Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is a singer-songwriter, record producer, and
actor. His most success has been in the country music field, but 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 Kenny Rogers albums, The Gambler and Kenny, were featured
in the About.com poll of The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever”. In 1986
he was voted the “Favorite Singer of All-Time” by readers of USA Today and
People. Rogers has received awards such as the AMAs, Grammys, ACMs, as
well as a lifetime achievement award for a career spanning a total of six decades
in 2003.

”The Gambler” was one of five consecutive songs by Rogers to hit
#1 on the Billboard country music charts. On the pop chart, the song
made #16 in early 1979.