"best you can hope for is to die in your sleep, and somewhere in the Darkness The Gambler he broke Even" RIP Kenny Rodgers 💔

He was one of greatest story tellers in the genre.

This song was so big that they made 3 movies based on it and Kenny played the Gambler in all three. Also check out Islands in the stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.

Coward of the county by Kenny Rogers is my favorite song by him RIP to a legend

"The gambler broke even" R.I.P Kenny Rogers, the song is so fitting right now. I think I was about 10 years old the first time I heard this song when my farther played it on the stereo and I think its songs like this that started my love for country.

“And somewhere in the darkness the gambler he broke even”

RIP KENNY ROGERS...

His duet with Dolly Parton is, without question, the greatest duet ever sang. You can and hear the friendship and love between them. I think you would enjoy it. The song is Islands in the Stream.

I woke up to the sad news of his passing, I grew up listening to Kenny with my dad before he left and this was one of his favorite songs so thank you Sushi for reacting and sharing this with us!

Coward of the County is amazing!

Thanx Sushi, this is a great loss... What a beautiful tribute...

This song was one playing for my pop's funeral last year and it reminds me the good times i had with him

I, just like many people across the globe, got into country listening to Kenny Rogers. Then now I branch out and listen to other country artists. It was him and Dolly.

"Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" one of my favorites.

Love him and he's songs

Im 45 yrs old born in 1974. So when I was 4 years old, when I woke up in the morning, I played with our 8 track system everyday. One of the 8 tracks was Kenny Rogers and I remember listening to this song a lot lol. I found his voice soothing I can still remember that. Coward of the County was on the same 8 track and another great song. RIP Kenny :(

Kenny did an amazing duet with Home Free not long ago. A Christmas song. Children, Go Where I Send Thee. Vocals were amazing.

*crying*. Such a huge lost, RIP YOU BEAUTIFUL MAN. Such a great lost. Thank you for the tribute. 20 #1 hits, not counting all other great songs. Poor Dolly is taking this hard: Islands in the stream

I watched Kenny sing this song at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 2000. He was already a legend in country music.

He made an entire series, I believe 5 or 6 movies. It was called The Gambler, amazing movies, and amazing cast.

Good life lessons in there.

LADY OR YOU DECORATED MY LIFE

Iconic, Immortal, legendary Kenny Rogers...............RIP ...you are loved and missed !!

You always have genuine reactions, listen to lady by him. You will love it!

I heard Kenny Rodger say in a interview once that he didn’t thing he was a good singer, but he thought he was a good story teller. He was great at both Rest In Peace KR

The Gambler was a TV mini-series, back in the 80s, when TV mini-series were a thing. I remember hearing this song playing while my parents were watching.

Kenny was a class act and a true legend. RIP Mr Rogers.

I was 11 when this song was released in 78. So many life lessons from a master storyteller.

Hi Sushi, great reaction! I first heard it when it was released. :) Another vote for "Coward of the County", it really has some feels.

Thank you listening. Our Gambler finally broke even himself and left with us with an Ace we can all keep. I'm incredibly sad that he died. My earliest memories of music include him. The world lost a treasure. He was one of the best. One of my earliest memories of Kenny Rogers was watching him sing "Three Times a Lady" to Barbara Mandrell and her sisters. And of course dancing around with a tennis racket guitar, listening to his record. Mom said that "Coward of the County" was the second song I learned to sing when I was little. I can't remember a time when I didn't know every word of The Gambler. I'm glad you liked it. He'll live on forever as long as people like you keep his music alive.

Sushi, thank you for honoring the iconic Kenny Rogers today. My heart is broken. 💔😭 RIP Kenny 🙏🙏🙏

I was just a kid. In south Alabama. I can remember my dad had this record. I played this song a million times. So many times my parents got mad and hid the album from me. I found the album because they suck at hiding. And the music went on. RIP Kenny.

This song i heard when i was real little my grandma used to play Kenny Rogers on her turntable. I currently have all her old Kenny rogers and Conway Twitty albums after she passed away, including a signed one by Conway Twitty from the 70's that i will never get rid of.

