Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938) is an American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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, photographer, record producer

Record producer

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, actor

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, and entrepreneur

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. 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

The Gambler (album)

The Gambler is the sixth studio album by Kenny Rogers', released by United Artists in 1978. One of his most popular, it has established Rogers' status as one of the most successful artists of the 1970s and 1980s...

 and Kenny

Kenny (album)

Kenny is the seventh studio album by Kenny Rogers, released in 1979. It includes the singles "Coward of the County" and "You Decorated My Life.""Tulsa Turnaround" is a reworking of an earlier song Rogers recorded with The First Edition....

, are featured in the About.com

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 poll of "The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever".