Inside the Rock Era: Hits List: Kenny Rogers

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Hits List: Kenny Rogers

One of our most enduring stars, Kenny started out as a solo performer back in 1958, started Kenny Rogers & the First Edition in the later 60's and then returned to being a solo act in 1975. Here is his complete list of hits:

1958: "That Crazy Feeling"
           "I've Got a Lot To Learn"
1966: "Here's That Rainy Day"
1975: "Love Lifted Me" (#97)
1976: "Homemade Love"
           "While the Feeling's Good"
           "Laura" (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)"

1977: "Lucille" (#5, #1 Canada, #1 U.K.)
           "Daytime Friends" (#28, #21 Canada, #39 U.K.)
           "Sweet Music Man" (#44, #45 Canada)
1978: "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West) --#44 AC
           "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West)
          "Love or Something Like It" (#32, #36 Canada)
           "The Gambler" (#16, #3 Adult Contemporary, #8 Canada, #22 U.K.)
1979: "She Believes In You" (#5, #1 AC, #8 Canada, #42 U.K.)
           "You Decorated My Life" (#7, #2 AC, #12 Canada)
            "Coward of the County" (#3, #5 AC, #1 Canada, #1 U.K.)
            "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West) --#38 AC
            "Till I Can Make It On My Own" (with Dottie West)
1980: "Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes) --#4, #2 AC, #3 Canada
           "Love the World Away" (#14, #25 Canada)
           "Lady" (#1, #1 AC, #2 Canada, #12 U.K.)
1981: "I Don't Need You" (#3, #1 AC #2 Canada)
           "Share Your Love With Me" (#14, #1 AC)
           "What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Dottie West) --#14, #7 AC
           "Kentucky Home Made Christmas"
           "Blaze of Glory" (#66)

1982: "Through the Years" (#13, #1 AC)
           "Love Will Turn You Around" (#13, #1 AC, #12 Canada)
           "A Love Song" (#47, #10 AC)
1983: "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) --#6, #2 AC, #4 Canada, #28 U.K.
           "All My Life" (#37, #2 AC)
           "Scarlet Fever" (#94)
           "You Were a Good Friend"
           "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) --#1, #1 AC, #1 Canada, #7 U.K.
1984: "This Woman" (#23, #2 AC, #47 Canada)
           "Buried Treasure"
           "Eyes That See in the Dark" (#79, #4 AC, #61 U.K.)
           "Together Again" (with Dottie West)
           "What About Me" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) --#15, #1 AC #18 Canada
           "Evening Star"
           "Midsummer Nights"
           "What About Me" (#18 Canada)
           "Christmas Without You" (with Dolly Parton)
           "The Greatest Gift of All" (with Dolly Parton) --#81, #40 AC
1985: "Crazy" (#84, #5 AC)
           "Love is What We Make It"
           "Real Love" (with Dolly Parton) --#91, #13 AC
1986: "Twentieth Century Fool"
           "Morning Desire" (#72, #8 AC)
           "Goodbye Marie"
           "Tomb of the Unknown Love"
           "The Pride is Back" (with Nickie Ryder)
           "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To"
1987: "Twenty Years Ago" (#15 AC)
           "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (#42 AC)
           "I Prefer the Moonlight"

1988: "The Factory"
           "When You Put Your Heart in It" (#17 AC)
           "I Don't Call Him Daddy"
1989: "Planet Texas"
           "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True To You)"
           "(Something Inside) So Strong"
           "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Anne Murray)
1990: "Maybe" (with Holly Dunn)
           "If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)" --with Gladys Knight (#10 AC)
           "Love Is Strange" (with Dolly Parton)
           "Crazy in Love" (#9 AC, #77 Canada)
1991: "Lay My Body Down"
           "What I Did For Love"
           "If You Want To Find Love"
1992: "Someone Must Feel Like a Fool Tonight"
           "I'll Be There for You"
1997: "Mary Did You Know" (with Wynonna Judd)
1999: "The Greatest"
           "Slow Dance More"
           "Buy Me a Rose" (with Allison Krauss and Billy Dean") --#40
2000: "He Will, She Knows"
2001: "There You Go Again"
           "Beautiful (All That You Could Be)"
           "Homeland"
2002: "Harder Cards"
2003: "I'm Missing You"
           "Handprints on the Wall"
2004: "My World is Over" (with Whitney Duncan)