You've got to know when to poll 'em: Kenny Rogers's #1 singles

Tillis based the song on a couple who lived near his family in Florida. In real life, the man was wounded in Germany in World War II and sent to recuperate in England. There he married a nurse who took care of him at the hospital. The two of them moved to Florida shortly afterward, but he had periodic return trips to the hospital as problems with his wounds kept flaring up. His wife saw another man as the veteran lay in the hospital. Tillis changed the war to the more recent Korean War in the song, and departed from the ending that happened in real life: the man killed his wife in a murder-suicide.[citation needed] This is however alluded to in the song, with the singer avowing, "If I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground."

I dont't think I've ever heard any of these, though I'm always mixing up Kenny Rogers and Kenny G. Which one is the saxophonist?

I give in.

"Lucille" or "Islands in the Stream."

kenny g is the one you find when you type "saxaphone kenny" into google

he also appears if you type "saxophone kenny" as well, weirdly enough

but not if you type "millwall steve"

"The Gambler" may well be the only decent song I’ve ever heard by him, so it’s absolutely no contest for me. However, "Lady" must be destroyed, post-haste!

Of course, if "Condition" had made number one...

Islands In The Stream, no question. Got ruined by that guy from the Fugees.

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Got ruined by that guy from the Fugees.

fuck that. Ghetto Superstar is a jam.

This thread needs: http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/

"Lady". 27 years later it still sounds the way butterflies feel in my stomach, pure worry.

duh, no "condition", no cred.

Ruby

I voted "Ruby." But "Daytime Friends" and "Coward of the County" also good. "We've Got Tonight" pretty sweet tune if you're predisposed to that kinda stuff.

"Condition" didn't make #1, alas. Neither did his Kim Carnes collab, which would've gotten my vote. "Islands" it is.

Kinda surprising that "Gambler" only hit #16, considering how ubiquitous it was.

(I think I need a good First Edition collection)

"Islands" by virtue of "Condition" not being on the poll.

I sure hope his elbow holds up for the Tigers to have a chance.

He never got better than Ruby (Go Tigers!)

"Lucille" is a great and genuinely sad song.

meaning song that genuinely makes me sad.

"Ruby" by a mile.

"Coward of the County" is a nasty, manipulative, exploitative, reactionary piece of shit.

It's got my vote, though.

I have a weak spot for "Coward Of The County".

(Although I do also kind of agree with the former poster's criticism)

"ruby," but i like a bunch of them. a girl i knew in college thought the guy in "lucille" had 400 children and frogs in the field.

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"Coward Of The County" is seriously WTF. "We've Got Tonight" is owned by Seger. "The Gambler" is mawkish but also beautifully-crafted and pretty much unstoppable.

TS: "The Gambler" vs. "Coward of The County"

(Not the songs - the made-for-TV movies)

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my bobby bare station on pandora has played 'coward of the county' for me no less than 20 times in the last two weeks and i've never skipped it! still not my pick.

This live version of "Ruby" is my favorite video of the summer:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYcqlEZxGQ

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Aww Kenny, why'd you have to go and lose the earring?

I actually saw him play with the First Edition at Knotts Berry Farm, '71 or so. I was too young to care, mostly, but I do have a vague memory of "Ruby."

His defunct fried chicken was darned tasty.