Ua hauʻoli ʻo Kenny Rogers i ka lanakila nui ma ka ʻāina a me ka pop chart me nā hits e like me "Lucille", "The Gambler", "Islands in the Stream", "Lady" a me "Morning Desire". ".
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kenny Rogers ma ʻAukake 21, 1938 ma Houston, Texas. Ma hope o ka hana ʻana me nā hui, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana ma ke ʻano he mea pena mele me The Gambler ma 1978.
Ua lilo ke poʻo inoa i ʻāina nui a me ka pop hit a hāʻawi iā Rodgers i kāna makana Grammy lua.
Ua kiʻi pū ʻo Rodgers i kahi leo mele me ka moʻolelo ʻāina ʻo Dottie West a hoʻokani i ka mele nui #1 "Islands In The Stream" me Dolly Parton.
ʻOiai e hoʻomau ana i ka pakuhi ma ka ʻāina, e lilo ana i mea hoʻokani mele, ua paʻi ʻo Rodgers i kekahi mau puke, me kahi autobiography ma 2012.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka hana mua
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kenneth Donald Rodgers ma ʻAukake 21, 1938 ma Houston, Texas. ʻOiai ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "Kenneth Donald" ma kāna palapala hānau, ʻōlelo mau kona ʻohana iā ia ʻo "Kenneth Ray".
Ua ulu ʻo Rogers i ka ʻilihune, e noho ana me kona mau mākua a me ʻeono mau kaikaina i kahi kūkulu hale federal.
Ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua ʻike ʻo ia makemake ʻo ia e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana ma ke mele. Ua kūʻai ʻo ia iā ia iho i kīkā a hoʻomaka i kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo Scholars. He leo rockabilly ka hui a hoʻokani i kekahi mau mele kūloko.
Akā, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Rodgers e hele solo a hoʻopaʻa i ka 1958 hit "That Crazy Feeling" no ka inoa ʻo Carlton.
Ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke mele ma ka papahana mele kaulana a Dick Clark ʻo American Bandstand. Ke hoʻololi nei i nā ʻano, hoʻokani bass ʻo Rodgers me ka hui jazz ʻo Bobby Doyle Trio.
I ka huli ʻana i kahi ʻano pop-pop, ua noi ʻia ʻo Rodgers e hui pū me ka New Christie Minstrels i ka makahiki 1966. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki me nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka hui e hoʻokumu i ka First Edition.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana i ka poʻe, ka pōhaku a me ka ʻāina, ua lanakila koke ka hui me ka psychedelic "Just Dropped In (E ʻike i ke ʻano o koʻu kūlana i loko)".
Ua ʻike koke ʻia ka hui ʻo Kenny Rogers a me First Edition, a alakaʻi iā lākou i kā lākou hōʻike mele ponoʻī. Ua hoʻopaʻa lākou i kekahi mau mele hou e like me "Ruby, Mai lawe i kou aloha i ke kūlanakauhale" me Mel Tillis.
lanakila nui
I ka makahiki 1974, haʻalele ʻo Rodgers i ka hui e ʻimi hou i kāna ʻoihana solo a hoʻoholo e kālele i ka mele ʻāina. Ua lilo ʻo "Love Lifted Me" i kāna mele mele mua loa ma 20 mau ʻāina i ka makahiki 1975.
ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hōʻea ʻo Rodgers i ka piko o nā palapala ʻāina me ke mele kanikau "Lucille". Ua hoʻokani maikaʻi ʻia ke mele ma nā papa mele pop, a hiki i ka ʻelima kiʻekiʻe a loaʻa iā Rogers kāna Grammy mua - Best Male Vocal Performance in the Country.
Ma hope koke o kēia kūleʻa, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Rogers i ka Gambler ma 1978. ʻO ke poʻo inoa he ʻāina nui a me ka pop hit a hāʻawi iā Rodgers i kāna Grammy lua.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa o kona ʻano me kekahi mele mele kaulana ʻo "She Believes In Me".
A i ka makahiki 1979 ua hōʻike ʻo ia i nā hits e like me "The Coward of the Country" a me "You Adorned My Life".
