions in films and television and covers
Parton's songwriting has been featured prominently in several films.In addition to the title song for ''Nine to Five'' (1980), she also recorded a second version of "I Will Always Love You" for ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' (1982). The second version proved to be another number-one country hit and also managed to reach the pop charts going to number 53 in the U.S.
"I Will Always Love You" has been covered by many country artists, including Ronstadt, on ''Prisoner In Disguise'' (1975); Kenny Rogers, on ''Vote for Love'' (1996); and LeAnn Rimes, on ''Unchained Melody: The Early Years'' (1997). Whitney Houston performed it on ''The Bodyguard'' (1992) film soundtrack and her version became the best-selling hit ever both written and performed by a female vocalist, with worldwide sales of over twelve million copies. In addition,the song has been translated into Italian and performed by the Welsh opera singer Katherine Jenkins, a fact referred to by Dolly herself in the Birmingham (UK) concert of the 'Backwoods Barbie' Tour.
As a songwriter, Parton has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, for "9 to 5" (1980) and "Travelin' Thru" (2005). "Travelin' Thru" did win as Best Original Song award at the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2005). The song was also nominated for both the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (2005) and the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award (also known as the Critics' Choice Awards) for Best Song (2005).
A cover version of "Love Is Like A Butterfly", recorded by singer Clare Torry, was used as the theme music for the British TV show ''Butterflies''.
''American Idol'' appearance
The music-competition, reality-television show ''American Idol'' (since 2002) has weekly themes and the April 1–2, 2008, episodes' theme was "Dolly Parton Songs" with the nine then-remaining contestants each singing a Parton composition. Parton participated as a "guest mentor" to the contestants and also performed "Jesus and Gravity" (from ''Backwoods Barbie'' and released as a single in March 2008) receiving a standing ovation from the studio audience.
''9 to 5: The Musical''
Parton wrote the score (and Patricia Resnick wrote the book) for ''9 to 5: The Musical'', a musical-theatre adaptation of Parton's feature film ''Nine to Five'' (1980). The musical ran at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, California, in Fall 2008.It opened on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre in New York City, on April 30, 2009, to mixed reviews. The title track of her ''Backwoods Barbie'' (2008), was written for the musical's character Doralee. Though her score (as well as the musical debut of actress Allison Janney) was praised, the show struggled and closed on September 6, 2009 after 24 previews and 148 performances.
Developing the musical was not an overnight process. According to a broadcast of the public-radio program Studio 360 (October 29, 2005), in October 2005 Parton was in the midst of composing the songs for a Broadway musical-theatre adaptation of the film. In late June 2007, ''9 to 5: the Musical'' was read for industry presentations. The readings starred Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, Stephanie J. Block, Bebe Neuwirth and Marc Kudisch.
Musician
Parton plays the autoharp, banjo, drums, dulcimer, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, flute, pennywhistle and piano. She began composing songs at the age of four, her mother often writing down the music as she heard Parton singing around the house. Parton often describes her talent as having "the gift of rhyme".
Acting career
During the mid-1970s, Parton wanted to expand her audience base. Although her first attempt, the television variety show ''Dolly!'' (1976–1977), had high ratings, it lasted only one season, with Parton requesting to be released from her contract because of the stress it was causing her vocal cords. (She later tried a second television variety show, also entitled ''Dolly'' (1987–1988); it also lasted only one season.)
Film
In her first feature film she portrayed a secretary in a co-starring role with Fonda and Tomlin in ''Nine to Five'' (1980). Parton received Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and New Star Of The Year – Actress.She also wrote and recorded the biggest solo hit of her career with the film's title song. It received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Song along with a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Song. Released as a single, the song won two Grammy Awards: Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song. The song also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and in was placed number 78 on the American Film Institute's "100 Years... 100 Songs" list released in 2004. Parton was also named Top Female Box Office Star by the Motion Picture Herald in both 1981 and 1982.
Parton's second film ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'' (1982), earned her a second Golden Globe nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
She followed with ''Rhinestone'' (1984), co-starring Sylvester Stallone, and ''Steel Magnolias'' (1989), with an ensemble cast.
The last leading role for Parton was portraying a plainspoken radio-program host (with listeners telephoning in to share their problems) in ''Straight Talk'' (1992), opposite James Woods.
She played an overprotective mother in ''Frank McKlusky, C.I.'' (2002) with Dave Sheridan, Cameron Richardson and Randy Quaid.
Parton played herself in a cameo appearance in ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' (1993) (an adaptation of the long-running television situation comedy of the same name) and also in ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'' (2005) (the sequel to Sandra Bullock's earlier ''Miss Congeniality'' (2000)).
She was featured in ''The Book Lady'' (2008) a documentary about her campaign for children’s literacy and she was expecting to repeat her television role as Hannah's godmother in ''Hannah Montana: The Movie'' (2008) but the character was omitted from the final screenplay.
In 2011 Dolly was in the movie Gnomeo and Juliet, a film about Shakespeare's story of Romeo and Juliet about gnomes.
