On the evening of March 20, EST, Kenny Rogers, the godfather of country music, died at his home in Georgia at the age of 81. His family said Kenny Rogers had died of natural causes and the funeral would not be visible in light of the COVID-19 pandemic currently spreading in the United States.
The hoarse singer with a silver beard has won 3 Grammy Awards, 16 American Music Awards, and 8 Country Music Golden Melody Awards. In his more than 50-year musical career, he has recorded 59 albums and sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. He allowed country music to win over a wider audience.
Kenny Rogers was born on August 21, 1938 in the slum of Heston, Texas. The fourth of eight children in the family, the father is a porter at the dock of a dock, and the mother works in a hospital.
He made his debut at the age of 19 with a song called "That Crazy Feeling." Later, he joined the Band Neo-Christ Troubadour and participated in the recording of the band's 1967 hit song album. After the band broke up, Kenny Rogers began to develop on its own. In 1977, his sad country ballad "Lucilie" became a hit, earning him his first Grammy trophy.
Over the next decade, Rogers produced one hit after another, such as "The Gambler," "You Decorated My Life," "Don't Fall In Love with a Dreamer," and "Lady."
Kenny Rogers has been married 5 times. He owns a 1,200-acre farm in Georgia where he raises Arabian horses and cattle. Kenny also owns an entertainment center and a music studio with 200 employees.
After a concert tour in 2017, Kenny Rogers decided to retire from the music scene.
Late in kenny Rogers' career, he often attended rock festivals and performed for young people. He said: "I believe that now my audience is divided into two categories, one is the post-80s, they are all forced by their parents to listen to my songs when they were young. The other is those born before the 1960s and are now too old to remember what happened in the 60s. ”
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Source: Wu Tong