KENNY ROGERS DIES….

altBy now you may remember that nation star KENNY ROGERS died on Friday, 20th March aged 81. The Texas born singer was a rustic icon, recognized for his well-known story line songs. In 1980 although his profession trajectory introduced him into the soul world. In that 12 months he teamed up with Commodores lead singer Lionel Richie to work on an album. From that collaboration got here the Richie-penned hit, ‘Woman’ which spent 6 weeks at #1 on the pop charts, and crossed over to soul music radio. It was Rogers’ greatest hit and in a approach that success inspired Richie to go away the Commodores for solo superstardom. Rogers’ different brush with soul when in 1984, teaming with James Ingram and Kim Carnes, he recorded ‘What About Me?’

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