Parton is set to co-star with Queen Latifah in ''Joyful Noise'', a gospel-choir feature film from Alcon Entertainment, which finished filming in April 2011. In ''Joyful Noise'', Parton will play a choir director's widow who joins forces with Queen Latifah's mother of two teens to save the Pacashau gospel choir after the death of her husband.
Television
In addition to her performing appearances on the Wagoner Show in the 1960s and into the 1970s; her two self-titled television variety shows in the 1970s and 1980s; and on ''American Idol'' in 2008 and other guest appearances, Parton has also acted in television roles. In 1979 she received an Emmy award nomination as "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Variety Program" for her guest appearance in a Cher special. During the 1980s, she starred in two popular television concert specials: 1983's ''Dolly in London'', filmed live in London's Dominion Theatre, and ''Dolly & Kenny: Real Love'', a 1985 concert special with Kenny Rogers, filmed during their joint concert tour. (Parton and Rogers also filmed a popular 1984 holiday special for CBS, and the two teamed up with Willie Nelson in 1989 for another concert special ''Something Inside So Strong.'')Parton has appeared as a frequent presenter and performer on a number of awards shows, from the 1960s through the 2010s, and she remains a popular guest on a number of talk shows.
She starred in the television movie ''A Smoky Mountain Christmas'' (1986); ''Unlikely Angel'' (1996), portraying an angel sent back to earth following a deadly car crash; and ''Blue Valley Songbird'' (1999), where her character lives through her music.
Parton has also done voice work for animation for television series, playing herself in the ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' (episode "Urban Chipmunk", 1983) and the character Katrina Eloise "Murph" Murphy in ''The Magic School Bus'' (episode "The Family Holiday Special", 1994).
Parton has guest starred in a number of sitcoms, including a 1990 episode of ''Designing Women'' (episode "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century") as herself, the guardian movie star of Charlene's baby. She also appeared in the situation comedy series ''Reba'' (episode "Reba's Rules of Real Estate") portraying a real-estate agency owner, and on ''The Simpsons'' (episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday", 1999). She also appeared as herself in 2000 on the Halloween episode of Bette Midler's sitcom ''Bette,'' and episode 14 of the Fox sitcom ''Babes'' (which was produced by Sandollar Productions, Parton and Sandy Gallin's joint production company).
Dolly also guest starred on an episode of "The Love Boat."
She also made cameo appearances on the Disney Channel as "Aunt Dolly" visiting Hannah and her family in the fellow Tennessean Miley Cyrus's series ''Hannah Montana'' (episodes "Good Golly, Miss Dolly", 2006, "I Will Always Loathe You", 2007, and "Kiss It All Goodbye", 2010). The role came about because of her real-life relationship as Cyrus's godmother. She was nominated for a Outstanding Guest Actress in Comedy Series.
Businesses
In 1998, Nashville Business ranked her as the wealthiest country-music star.
The Dollywood Company
Parton invested much of her earnings into business ventures in her native East Tennessee, notably Pigeon Forge. She is a co-owner of The Dollywood Company, which operates the theme park Dollywood (a former Silver Dollar City), a dinner theatre, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, and the waterpark, Dollywood's Splash Country, all in Pigeon Forge.Dollywood is ranked as the 24th-most-popular theme park in the U.S., with about three million visitors annually. The area is a thriving tourist attraction, drawing visitors from large parts of the Southeastern and Midwestern U.S. This region of the U.S., like most areas of Appalachia, had suffered economically for decades; Parton's business investment has helped revitalize the area.
The Dixie Stampede business also has venues in Branson, Missouri, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. A former Dixie Stampede location in Orlando, Florida closed in January 2008 after the business's land and building were sold to a developer. Starting in June 2011, the Myrtle beach location became Pirates Voyage Fun, Feast & Adventure; Parton appeared for the opening, and the South Carolina General Assembly declared June 3, 2011 Dolly Parton Day.
Film and television production company
Parton is a co-owner of Sandollar Productions with Sandy Gallin, her former manager. A film-and-television-production company, it produced the ''Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt'' (1989) which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Feature); the television series ''Babes'' (1990–1991) and ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2003); and the feature films ''Father of the Bride'' (1991), ''Father of the Bride: Part II'' (1995) ''Straight Talk'' (1992) (in which Parton also starred), ''Sabrina'' (1995), among other shows. In a 2009 interview singer Connie Francis revealed that Dolly had been contacting her for years in an attempt to film the singer's life story. Francis turned down Parton's offers as she was already in negotiations with singer Gloria Estefan to produce the film, a collaboration which has now ended.
Other businesses
Briefly from 1987, Parton owned Dockside Plantation, a restaurant in the upscale neighborhood of Hawaii Kai in Honolulu, Hawaii. She also had a "signature line" of wigs from Revlon in the early 1990s. The best-selling style, "Dolly's Own", is still sold by Revlon, albeit under a new style name.