I kēia manawa, kākau ʻo ia i puke o ka ʻōlelo aʻo, Pehea e hana ai me ke mele: Kenny Rogers Guide to the Music Business (1978).
Duets me Dotty a me Dolly
Ma kahi o kāna hana hoʻokahi, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Rogers i kahi ʻano mele me ka moʻolelo mele ʻāina ʻo Dottie West. Ua hōʻea lākou i ka piko o nā palapala ʻāina me "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (1978), "All I Ever Need Is You" (1979) a me "What Are We Doin 'in Love" (1981).
I ka makahiki 1981, ua lanakila ʻo Rodgers i nā papa mele pop no ʻeono pule me kāna mana o Lionel Richie's "Lady".
I kēia manawa, ua lilo ʻo Rogers i mea hoʻokūkū ʻoiaʻiʻo, e hauʻoli ana i ka kūleʻa nui ma ka ʻāina a me nā palapala pop a me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hōkū pop e like me Kim Karn a me Sheena Easton.
Ke neʻe nei i ka hana, ua hōkū ʻo Rogers i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni televise i hoʻoikaika ʻia e kāna mau mele e like me ʻO ka Gambler, 1980s, nāna i hoʻopuka i kekahi mau sequels, a Makau o ke Kalana Nā makahiki 1981.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao nui, ua pāʻani ʻo ia i ka mea hoʻokele heihei ma ka comedy Six Pack (1982).
Ma 1983, ua hana ʻo Rodgers i kekahi o nā mele nui loa o kāna ʻoihana: kahi duet me Dolly Parton i kapa ʻia ʻo "Islands in the Stream". Kākau ʻia e ka Bee Gees, ua piʻi ka leo i ka piko o ka ʻāina a me nā papa mele pop.
Ua lanakila ʻo Rodgers lāua ʻo Parton i ka Academy of Country Music Award no Single of the Year no kā lāua hoʻoikaika ʻana.
Ma hope mai, ua hoʻomau ʻo Rodgers i ka ulu ʻana ma ke ʻano he mea pena mele ʻāina, akā ua hoʻomaka kona hiki ke hoʻololi i ka kūleʻa pop.
Loaʻa nā mele mai kēia manawa i kāna duet me Ronnie Milsap "Make No Mistake, She's Mine", i lanakila i ka makana Grammy 1988 no ka Best Vocal Performance in the Country.
Nā leʻaleʻa ma waho o ke mele
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo Rogers i ka makemake no ke kiʻi. Ua paʻi ʻia nā kiʻi āna i kaʻahele ai i ka ʻāina ma ka hōʻiliʻili 1986 Kenny Rogers America.
"ʻO wau ke mele, akā ʻo ka paʻi kiʻi kekahi ʻāpana iaʻu," wehewehe ʻo ia i ka makasina People. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Rogers i kahi hōʻiliʻili hou i kapa ʻia "Kou mau hoa a me ko'u".
Ke hoʻomau nei i kāna ʻoihana, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Rogers i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni televise e like me Kalikimaka ma ʻAmelika (Xnumx) a MacShayne: Lawe ka Lanakila i nā mea a pau (1994).
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻimi i nā manawa ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, a ma 1991 ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi franchise hale ʻaina i kapa ʻia ʻo Kenny Rogers Roasters. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana iā Nathan's Famous, Inc. i ka makahiki 1998.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, hana ʻo Rogers i kāna lepili moʻolelo ponoʻī, Dreamcatcher Entertainment. Ma ka manawa like, ua hōkū ʻo ia i kāna hōʻike Kalikimaka ma waho o Broadway, The Toy Shoppe.
Me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o kāna album aʻe, ʻo She Rides Wild Horses, i ka makahiki 1999, ua hauʻoli ʻo Rodgers i ka hoʻi hou ʻana i nā palapala me ka hit "The Greatest," i haʻi i ka moʻolelo o ke aloha o kahi keikikāne i ka baseball.
Ua ukali ʻia e kekahi hit: "Buy Me a Rose" mai ka album like.