Thanks for honoring such a great country legend. I've always loved his songs, my favorite is Buy Me A Rose and The Greatest. His duet with Dolly Parton is amazing also.

I remember this song being played on the muppet show when I was kid. I love this song to this day. It makes me laugh to think that if you played a song today for kids/teens/adults that had a line in it that said "the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep" they would fall apart lol! Still my number 1 favorite country song to this day!

Kenny got his start in the 60's I believe, one of his earliest known, controversial songs, was Ruby.

Listen to his live duet "Lady" with Lionel Richie. Love it.

my granddad sung this to me as a baby and i sung this at his funeral last year such an important song in my life

It was the late 70's that I remember listening to the Album that had this song. I was a young child in primary school. My aunt and her husband LOVED Kenny Rogers and they played this Album at all their house parties. I loved it too! and it brings back great memories.

rip Kenny Rogers That song The Gambler is amazing song He used to sing amazing music with Dolly Parton to August 21 1938 to March 20 2920 81

RIP Kenny going to be missed, glad you left us with your amazing music

The very first song I recall hearing by him was when he was singing rock and roll: "I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In". I was very young. Later on he turned to country and that's what I recall him singing the most of which I truly enjoyed. He'll be missed! 💕

sure is nice to see folks branch out and and listen to all different genres of music ....makes me feel all tingley inside 🤣😁🤣😁

I recall this song being on the radio all the time during my childhood. Also my grandfather had it on an 8-track with other Kenny Rogers songs.

Whenever I hear "The Gambler" I just got to sing along 😊

I had that album when it first came out in 1978, I was 7 years old. I have loved Kenny Rogers my whole life. He was a great singer who inspired so many in every genre of music. I'm SO glad I got to see him in concert. He was great and really funny. I can't believe he's gone. I cried for 3 days. I couldn't even watch videos or listen to his songs without crying. RIP to the legend.

I was 11 years old and our 6th grade teacher who was a huge Kenny Rogers fan played us this song over and over, along with another song called Coward of the County. And that was my introduction to Kenny Rogers.

This song really means a lot to me because it was one of my dad's favorite songs. He passed away several years ago and at the time of his passing we were not very close, but this song always reminds me of when I was younger and we were close. So because of that it really feels special to me.

I grew up listening to Kenny Rogers he always been in my life and I enjoy his music, his acting just the man himself one of the good Soul

His death makes me sad. I met him when I was 5 years old ( I’m now 42). My grandfather took me to a country music festival. I have a picture somewhere in storage. Every time I hear a song or even the mention of his name, it brings me back to better times when my grandfather was still alive.

I miss him already...He knew how to tell a story..A true gentle man...R.I.P Kenny Rogers...People who didn't listen to country even knew your name.. I was 6 years old when I first heard him ....Thank you for your reaction SUSHI! ...I'm sure it meant so very much to him...😢💔🌹

Rest in Peace. Kenny Rogers. You decorated all of our lives.

My first recollection of Kenny Rogers was singing a song called, "I Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was in". How's that for a title. I saw Kenny in concert in the early 80s. Women would approach the stage to hand him a rose as he sang and he would graciously accept. On one occasion, a woman approached the stage carrying a beautifully dressed little girl, maybe 3 years old. When she held up the little girl to hand the yellow rose to Kenny...he didn't take the rose. He took the little girl. He walked around the stage holding the little girl in his arms as he sang to her. Wow!

I remember driving down south to visit family in North Carolina every summer back in the 80's. We would listen to cassettes of country music the entire way there and back. Kenny Rogers was just one of many we listened to, including this song.

Through the years, Love Will Turn You Around, Daytime Friends and Nightime Lovers.... he has a bunch.

I saw Kenny live in 1982 in Dithan' Alabama And the concert was one of the best i had ever been to.

When I was growing up my mom played all of Kenny Rogers music all the time. She played the movie the six pack with him in it all the time. The greatest memory I have though is at Christmas time while we all put out the decorations she would play Kenny Rogers christmas album. His duets with dolly and sheena easton are great to check out

It took me a long time to enjoy his music, but the stories he told were top notch.