Philanthropic efforts
Since the mid-1980s Parton has supported many charitable efforts, particularly in the area of literacy, primarily through her Dollywood Foundation.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Her literacy program, "Dolly Parton's Imagination Library", a part of the Dollywood Foundation, mails one book per month to each enrolled child from the time of their birth until they enter kindergarten. It began in Sevier County but has now been replicated in 566 counties across thirty-six U.S. states (as well as in Canada). In December 2007 it expanded to Europe with the South Yorkshire town of Rotherham, United Kingdom, being the first British locality to receive the books. The program distributes more than 2.5 million free books to children annually.In 2006 Parton published a cookbook ''Dolly's Dixie Fixin's: Love, Laughter and Lots of Good Food''. The net profits support the Dollywood Foundation.
Other philanthropy
Dollywood has been noted for bringing jobs and tax revenues to a previously depressed region. She has also worked to raise money on behalf of several other causes, including the American Red Cross and a number of HIV/AIDS-related charities.In December 2006, Parton pledged $500,000 toward a proposed $90-million hospital and cancer center to be constructed in Sevierville in the name of Dr. Robert F. Thomas, the physician who delivered her; she also announced plans for a benefit concert to raise additional funds for the project. The concert went ahead playing to about 8,000 people.
In May 2009, Parton gave the commencement address at the University of Tennessee. Her speech was about her life lessons, and she encouraged the graduates to never stop dreaming.
Awards and honors
Parton is one of the most-honored female country performers of all time. The Record Industry Association of America has certified 25 of her single or album releases as either Gold Record, Platinum Record or Multi-Platinum Record. She has had 26 songs reach number one on the Billboard country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 42 career-top-10 country albums, a record for any artist, and 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. All inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, paid digital downloads and compilation usage during Parton's career have reportedly topped 174 million records around the world.She has received eight Grammy Awards and a total of 45 Grammy Award nominations. At the 2011 Grammies she was given a Lifetime Achievement Award. At the American Music Awards she has won three awards, but has received 18 nominations. At the Country Music Association, she has received 10 awards and 42 nominations. At the Academy of Country Music, she has won seven awards and 39 nominations. She is one of only six female artists (including Reba McEntire, Barbara Mandrell, Shania Twain, Loretta Lynn, and Taylor Swift), to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, Entertainer of the Year (1978). She has also been nominated for two Academy Awards and a Tony Award.
She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording in 1984, located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California; a star on the Nashville Star Walk for Grammy winners; and a bronze sculpture on the courthouse lawn in Sevierville. She has called that statue of herself in her hometown "the greatest honor," because it came from the people who knew her.
Parton was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 1969, and in 1986 was named one of ''Ms. Magazine'''s Women of the Year. In 1986, Parton was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 1999, Parton received country music's highest honor, an induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She received an honorary doctorate degree from Carson-Newman College (Jefferson City, Tennessee) in 1990. This was followed by induction into the National Academy of Popular Music/Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2002, Parton ranked number four in ''CMT's 40 Greatest Women of Country Music.''
She was honored in 2003 with a tribute album called ''Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton''. The artists who recorded versions of Parton's songs included Melissa Etheridge ("I Will Always Love You"), Alison Krauss ("9 to 5"), Twain ("Coat of Many Colors"), Me'Shell NdegéOcello ("Two Doors Down"), Norah Jones ("The Grass is Blue"), and Sinéad O'Connor ("Dagger Through the Heart"); Parton herself contributed a rerecording of the title song, originally the title song for her first RCA album in 1968. Parton was awarded the Living Legend Medal by the U.S. Library of Congress on April 14, 2004, for her contributions to the cultural heritage of the United States.
This was followed in 2005 with the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor given by the U.S. government for excellence in the arts and is presented by the U.S. President.
On December 3, 2006, Parton received the Kennedy Center Honors from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for her lifetime of contributions to the arts. Other 2006 honorees included Zubin Mehta, Steven Spielberg, Smokey Robinson and Andrew Lloyd Webber. During the show, some of country music's biggest names came to show their admiration. Carrie Underwood performed Parton's hit "Islands in the Stream" with Rogers, Parton's original duet partner. Krauss performed "Jolene" and duetted "Coat of Many Colors" with Twain. McEntire and Reese Witherspoon also came to pay tribute.
On November 16, 2010, Parton accepted the Liseberg Applause Award, the theme park industry's most prestigious honor, on behalf of Dollywood theme park during a ceremony held at IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010 in Orlando.
Philanthropy-related honors
In 2003, her efforts to preserve the bald eagle through the American Eagle Foundation's sanctuary at Dollywood earned her the Partnership Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Parton received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution at a ceremony in Nashville on November 8, 2007.
For her work in literacy, Parton has received various awards including:
On May 8, 2009, Parton gave the commencement speech at the commencement ceremony in Knoxville, Tennessee, for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's College of Arts and Sciences. During the ceremony she received an honorary degree, a doctorate of humane and musical letters, from the university. It was only the second honorary degree to be given by the university and in presenting the degree, the university's chancellor, Jimmy G. Cheek, said, "Because of her career not just as a musician and entertainer, but for her role as a cultural ambassador, philanthropist and lifelong advocate for education, it is fitting that she be honored with an honorary degree from the flagship educational institution of her home state."
