N°11 KENNY ROGERS - THE GAMBLER

"Oh my God; they killed Kenny" was one of the main one-liners appearing on South Park the series and that's were our next link lies. Since I play a game of poker myself from time to time I've known this song for quite some time. It contains a lot of truth when singing "There'll be time enough for counting when the dealin' is done". Real poker players don't count money at the table; they count stack sizes; and that's a whole different thing than thinking it's actually real money. It's about thinking about how to use your chips to add the other player's chips to yours. A little pokerwisdom from me to the world. I've chosen this video when he performed on the Muppet show in 1979 since it's so special because the muppets play their part and sing along with hin in the song. Today was the first time I heared this version of the song; I smiled and thought: "Hey this is the video I want to share". Enjoy.

It's a Kenny Rogers song and Kenny is an icon in country music. He won numerous prizes; Grammy's , lifetime achievement awards and so on. He's also very well know for his duets with Dottie West and Dolly Parton (Islands in the stream); both famous country singers as well. His solo career took a flight in 1975 when the single "Love Lifted Me" makes the top 20 in the billboards. The next single "Lucille" made his name in the buisiness when reaching his first ever number 1 position in the charts.

In 1978 this song was released and became instantly a huge succes followed by a television series by the same name in which he played the main part. Kenny also played different parts in different movies as well. Since the mid 80's his solo carreer got put a little bit on the side since he developed other interest like photography and writing. In the early 90's he opens a restaurant called Kenny Rogers Roasters; best compared to the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants. Ever since he's also a succesfull buisinessman.

Since singing has moved to the background a bit he only released 2 compilation albums (in 2001 and 2004) but rumours say that he'd release a new album later this year.

He also has a son, Kenny Rogers Jr. who's also a singer but as far as I can tell nothing beats the real stuff.