Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don Schlitz, one of Nashville's most storied and decorated songwriters, died April 16 at a Nashville hospital due to a sudden ...

Know when to fold 'em.

A song about a road-weary gambler asking for a cigarette and slug of whiskey in a train car doesn’t exactly scream children’s programming, but in 1979, Kenny Rogers combined the two when he performed ...

Kenny Rogers built a career on story-songs that felt like short films set to music. None captured that gift quite like “The Gambler.” Songwriter Don Schlitz wrote the track in 1976, taking six weeks ...

(UMe) This month marks five years since Kenny Rogers passed away at the age of 81 after an unprecedented music and entertainment career that lasted more than six extraordinary decades, yet Rogers' ...

A match made in country-pop music heaven, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers first came together in 1983 for one of the greatest duets of all time, “Islands in the Stream.” But it was only the beginning of ...

As singer Kenny Rogers told listeners in the country-music parable “The Gambler,” you’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, and know when to run—which is ...

Kid Rock’s new Christian song “James 1:17” has drawn comparisons with Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler”. But the copyright story begins with songwriter Don Schlitz.

Don Schlitz, one of Nashville's most storied and decorated songwriters, died April 16 at a Nashville hospital due to a sudden illness. He was 73. During his nearly five-decade career, the North ...