Image
Parton has turned down several offers to pose for ''Playboy'' magazine, although she did appear on the cover of ''Playboy'''s October 1978 issue wearing a Playboy bunny outfit, complete with ears (the October 1978 ''Playboy'' issue also featured Lawrence Grobel's extensive and candid interview with Parton, representing one of her earliest high profile interviews with the mainstream press). The association of breasts with Parton's public image is illustrated in the naming of Dolly the sheep after her, since the sheep was cloned from a cell taken from an adult ewe's mammary gland. When Parton was asked whether she minded being an eponym in this way, she joked, "No, there's no such thing as baa-ad publicity."She has had plastic surgery. On a 2003 broadcast of ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', Winfrey asked what kind of cosmetic surgery Parton had undergone. Parton stated that she felt that cosmetic surgery was imperative in keeping with her famous image, but jokingly admitted, "If I have one more facelift, I'll have a beard!" Parton has repeatedly joked about her physical image and surgeries, saying, "If I see something sagging, bagging, and dragging, I'm going to nip it, suck it and tuck it. Why should I look like an old barn yard dog if I don't have to?" and "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." Her breasts also garnered mention of her in several songs in the 1980s and 1990s, including "Dolly Parton's Hits" by Bobby Braddock, "Talk Like Sex" by Kool G Rap and DJ Polo, "Dolly Parton's Tits" by MacLean & MacLean, and "Crazy Rap" by Afroman.
Press agent Lee Solters represented Parton and has remarked that he knew her "since she was flat-chested".
Discography
Studio Albums:
Filmography
| + List of film acting performances | ||||
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Gross revenue |
| ''Nine to Five'' | Doralee Rhodes | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | $107,000,000 | |
| '''' | Mona Stangley | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | $72,000,000 | |
| ! scope="row" | Jake | $32,000,000 | ||
| ''Steel Magnolias'' | Truvy Jones | $98,000,000 | ||
| ''Straight Talk'' | Shirlee Kenyon | $28,000,000 | ||
| '''' | Herself | cameo appearance | $113,000,000 | |
| ''Frank McKlusky, C.I.'' | Edith McKlusky | $18,000,000 | ||
| ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'' | Herself | cameo appearance | $102,000,000 | |
| ''Gnomeo and Juliet'' | Dolly Gnome | voice | $29,000,000 | |
| ! scope="row" | Herself | Voice cameo | ||
| ! scope="row" | G.G. Sparrow |
| + List of television acting performances | ||||
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Episode title |
| ''Dolly and Carol in Nashville'' | Trudy/Herself | TV movie | ||
| ''Lily: Sold Out'' | Herself | TV movie | ||
| '''' | Lorna Davis | TV movie | ||
| ''Wild Texas Wind'' | Thiola "Big T" Rayfield | TV movie | ||
| ! scope="row" | Betsy Baxter | TV series | Pilot episode, unaired | |
| ''Mindin' My Own Business'' | Catering business owner | Pilot episode, unaired | ||
| ''Unlikely Angel'' | Ruby Diamond | TV movie | ||
| ! scope="row" | Katrina Eloise 'Murph' Murphy | TV series | "The Family Holiday Special" | |
| ''Blue Valley Songbird'' | Leanna Taylor | TV movie | ||
| ! scope="row" | Dolly Majors | TV series | "Reba's Rules of Real Estate" | |
| ''Hannah Montana'' | Aunt Dolly | TV series |
| + List of television appearances as singer | ||||
| Title | Year | Role | Notes | Episodes |
| '''' | regular singer | All | ||
| ''Dolly!'' | host and performer | All | ||
| ''Cher... Special'' | herself | |||
| '''' | herself | |||
| ! scope="row" | herself | one episode | ||
| ! scope="row" | host | 22 episodes | ||
| ''Bob Hope's Christmas Special'' | herself | |||
| ''Designing Women'' | Herself – The Guardian Movie Star | "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire 20th Century: Part 1 & 2" | ||
| ''Babes'' | Herself | Cameo appearance | "Hello Dolly" | |
| ''Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story'' | Herself | Cameo appearance | ||
| ''Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge'' | Herself | |||
| ''Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story'' | Herself | Cameo appearance | ||
| '''' | Herself | "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" | ||
| ''Jackie's Back'' | Herself | Cameo appearance | ||
| ! scope="row" | Herself | Cameo appearance | "Halloween" | |
| ''19 Kids and Counting" | Herself | Cameo | "Duggars Go To Dollywood" |
See also
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| name | Sheena Easton |
|---|---|
| birth name | Sheena Shirley Orr |
| background | solo_singer |
| birth date | April 27, 1959 |
| origin | Bellshill, Scotland |
| instrument | Vocals |
| genre | Adult Contemporary, Pop/Rock, Dance, R&B;, Country |
| occupation | Singer, songwriter, producer, actress, voiceover, designer |
| years active | 1980–present |
| label | EMI UK, EMI US, MCA, Universal |
| website | }} |
Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop hits "9 to 5" — known as "Morning Train" in the United States — and "For Your Eyes Only", "Strut", "Sugar Walls", "U Got the Look" with Prince, and "The Lover in Me". She went on to become successful in the United States and Japan, working with prominent vocalists and producers, such as Prince, Christopher Neil, Kenny Rogers, Luis Miguel, L.A. Reid and Babyface, and Nile Rodgers.
