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"It's interesting what a song can do for you emotionally, professionally and socially," comments Kenny Rogers. "It's also great when you can continue to touch people with your music."
An American icon, there are few artists of Kenny's
stature. His phenomenal success as a global entertainer is unique. In
the span of nearly three decades, Kenny Rogers has recorded more
than 58 albums which have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
In March 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded
Kenny the prestigious Diamond Award, celebrating sales of more
than 10 million albums for his "Greatest Hits" album.
As one of country music's biggest crossover successes, Kenny's numerous accolades include four Grammy Awards, 11 People's Choice Awards, 18 American Music Awards, eight Academy of Country Music Awards and five Country Music Association Awards. In addition, he was named "Favorite Singer of All Time" in a PM Magazine/USA Today poll in 1986, and in 1989 readers of People Magazine voted Kenny "Favorite Male Vocalist."
Perhaps his most cherished award is also his most personal. In 1990, Kenny was honored with the Horatio Alger Award, given to those who have distinguished themselves despite humble beginnings. For both Kenny and his admirers, his success is all the more remarkable for his having been raised in a Houston public housing project with seven brothers and sisters.
Kenny Rogers continues to take his music on the road. His "live" concerts have always been a mainstay of his success and he continues to pack them in – not only in the United States, but in Europe, New Zealand, Africa and the Far East. In April-May, 1998, he performed with Reba McEntire throughout Australia. Kenny embarked on a month-long extensive European concert tour commencing in April, 1999 visiting such territories as Poland, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Scotland and England.
Kenny spends a great deal of his time recording and
performing, but he has also enjoyed a wonderfully fulfilling career as
an actor, and is best known worldwide for his colorful portrayal as The
Gambler's Brady Hawkes. Kenny’s popular "Gambler"
mega-hit recording spawned the longest running mini-series in the
history of television in the United States. The five Gambler
mini-series has attracted more than 100 million viewers nationwide.
Success of the magnitude of Kenny's brings with it an opportunity to draw some attention to the charitable causes that he champions. After the 1981 death of friend, singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, Kenny assumed his position at the forefront of the movement to aid the hungry. "Access to proper food and nutrition," said Kenny, "is perhaps the most fundamental right of every human being." Thus, the World Hunger Media Awards were created.
In 1985, Kenny Rogers participated in the historical recording of "We Are The World," the multi-celebrity performance which raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Africa. A year later, he co-chaired the audacious, "Hands Across America" fund-raiser for America's hungry. Kenny was also instrumental in aiding the hungry in his own backyard in Georgia by establishing the Athens Area Homeless Shelter which opened in 1990.
Between his entertainment and charitable endeavors, Kenny has managed to find the time to become a well-respected photographer. He was invited to the White House to create a portrait of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for the CBS TV Special "A Day in The Life of Country Music" that aired in 1993. He has also published two well-received photography books: "Kenny Roger's America," composed of black and white landscapes, and "Kenny Rogers: Your Friends And Mine," a collection of celebrity portraits.
Kenny Rogers is a man constantly seeking new challenges, new ways to maintain excitement both for himself and his fans. Most of all, he is exactly as he seems – a proud man, but also a sincere, honest one, unfazed by his success and largely unimpressed by his own accomplishments.
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