Kenny Rogers Selected as Artist-in-residence at Country Music Hall of Fame
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Kenny Rogers has been selected as the 2012 Country Music Hall of Fame Artist-in-Residence.
Find out when to catch the performances from the press release below:
Legendary entertainer Kenny Rogers will bring his signature soulful voice, his catalog of hits and the stories behind the music when he takes the Ford Theater stage as the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s 2012 Artist-in-Residence. Rogers will present two intimate evening performances on May 9 and 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Established in 2003, the museum’s residency program annually honors a musical master who can be credited with contributing a large and significant body of work to the canon of American popular music. Honorees are given a blank canvas—the museum’s acoustically pristine, 213-seat Ford Theater—and are encouraged to lend their own creative brushstrokes to an up-close-and-personal musical experience. Previous honorees include Cowboy Jack Clement, Earl Scruggs, Tom T. Hall, Guy Clark, Kris Kristofferson, Jerry Douglas, Vince Gill, Buddy Miller and Connie Smith.
“Kenny Rogers is the consummate entertainer,” said Museum Director Kyle Young. “As a member of a band or duo or as a solo artist, he has conquered the jazz, folk, pop and country worlds—not to mention his success as an actor and photographer. Kenny has the gift of telling stories and making you believe he lived them. We are thrilled that he will help us celebrate the 10th anniversary of our Artist-in-Residence program by bringing his stories and songs to the Ford Theater for two unique shows.”
Known for instantly identifiable, sweetly raspy vocals and an ability to vividly inhabit each song he performs, Kenny Rogers has sold more than 120 million records worldwide and recorded more than 65 albums during his storied career. He has charted a record in each of the last seven decades, including 12 #1 albums. His long list of hits includes 21 #1 songs, among them “The Gambler,” “Lady,” “Lucille,” “Coward of the County,” “She Believes in Me,” “Islands in the Stream” (with Dolly Parton) and “Every Time Two Fools Collide” (with Dottie West). Two of Rogers’ albums, The Gamblerand Kenny, are featured in the About.com poll of “The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever,” and his Greatest Hitsalbum has sold over 24 million copies worldwide. He is the RIAA’s eighth best-selling male artist of all time with one diamond album, 19 platinum albums and 31 gold albums. He has earned three Grammy awards, five Country Music Association awards and eight Academy of Country Music awards including Entertainer of the Year in 1978. Rogers still tours and records new music.
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