Early life
Easton was born Sheena Shirley Orr in the Scottish town of Bellshill, the youngest of six children to a steel mill labourer, Alex Orr, and his wife Annie. She had two brothers, Robert and Alex, and three sisters, Marilyn, Annessa and Morag. Her earliest known public performance as a singer was at the age of five in 1964 when she sang "Early One Morning" for her uncle and aunt and various relatives at the couple's 25th wedding anniversary celebration.Easton's father died in 1969 and her mother had to support the family. Easton's website states that despite her mother's heavy workload she was always available for her children: "Sheena always speaks very highly of her mum and the wonderful job she did in bringing up her and her siblings, including teaching each of them all to read at home before they were even enrolled in school."
Easton did not consider a singing career until viewing the movie ''The Way We Were'', with Barbra Streisand. Streisand's singing over the opening credits "overtook" the young Scottish girl and convinced her that what she wanted most was to be a singer and to have the same effect on others. Her top grades in school earned her a scholarship to attend the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and she trained there from 1975 to 1979 as a speech and drama teacher by day, while singing with a band called Something Else by night at local clubs. She chose to study teaching rather than performing, because it was a course of study that would let her perfect her craft as a singer.
In 1979, she married Sandi Easton, the first of four husbands. They divorced after eight months, and Sheena decided to keep the surname Easton. That year, one of her Academy tutors coaxed her into auditioning for Esther Rantzen, producer of the BBC programme ''The Big Time''. Rantzen was planning a documentary film to chronicle a relative unknown's rise to pop-music stardom. Easton was selected as the subject for the programme, where she met Lulu (another Scottish singer), who told her that she was unlikely to make the big time. Within a year of the programme airing, Sheena Easton proved Lulu wrong as EMI executives awarded her a contract, and Christopher Neil was assigned as her recording producer. Deke Arlon became her first manager, and Easton spent much of 1980 being followed by camera crews, who filmed her throughout the process of making her first EMI single, "Modern Girl".
Career
1981–83: "9 to 5", James Bond, ''Take My Time''
Her first single, the disco-tinged soft-synth-pop tune "Modern Girl", was released in the UK before the show aired and reached #56. At the end of the show, Easton was still unsure of her future as a singer. The question was soon resolved when, after the show aired, her second single, "9 to 5", reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1980. "Modern Girl" re-entered the chart subsequently and climbed into the top 10, and Easton found herself with two songs in the top 10 simultaneously. Sheena was voted Best British Female Singer by the ''Daily Mirror'' Pop & Rock Awards in 1980, "Best Newcomer" 1980 by Capital Radio, and "Best Female Singer" 1980 by the ''TV Times'' Readers Awards."9 to 5" was Easton's first single release in the United States, although it was renamed "Morning Train (Nine To Five)" for its release in the U.S. and Canada to avoid confusion with Dolly Parton's hit movie title song "9 to 5". "Morning Train" became Easton's first and only #1 hit in the U.S. and topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts in Billboard magazine. "Modern Girl" was released as the follow-up and peaked at #18, and before 1981 was over Sheena had a top 10 hit in both the U.S. and UK with the Academy Award-nominated James Bond movie theme ''For Your Eyes Only''. The song was nominated for the "Best Female Vocal Performance" in 1981 and Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in 1982. Easton's U.S. success culminated in her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist of 1981.
Easton's first three U.S. albums, ''Sheena Easton'' (a.k.a. ''Take My Time''), ''You Could Have Been With Me'', and ''Madness, Money and Music'', were all in the same Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary pop vein (although she made a grab for the new wave audience with "Machinery", from the latter album). The title track from ''You Could Have Been With Me'' went Top 15 U.S., however, by the end of 1982, she saw her sales slumping.
1983–87: ''Best Kept Secret'', ''A Private Heaven'' and ''No Sound but a Heart''
In 1983, she released the album '' Best Kept Secret'' and its first single, the synthesized dance-pop tune "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" became her fourth top 10 hit. The single "Telefone" was Grammy-nominated for "Best Female Pop/Rock Vocal Performance" 1983. That year, she also had a top-10 hit in the USA with "We've Got Tonight", a duet with Kenny Rogers a cover of the Bob Seger song also earning a #1 single on the country chart (also reaching the top 30 in the British charts). The follow-up to "Telefone", "Almost Over You", was a #4 AC chart hit and Top 30 pop hit, and later became a hit on the country charts for Lila McCann in 1998.In 1983, Easton recorded a Spanish-language single, "Me Gustas Tal Como Eres" ("I Like You Just the Way You Are"), a duet with Mexican star Luis Miguel. The single earned her a second Grammy, this time for Best Mexican-American Performance. The track was taken from the album ''Todo Me Recuerda a Ti'', which featured Spanish-language covers of seven previous Easton recordings and three new tracks. The disc went gold in many Spanish-speaking countries.
