Album: The Gambler by Kenny Rogers (1978)
Genre: Country | Mood: Good Natured
Record Label: Capitol Nashville
Format: Album

Description: The title track's captivating tale of leveraging your luck in life has plenty of powerful company here. Rebellious rocker "Making Music for Money" decries selling out to crass music execs. Sultry, swampy "The Hoodooin' of Miss Fannie Deberry" drips with Tony Joe White-style country-soul, and Mickey Newbury's tearjerker "San Francisco Mabel Joy" gets an elegantly orchestrated interpretation. With <i>The Gambler</i>, Rogers shows just how many directions he can take his warm, rich voice and still sound completely at home.

Artist Background: Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers (* 21. August 1938 in Houston, Texas); † 20. März 2020 Sandy Springs, Georgia) was an U.S singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Though he has been most successful with country audiences, he has charted more than 120 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone. Two of his albums, The Gambler and Kenny, are featured in the A... Part of the Houston, Texas, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Country movement.

Music Scene: Part of the Houston, Texas, USA music scene. Emerged in the classic era. Associated with Country movement.

Tags: Country, Good Natured, 1970s, Album, Capitol Nashville


The title track's captivating tale of leveraging your luck in life has plenty of powerful company here. Rebellious rocker "Making Music for Money" decries selling out to crass music execs. Sultry, swampy "The Hoodooin' of Miss Fannie Deberry" drips with Tony Joe White-style country-soul, and Mickey Newbury's tearjerker "San Francisco Mabel Joy" gets an elegantly orchestrated interpretation. With <i>The Gambler</i>, Rogers shows just how many directions he can take his warm, rich voice and still sound completely at home.

The Gambler

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