The Very Best of Kenny Rogers

~ Release by Kenny Rogers (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1What I Did for LoveKenny Rogers3:29
2Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town
lead vocals:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Liberty Records, Inc. (in 1977)
cover recording of:
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
publisher:
Cedarwood Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Cedarwood Publishing and Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.
Kenny Rogers4.52:52
3Don’t Fall in Love With a DreamerKenny Rogers duet with Kim Carnes3:44
4The Gambler
engineer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
producer:
Larry Butler (US country music producer, songwriter & pianist)
lead vocals:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Liberty Records, Inc. (in 1978)
recorded at:
Jack Clement Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
The Gambler
writer and composer:
Don Schlitz
publisher:
Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing and Writer's Night Music
Kenny Rogers53:30
5Daytime Friends
recording of:
Daytime Friends
lyricist and composer:
Ben Peters (country music songwriter)
publisher:
Ben Peters Music
Kenny Rogers3:25
6Love Is Strange
cover recording of:
Love Is Strange
lyricist:
Mickey Baker, Ethel Smith (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) and Sylvia Robinson
composer:
Ethel Smith (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Ben Ghazi Music, Inc. (publisher), Cromwell Music and Cromwell Music Ltd.
Kenny Rogers duet with Dolly Parton3:29
7She Believes in Me
recording of:
She Believes in Me
lyricist and composer:
Steve Gibb (Stephen Mathias Gibb, singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Angel Wing Music and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Kenny Rogers4:16
8Lucille
lead vocals:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Liberty Records, Inc. (in 1977)
recording of:
Lucille
writer:
Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum
publisher:
ATV Music Corp., Andite Invasion (publisher) (in 1976) and Brougham Hall Music Co., Inc. (publisher) (in 1976)
Kenny Rogers43:33
9Lady
lead vocals:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Liberty Records, Inc. (in 1980)
recording of:
Lady
lyricist and composer:
Lionel Richie, Jr.
publisher:
Brockman Music
Kenny Rogers3.353:47
10Coward of the CountyKenny Rogers4:32
11You Decorated My Life
lead vocals:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Liberty Records, Inc. (in 1979)
recording of:
You Decorated My Life
writer:
Bob Morrison (US songwriter) and Debbie Hupp
publisher:
Music City Music, Inc.
Kenny Rogers53:39
12Love Lifted Me
recording of:
Love Lifted Me
writer:
James Rowe (American songwriter and lyricist, also worked as music publisher) and Howard E. Smith (American church organist and composer)
Kenny Rogers3:47
13Something’s Burning
recording of:
Something’s Burning
lyricist and composer:
Mac Davis (US country singer, songwriter & actor)
Kenny Rogers4:04
14Islands in the Stream
vocals:
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1983)
recording of:
Islands in the Stream
writer:
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
BMG Music, Careers Music, Inc., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Summerhill Songs, Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Rogers duet with Dolly Parton4.354:09