In 1984, she made a transformation into a sexy dance-pop siren. She was rewarded with the biggest-selling U.S. album of her career, RIAA certified platinum ''A Private Heaven'', and her fifth top 10 single, "Strut". Easton was again Grammy nominated for "Best Female Pop/Rock Vocal Performance" 1984. She was also one of the first artists to have a music video banned because of its lyrics rather than its imagery; some broadcasters refused to air the sexually risqué "Sugar Walls", which had been written for her by Prince (using the pseudonym ''Alexander Nevermind''). "Sugar Walls" was also named by Tipper Gore of the Parents' Music Resource Council as one of the Filthy Fifteen, a list of songs deemed indecent because of their lyrics, alongside Prince's own "Darling Nikki". The song eventually hit #3 on the R&B; singles chart and #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Easton's follow-up to ''A Private Heaven'', entitled ''Do You'', was produced by Nile Rodgers and achieved gold status. In late 1985, Easton contributed "It's Christmas (All Over the World)" to the holiday release ''Santa Claus The Movie''. Release of a follow-up album, 1987's ''No Sound But a Heart'', was hampered in the United States after an initial single release, ''Eternity,'' (another Prince composition) failed to reach the pop, R&B; or adult contemporary charts. The album's release moved from February to June; then in August the release was further held up as Easton's attorneys asked that the album be delayed after EMI Records was absorbed into EMI/Manhattan. Songs from the album were covered by other artists: Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris featured "Wanna Give My Love" and "What If We Fall In Love" on a 1987 duet album named for the latter song; Celine Dion recorded "The Last to Know" on 1990's ''Unison'' while Mexican singer Yuri featured the tune on her album ''Espejos De Alma'' (1995); Patti LaBelle covered "Still In Love" on 1989's ''Be Yourself;'' and Pia Zadora recorded "Floating Hearts" on 1989's ''Pia Z''. ''No Sound But a Heart'' eventually did get released in the United States in 1999, with four bonus tracks, including Easton's contributions to the soundtrack of the 1986 film ''About Last Night...'', "Natural Love" and the Top 50 single "So Far, So Good".
1987–90: "U got the look" and ''The Lover in Me''
In 1987, she sang on Prince's #2 hit, "U Got the Look", and also appeared in the video. Prince and Sheena were Grammy nominated for "Best R&B; Vocal, Duo or Group" in 1987. The two would later team again for "The Arms of Orion" written by Easton and featured on Prince's soundtrack to the movie ''Batman'' in 1989, reaching #36 in the US and #27 in the UK. They also co-wrote a song for Patti LaBelle's album that year titled "Love '89". In addition they co-wrote "La, La, La, He, He, Hee", which Prince recorded. Tabloid press linked the two romantically, which she has always denied.In November 1987, Easton made her first dramatic acting appearance on the television program ''Miami Vice''. She played a singer named Caitlin Davies whom Sonny Crockett was assigned to protect until her court appearance to render crucial testimony against certain corrupt music industry mavens. Sonny and Caitlin ended up married by the end of the episode, the first of five for Easton until her character was killed off. Easton garnered good reviews and the episodes she was featured on earned the show higher ratings. By the spring of 1988, the latest installment of the ''Miami Vice'' soundtrack was released and featured "Follow My Rainbow", which Easton had finished singing on her last appearance just moments before her character was eliminated.
The song also appeared on her next album ''The Lover in Me'', a gold-selling disc debut released the following autumn on her new label MCA Records that put Easton back on the charts. This album features Urban R&B; and Dance-pop, and a sexier image. The title song from "The Lover in Me" reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (UK#15) and became her biggest pop hit since "Morning Train". It also became a (#5) hit on the Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart. It was followed on the R&B; chart by "Days Like This" (#35) (UK #43), which missed the Billboard Hot 100. A third single was released "101" (UK #54) and missed the Billboard top 100 but did make it to #2 on the Billboard Dance chart. The album received positive reviews and featured collaborations with LA and Babyface, Prince, Angela Winbush, and Jellybean Benitez.
In 1990, Easton revisited her home country of Scotland to perform at a festival (The Big Day) in Glasgow. After announcing that it was "good to be back home" in an American accent, she had bottles (some containing urine) thrown at her and, visibly shaken, she was forced to cut her set short. She vowed never to perform in Scotland again.