I took my ex to see him on Mar 17, 1984 in Honolulu, a month after our daughter was born. We sat 7 rows from the stage, not far from Tom Selleck and Lionel Ritchie, who helped him sing Lady. He sang Lucille, Coward of the county, Islands in the Stream, and some of his First Edition Hits, Ruby don't take your love to town, Just dropped in, but his biggest hit, The Gambler produced 3 movies, and the nickname that stuck with him, for the rest of his career. When you said the gambler, you would automatically think of Kenny Rogers RIP Gambler.

I first heard the song very young, my grandfather showed me and always liked his songs...I haven’t listened to him in awhile but it’s sad that he’s gone now...

You would love " Lady" by Kenny. Lots of his music is in the soundtrack of my life. This hurts.

I grew up listening to him I am member my mother always Playing Kenny Rogers records almost every day

I was fortunate to see him in Detroit at Cobo Hall in I believe 1982. Experiencing Kenny in person was a whole different experience than listening to him through recordings or on the radio. His performance was full of passion and heart, and you felt every word delivered by him regardless of your seat number. I was very emotional .......and moved for a long time. I member being very emotional through many songs, especially the song, Lady. He is a unprecedented loss to the music industry, and all of us. I miss him dearly...........

His flexibility as an artist is unmatched. Compare this song to something like “what condition my condition was in” and you’ll see true range as an artist.

He made country music cross the borders of the United States, a unique label in his style, "The Gambler" the country style anthem and so many other hits, like not forgetting his movies. thanks to you in my country and in the world country music was known, feel proud americans for having had this legend and great artist Without a doubt, the legend, the king of country music, thanks for you beatiful music. RIP Kenny Rogers. From Chile

just live ones true love... "know when to hold em" "know when to fold em" "know when to walk away"... true love holds to the love they sought true!!!!!!!!!!!!

Such a huge part of my childhood!!!! R.I.P. Kenny Rogers!!!! ❤️😥

I grew up on country and rock. I was about seven and on Christmas i got a little record player with two albums; Queen-The Game and Kenny Rogers-The Gambler. I was luck enough to be traveling about three years ago and see his live show. It was phenomenal.

My dads name was Kenny and his middle name was rogers and my dad had every Kenny rogers vinyl record you could think of so I grew up listening to him every weekend since I could remember.

The Gambler finally broke even.He went peacefully.Another Legend Gone to Heaven.R.i.p Kenny

Giving thanks to all of the reactors, paying homage to a legend. R.I.P. Kenny, we will miss you. P.S. Coward of the County is actually his best song of all time.

Sushi Kenny was originally a member of The First Edition, a 60s R&B band! He only ever wanted to be a member of an ensemble but because of that voice he was thrust into the limelight! Then they threw him into Country, though he never ate yes only there that’s where he hit people’s hearts.

I was just watching a couple of his performances of him singing "Lady" like 3 days ago.. Was thinking about his age, given that he looked fairly old when that song came out in the 1980's. So it felt like a strange coincidence when I saw a thumbnail on KZfaq saying that he had just passed. Had a similar experience when one of my favorite artists, Daryle Singletary, passed a couple of years ago. I was showing my friend a couple of videos of his performances like 3 days before he unexpectedly passed. He was only 42. Edit: When the news broke, and I showed my mom, she told me that she actually saw Kenny Rogers in Oklahoma City on a school field trip. Which would've been in the 1970's. Lol I was kinda shocked.. Almost as shocked as when she told me that she saw KISS at a fair when she was 16. She said she didn't stick around because she didn't like KISS and wanted to ride the fair rides. Hard to believe KISS and Kenny Rogers have been around that long. Lol

That's how he died too, in his sleep among family and friends! Nearly every song of his is iconic and you will LOVE them all!

I remember his concert at Cheyenne Frontier Days. There was a huge thunderstorm & they wanted to cancel his show. Kenny put on a yellow rain slicker & performed for his fans regardless of thunder, lightning & rain! One of his best shows!! Late ‘70s I think. So glad I got to see him! Sorry to hear of his passing. He was an amazing Country talent.

