Forever No. 1: Kenny Rogers’ ‘Lady’

Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer — a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single — by taking an extended look back at the chart-topping songs that made them part of this exclusive club. Here, we honor he late Kenny Rogers by diving into his first No. 1 hit, the Lionel Richie-penned ballad “Lady.”
It was 1980. Punk had detonated, disco was dying, new wave was