1991–96: ''What Comes Naturally, No Strings, and My Cherie''
In 1991, ''What Comes Naturally'' became the last of Easton's albums to chart in the United States, peaking at #90. The title song was also her last Top 40 single to date, reaching #19. It also became her first hit in Australia since the mid 1980s, peaking at number 4. Another two singles "You Can Swing It" and "To Anyone" followed but failed to chart. Eastons 10th studio album, released in 1991 on MCA Records. The album includes her final U.S. Top 40 hit to date, "What Comes Naturally" (US #19, UK #83, Australia #4.) remained on the pop chart for 10 weeks. Other singles released were "You Can Swing It" and, "To Anyone" both which failed to chart. The album charted at US #90. Easton has songwriting credits on three tracks.Easton followed this with the critically acclaimed, but non-charting ''No Strings'', an album of Jazz standards and ''My Cherie'' her last album to date stateside.
1996–98: Role in ''All Dogs Go to Heaven 2'', ''Freedom'', and ''Home''
Easton was set to star as the voice of a female canine (Sasha La Fleur) in ''All Dogs Go to Heaven 2'' in 1996. She also contributed vocals to the soundtrack on "Count Me Out" and "I Will Always Be With You." Easton also contributed the theme song "Are There Angels" to the soundtrack for ''Shiloh'' in 1997; and provided the song "A Dream Worth Keeping" for the 1993 animated film ''Ferngully The last Rainforest''.In the late 1990s, Easton retained an album contract with MCA Japan and released 2 discs of new material. ''Freedom'' in 1997, a return to her trademark pop including a remake of her debut single "Modern Girl" and in 1999 Universal/Victor released the self-produced acoustic set, ''Home''. Also around this time, a greatest hits collection featuring 12 MCA singles recorded from 1988-1995 charted in Japan at #98.
Easton adopted a boy (Jake) and girl (Skylar) between 1995 and 1996. Motherhood led her to curtail her appearances and focus on casino gigs, corporate shows and theatrical work. "Because I adopted my children, I could plan my timing," she told ''The Arizona Republic''. "I knew exactly when they were coming along, so I knew when I had to change my life so it would be a stable life."
Easton continued acting in America, starring in Broadway revivals of ''Man Of La Mancha'' opposite Raul Julia in his last stage role, (1992) and ''Grease'' (1996). Between 1994 and 1996, she played several characters in ''Gargoyles'' the animated series, including Lady Finella, the Banshee, Molly and Robyn Canmore. In 1999, she voice-acted a part-demon character, Annah-of-the-Shadows, in the computer game ''Planescape: Torment''. She lives in Las Vegas with her two children and often performs in various casinos' entertainment venues. She voiced the character of Fiona Canmore for a scripted but unfinished episode of the cancelled animated feature, ''Team Atlantis''.
1998–99: Colors of Christmas Tour
In December 1998, Easton toured with "The Colors of Christmas" with artists Roberta Flack, Melissa Manchester, Peabo Bryson, and Jeffrey Osborne. Windham Hill Records produced "The Colors of Christmas" disc by Robbie Buchanan of holiday music. Easton contributed two tracks, "The Place Where We Belong" (a duet with Jeffrey Osborne), and "The Lord's Prayer".
1999–02: ''Todo Me Recuerda a Ti'' and ''Fabulous''
1999-2000 saw New York based One Way Records gain the rights to release all of Easton's EMI-America catalog. For the first time in the US, ''No Sound But a Heart'' was released. All Easton's EMI back catalogue was re-released with bonus tracks, incorporating b-sides and remixes. However, there was one notable exception to the re-release schedule, Easton's Spanish language album ''Todo Me Recuerda a Ti''. In 2000, Easton co-starred with David Cassidy in ''At The Copa'', a show in Las Vegas at The Rio Hotel for one year.She also signed an album contract with Universal International UK and attempted a comeback of sorts with ''Fabulous'', an album of classic disco covers produced by Ian Masterson of Trouser Enthusiasts fame and Terry Ronald. The first single, "Giving Up, Giving In", reached UK #54, and the album failed to chart in the UK and was not released in the US. A second single, a cover of Donna Summer's hit "Love is in Control", was withdrawn. In Japan, the first single was "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and the album included a cover of Teena Marie's "I Need Your Lovin" as a bonus track. Remixes of the singles were produced by Joey Negro, Sleaze Sisters, Sharp Boys, Rob Searle, DJ Soma Grow and Almighty. This was to be Easton's last album release to date. Released in 2000, it was Easton's 16th studio album. The album was only released throughout Europe, Japan, Australia, and Argentina.
The album contains mostly cover versions of hit songs from the 1970s and 80s, and most of them disco classics. There are also two original compositions. The first single released from the album was a remake of "Giving Up Giving In", which had originally been a hit for The Three Degrees in 1978. Easton's version was less successful, peaking at #54 on the UK singles chart. A second single was released in 2001, a cover of Donna Summer's 1982 hit "Love Is In Control" with an accompanying video that was taken from footage of Easton's album launch concert at G-A-Y nightclub in London. However, this too was unsuccessful and shelved indefinitely.
