Kenny Rogers
One of the people that give pride to the Texas flag is country musician and actor Kenneth Donald Rogers, better recognized as Kenny Rogers. Throughout his career as a singer-songwriter, he has had 120 tracks that made it to the charts across different music genres. Just in the United States, Rogers has led the pop as well as country album charts for above 200 varying weeks.
Two of Roger’s albums, ‘Kenny’ and ‘The Gambler,’ are included in the poll of About.com for “The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever.” In a combined poll by patrons of People and USA Today in 1986, Rogers was chosen as the “Favorite Singer of All-Time.” He has won numerous awards for his contribution in music as well as for his charitable acts. His recognitions consist those of Grammys, AMA’s, CMA’s and ACM’s, along with a lifetime achievement award in 2003 for his career over a period of six decades.
The recent accomplishments of Rogers consist of the release of the album ‘Water & Bridges’ in 2006. It is an across the board smash record, which placed high in the Billboard 200 and peaked at number five in the charts of Billboard Country Album sales. ‘I can’t unlove you,’ the carrier single of the album hit the charts as well. Still a well-liked artist across the globe, Rogers concluded a tour of the United Kingdom the next year and told DJ Steve Wright of BBC Radio 2 that his favorite record was ‘The Gambler.’ He has appeared in some TV shows and movies, remarkably in the series Mac Shayne and the title role of The Gambler.
