Kenny Rogers: He Was Even Bigger Than You Realize

It may be hard for people who weren’t born yet in the late ’70s and early ’80s to appreciate just how dominant a figure Kenny Rogers was in both the pop and country scene in those years.
Rogers, who died on Saturday (March 21) at age 81, was arguably the hottest star in the music business in 1980, the year that “Lady” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and Kenny Rogers’ Greatest Hits topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks. Rogers