In Japan, "Fabulous" was released in February 2001 and the first single was "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" which had originally been recorded by Frankie Valli in the 1960s, though a disco version had been a hit for The Boys Town Gang in the early 1980s. The album was packaged differently from the UK version and included two bonus tracks; "I Need Your Lovin'" (a cover of the 1980 Teena Marie song) and a remix of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You". In Australia, "Fabulous" was released 24 February 2001 and Easton was asked to perform songs from the album to close out 2001 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras ceremonies. The album was a commercial failure in the UK, though the album did enjoy mild success in dance clubs in London, Japan, and Australia. However, the album was not released in the United States.
Easton also went back to Australia in 2001 for the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and closed the celebration with songs from ''Fabulous''. She also performed in (The Concert: Celebrating Women in Music,) Centennial Park, Australia, on 24 February 2001. In 2001, Easton began a successful run headlining at the Las Vegas Hilton.
2003 – present: Work in television, live performance, break from recording
In 2003, Easton contributed vocals to "If You're Happy", a cover for a Japanese disc called ''Cover Morning Musume-Hello Project''. She also began to host ''Vegas Live'', a talk show with Clint Holmes (later replaced by Brian McKnight).On 31 October 2004, she was inducted into the Casino Legends Hall of Fame at the Tropicana Resort & Casino along with fellow Las Vegas icons Debbie Reynolds, Ben Vereen, Patti Page, Jack Jones and Tempest Storm.
In January 2005, Easton appeared in the television series ''Young Blades''.
In July 2005, she performed as the Narrator in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' at North Carolina Theatre in Raleigh, NC. The show co-starred Ray Walker as Joseph, Merwin Foard as the Pharaoh, David F.M. Vaughn as Reuben, Demond Green as Judah, and Darryl Winslow as Simeon.
Easton worked with composer Nobuo Uematsu for two songs on the video game Lost Odyssey, released for the Xbox 360 video game system in February 2008.
In 2008 and 2009, Easton performed ''Perry the Teenage Girl'' and ''Happy Evil Love Song'' for the Phineas and Ferb television series.
Easton appeared in a celebration with Kenny Rogers at the MGM Grand in Foxwood, Connecticut, on 10 April 2010. The show was in honor of his 50-year music career. This special is set debut on 8 March 2011 on Great American Country.
Achievements
Easton is a two-time Grammy Award winner one for "Best New Artist" of 1981 and a second "Best Mexican/American performance" in 1984 and has 13 gold albums, 4 platinum, and 1 Silver. She achieved 15 Top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. She has sold over four million album copies in the United States alone and over 20 million copies worldwide. She has recorded 16 studio albums, released 23 US singles, and has a total of 45 singles in all to her credit.Easton is the only artist in the history of the Billboard charts to have a Top 5 hit on each of Billboard's key charts: Adult Contemporary, Dance, Pop, Country and R&B;. Sheena Easton achieve her five-way Billboard record were, in order of release: 1981 Pop and Adult Contemporary hit "Morning Train (9 to 5)"; the 1983 Dance hit "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)"; the 1983 Country hit "We've Got Tonight" (a duet with Kenny Rogers); and the infamous 1985 R&B; hit "Sugar Walls."
In the United Kingdom, Easton has three UK Top 40 albums and eight UK Top 40 singles, and one gold single for "9-5" and one silver single for "Modern Girl" on the UK singles and album charts to date. She is one of the few artists to have 2 singles in the UK top 10 simultaneously. Sheena was voted Best British Female Singer by the Daily Mirror Pop & Rock Awards in 1980, "Best Newcomer" 1980 by Capital Radio, and "Best Female Singer" 1980 by the TV Times Readers Awards.
Easton remains the only Bond singer to be seen on screen singing the theme for the movie "For Your Eyes Only" to this day.
''Grammy Nominations''
''Academy Award Nomination''
Personal life
Easton has been married four times. The first was when she was still in Scotland to Sandi Easton at the age of 19. The marriage lasted just eight months. Sandi attributed the break-up to the launch of her career, but Sheena denies this claiming that the marriage was over before her career took off. There was much speculation about this after the Esther Rantzen 'That's Life' BBC series which had featured her career. Sandi Easton died in 1998, aged 48.Her second marriage in 1984 to Rob Light, a talent agent, ended after 18 months. Easton was granted U.S. citizenship in 1992 and adopted her first child, Jake Rion Cousins Easton, in 1994. Two years later, she adopted again, this time a baby girl named Skylar. In the summer of 1997, she met producer Tim Delarm while filming an episode of ESPN Canon Photo Safari in Yellowstone National Park and later married Delarm in Las Vegas in July 1997. The marriage lasted one year. In 2001, she became engaged to John Minoli, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, and married him on 9 November 2002. They divorced in 2003.
Easton is a single mother to her two children, and currently resides in Henderson, Nevada. She reportedly made shrewd investments in Florida property that led to her appearance on the Sunday Times Rich List, but she denies such claims.
Discography
Filmography
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