The Gambler

The Gambler a song by Kenny Rogers on Foxsoundi

The Gambler by Kenny Rogers

About The Gambler

"The Gambler" is the title track to Kenny Rogers' 1978 album The Gambler which won him the Grammy award for best male country vocal performance in 1980.[1] Bobby Bare had recorded the song earlier that same year in his album BARE CBS KC35314 (1978). The song was written by Don Schlitz who had recorded it previously, and had charted at #65 on the country charts with it. It 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. .

Text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.

Looking for the lyrics of The Gambler? Read the lyrics on Genius

About this song

Credited to: Kenny Rogers
Album: Country Hits · Track 1 of 25 · Opens the album
Released: December 18, 2020
Duration: 3:30
Ranking: #4 most played Kenny Rogers track on Foxsoundi
On Last.fm: 454,035 listeners on Last.fm

More from Kenny Rogers

Islands In the Stream · 34 plays
Coward Of The County · 14 plays
We Are The World - Remastered · 6 plays
We've Got Tonight · 2 plays
Kenny Rogers - Pharoahe Monch Dub Plate (feat. Kenny Rogers & Pharoahe Monch) · 2 plays
Lucille · 2 plays
I Don't Need You · 1 plays
The Gambler - VAVO Remix · 1 plays
Through The Years · 1 plays
One Man's Woman · 1 plays

Similar artists

Eddie Rabbitt — Every Which Way but Loose
Barry Manilow — Copacabana (At the Copa) - Short Version
Lionel Richie — All Night Long (All Night) - Single Version
Don Williams — Sing Me Back Home
The Bellamy Brothers — Let Your Love Flow
Anne Murray — Snowbird
John Denver — Take Me Home, Country Roads - Original Version
Neil Diamond — Sweet Caroline
Dolly Parton — 9 to 5
Linda Ronstadt — The Monster Mash

From the album: Country Hits

The Gambler by Kenny Rogers ,
Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus ,
The Girl On The Billboard by Del Reeves ,
Lay A Little Lovin' On Me by Jodi Vaughan ,
Galveston - Remastered 2001 by Glen Campbell ,
Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine by Tom T. Hall ,
King Of The Road - Single Version by Roger Miller ,
Wasted Days And Wasted Nights by Freddy Fender ,
The Race Is On by George Jones ,
Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell ,
(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song by Kenny Rogers , Dottie West ,
He Thinks I Still Care by Anne Murray ,
I Love by Tom T. Hall ,
Hello Walls by Faron Young ,
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue by Crystal Gayle ,
I Fall To Pieces - Single Version by Patsy Cline , The Jordanaires ,
Lucille by Kenny Rogers ,
Coal Miner's Daughter - Single Version by Loretta Lynn ,
I Believe In You by Don Williams ,
Could I Have This Dance - Remastered 1994 by Anne Murray ,
The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. by Donna Fargo ,
Rodeo Eyes by Jodi Vaughan ,
Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For by Crystal Gayle ,
Convoy by C.W. McCall ,
Walk On By by Leroy Van Dyke ,