He was famous for that rasp in his voice and his ability to put inflection and skillfully tell a story with his voice alone.

Too Sushi you are amazing and very inspirational love you Too Sushi

I first heard Kenny when he was with the First Eddition and he still had red hair and beard. 🙂 "Ruby, Dont Take Your Love to Town" is about a wounded veteran. My dad was a 20 year retired veteran that served in Viet Nam and this song just brings it back to me.

I grew up listening to Kenny Rogers in the truck. His songs were part of the soundtrack to my early life.

The Gambler great life advice. I was very fortunate to discover his music at a very young age. I loved Kenny Rodgers😢... I was not prepared to see his best friend Dolly Parton cry. I loved their song Real Love. His song Lady is one of my favorite songs.

Before he went solo he was the lead singer in a group called "The First Edition" whose songs had a bit more of a rock edge than country. I'd suggest "Just Dropped In".

Him and his songs remind me of my childhood so much. Of my Grandma and my Aunt. ✌♥️

The greatest- Kenny Rogers, definitely worth a listen

I still remember the first time I heard this song. I was lying in my bed just relaxing back in ‘97 (I was 14, freshman in HS) and I must have hit repeat 10 or so times until I had it memorized. It is one of my all time favorite songs.

I first remember hearing Kenny Rogers in 78 or 79 and I was born in 75. The song the gambler was actually a bit on the old muppet show and that played in 79 or 80 I think.

When I was a kid, I would play his greatest hits album as I was going to bed, and I would fall asleep to the soothing sound of his voice.

Kenny Rogers actually did a song with Home Free called "Children go where I send Thee"..it is amazing.

He was a very dapper man and he will be missed. I never heard anything bad about him and he lived a great life. When he died, the preacher had no need to lie at his funeral. He had a great run. Rest in peace sir.

Before I seen this I seen where Kenny Rogers died peacefully in his sleep. Then listening to this song, The Gambler says the best you can do is die in your sleep! Kind of ironic sent chills up my spine! Always loved listening to Kenny Rogers! And best of all still will!!!!!!

Kenny Rodgers was a Legend and a household name. I remember being little listening to the Gambler and other hits. I've seen people recommend most of his greatest songs but I haven't seen anyone suggest "Ruby" yet. That's a sad one but a classic.

“You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, & know when to run, you never count your $ when you’re sittin’ at the table, they’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done!” Sushi, I remember this song as a little girl under 10 yrs old. I had a record player with a 45 of the song Coward Of The County, but my parents listened to him and I fell in love with his music.

Perfect euphemism for life! Much deeper than a gambling song! RIP Mr. Kenny Rogers-❤️🙌🏻

I grew up on Kenny Rogers. Loved seeing him do this song with the Muppets as a kid. And his duets with Dolly Parton. And even the song he did with Home Free.

One of Kenny's first hits was "Ruby". It was written by another famous country musician; Mel Tillis. It's an hard hitting song with vivid symbology!

The best advice I have ever gotten in my life. Whenever I feel discourage,I just remember the chorus.

I'm an old school hip-hop head but Kenny was one of my favorite artists. My eyes actually welled up when I heard of his passing. My grandmother listened to him so I grew up hearing his records. I first heard this probably when I was 10 years old, maybe younger. I'd love to hear your reaction to "Lady." It's one of absolute favorite songs.

love to see your reaction to Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show ~ "Sylvia's Mother"

I just recently came by your ch & I have to say, u are so down to earth! No matter what spectrum of music, your face gives all emotion. Great stuff.

Coward of the County, The Gambler, both made into multiple movies. Lady was a song he gave to his friend Lionel Richie. Islands in the Stream, written for him by Barry Gibbs of The Bee Gees became a monster hit when he made it a duet with Dolly Parton. His first band The First Edition was one of my very first records. He will truly be missed

for me it was 1979 I was all but 13 years old but he touched my heart and soul with his music he will surely be missed