Nā makahiki hope
Ua hele ʻo Rogers i kahi loli nui i kona ola pilikino i 2004.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo ia me kāna wahine ʻelima, ʻo Wanda, i nā keikikāne māhoe ʻo Jordan lāua ʻo Justin i Iulai - hoʻokahi mahina ma mua o kona lā hānau 66th.
"'Ōlelo lākou he mau māhoe koʻu mau makahiki e hana ai iāʻoe a e uhaʻi paha iāʻoe. I kēia manawa ke hilinaʻi nei au i kahi hoʻomaha. E 'pepehi' au no ka ikaika i loaʻa iā lākou, "wahi a Rogers i ka makasina People.
He ʻekolu kāna mau keiki makua mai ka male mua ʻana.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻopuka ʻo Rogers i kāna puke keiki, ʻo Kalikimaka ma Kanaʻana, a ua lilo ia i kiʻiʻoniʻoni TV.
Ua loaʻa pū ʻo Rogers i kahi ʻoki ʻipika. Pīhoihoi nā poʻe lōʻihi i kona hele ʻana ma American Idol ma 2006.
Ma kahi hōʻike e hoʻolaha ana i kāna album hou loa, ʻo Water & Bridges, ua hōʻike ʻo Rodgers i kāna mau hoʻoikaika ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi, kona helehelena i lilo i ʻōpio.
Akā naʻe,ʻaʻoleʻo ia iʻoluʻolu loa i nā hopena, me ka hoʻopiʻiʻanaʻaʻole i hele nā mea a pau e like me kona makemake.
I ka makahiki 2009, ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana lōʻihi ma ke kahua mele - nā makahiki 50 mua. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Rogers i nā mele he nui a ua kūʻai aku ma luna o 100 miliona mau kope a puni ka honua.
I ka makahiki 2012, ua paʻi ʻo Rogers i kāna moʻolelo pilikino Luck or Something Like It. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka mahalo no kāna mau haʻawina mele nui i ka makahiki 2013 i ka wā i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ʻo ia i loko o ka Hale Hoʻohanohano Country Music.
Ma ka CMA Awards i mālama ʻia ma Nowemapa o ia makahiki, ua loaʻa pū iā ia ka makana ʻo Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Rodgers i ka album ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā hoa kahiko, a i ka makahiki 2015, ka hōʻiliʻili hoʻomaha Once Again Is Christmas.
Mai Kekemapa a hiki i ka makahiki 2016, ua hoʻomaka ka mea mele kaulana / haku mele ma ka hoʻolaha ʻana e hele ana ʻo ia i kāna huakaʻi aloha.
I ʻApelila 2018, ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Rodgers i kahi hana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort ma North Carolina, ua hoʻolaha ka casino ma Twitter ua hoʻopau ka mea mele i nā lā i koe o kāna huakaʻi hou ma muli o kahi "mau pilikia olakino".
"Ua hauʻoli loa au i kaʻu huakaʻi hope loa a ua hauʻoli wau i ka ʻōlelo aloha ʻana i nā mea pā i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala o The Gambler Last Deal huakaʻi," wahi a Rodgers i kahi ʻōlelo.
"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaikaʻi pono iā lākou no ke kākoʻo a lākou i hāʻawi mai iaʻu i kaʻu ʻoihana a ua piha kēia huakaʻi i ka hauʻoli aʻu e ʻike ai no ka manawa lōʻihi e hiki mai ana!"
Make o Kenny Rogers
Ma Malaki 20, 2020, ua ʻike ʻia ua make ka moʻolelo mele mele ʻāina o ʻAmelika. ʻO ka make ʻana o Kenny Rogers mai nā kumu kūlohelohe. Ua hāʻawi ka ʻohana o Rogers i nā ʻōlelo manaʻo: "Ua hala ʻo Kerry Rogers i ka lā 20 Malaki ma 22:25 pm.
I kona manawa i make ai, he 81 kona mau makahiki. Ua make ʻo Rogers i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā kahu hānai a me nā ʻohana pili loa. E mālama ʻia ka hoʻolewa ma ka pōʻai o nā ʻohana pili loa a me nā hoaaloha.
