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* NamesTheSame: He's not the baseball player Kenny Rogers.
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* HeAlsoDid: "Tomb of the Unknown Love" was written by Micheal [''sic''] Smotherman, one-time keyboardist for Music/CaptainBeefheart's Magic Band.

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** On country, most of his famous songs hit #1. However, "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" only reached #19, "Sweet Music Man" only got to #9, "Planet Texas" to #30, and "The Greatest" only got to #26. His rendition of "Mary, Did You Know?" with Music/WynonnaJudd didn't crack top 40, but has the justification of being a Christmas release. His next-to-last #1, the Music/RonnieMilsap duet "Make No Mistake, She's Mine", is probably his most obscure chart-topper

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** On country, most of his famous songs hit #1. However, "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" only reached #19, "Sweet Music Man" only got to #9, "Planet Texas" to #30, and "The Greatest" only got to #26. His rendition of "Mary, Did You Know?" with Music/WynonnaJudd didn't crack top 40, but has the justification of being a Christmas release. His next-to-last #1, the Music/RonnieMilsap duet "Make No Mistake, She's Mine", is probably his most obscure chart-topperchart-topper.
* InspirationForTheWork: "Daytime Friends" came about because songwriter Ben Peters was watching a Nashville TV newscast and heard the weatherman (a pre-''Series/WheelOfFortune'' Pat Sajak) use the phrase "daytime highs and nighttime lows", which prompted Peters to coin the phrase "daytime friends and nighttime lovers" and use it for the hook of a song.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" name-drops a ton of celebrities who died in approximately the decade prior to the song's 2006 release (such names ranging from Creator/DrSeuss to Music/JohnnyCash to Creator/ChristopherReeve), as well as several pop-culture keystones from the TurnOfTheMillennium (such as the dot-com boom and hybrid cars).

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" name-drops a ton of celebrities who died in approximately the decade prior to the song's 2006 release (such names ranging from Creator/DrSeuss to Music/JohnnyCash to Creator/ChristopherReeve), as well as several pop-culture keystones from the TurnOfTheMillennium (such as the dot-com boom and hybrid cars).----
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** On the pop charts, he's had several hits outpeak "The Gambler", including the now-forgotten "She Believes in Me", "You Decorated My Life", "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (featuring Kim Carnes), "I Don't Need You", "Share Your Love with Me", and "What About Me?" (featuring Carnes and James Ingram). Averted otherwise, as "Lady" and the Music/DollyParton duet "Islands in the Stream" were among the only songs to top the Hot 100, Country, ''and'' AC charts.
** On country, most of his famous songs hit #1. However, "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" only reached #19, "Sweet Music Man" only got to #9, "Planet Texas" to #30, and "The Greatest" only got to #26. His rendition of "Mary, Did You Know?" with Music/WynonnaJudd didn't crack top 40, but has the justification of being a Christmas release. His next-to-last #1, the Music/RonnieMilsap duet "Make No Mistake, She's Mine", is probably his most obscure chart-topper
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" name-drops a ton of celebrities who died in approximately the decade prior to the song's 2006 release (such names ranging from Creator/DrSeuss to Music/JohnnyCash to Creator/ChristohperReeve), as well as several pop-culture keystones from the TurnOfTheMillennium (such as the dot-com boom and hybrid cars).

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" name-drops a ton of celebrities who died in approximately the decade prior to the song's 2006 release (such names ranging from Creator/DrSeuss to Music/JohnnyCash to Creator/ChristohperReeve), Creator/ChristopherReeve), as well as several pop-culture keystones from the TurnOfTheMillennium (such as the dot-com boom and hybrid cars).
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* NamesTheSame: He's not the baseball player Kenny Rogers.

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* NamesTheSame: He's not the baseball player Kenny Rogers.Rogers.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: "The Last Ten Years (Superman)" name-drops a ton of celebrities who died in approximately the decade prior to the song's 2006 release (such names ranging from Creator/DrSeuss to Music/JohnnyCash to Creator/ChristohperReeve), as well as several pop-culture keystones from the TurnOfTheMillennium (such as the dot-com boom and hybrid cars).
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* CareerResurrection: As his style of pop-country became outmoded around 1990, his streaks of hits quickly came to an end, to the point that he spent most of the 1990s off the charts. But in 1999, he independently released ''She Rides Wild Horses'', which produced a #1 smash in 2000 with "Buy Me a Rose" (featuring Music/{{Alison Krauss|And Union Station}} and Billy Dean). Although he didn't have any more big hits afterward, that song helped get him back into the limelight again.

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* CareerResurrection: As his style of pop-country became outmoded around 1990, his streaks of hits quickly came to an end, to the point that he spent most of the 1990s off the charts. But in 1999, he independently released ''She Rides Wild Horses'', which produced a #1 smash in 2000 with "Buy Me a Rose" (featuring Music/{{Alison Krauss|And Union Station}} and Billy Dean). Although he didn't have any more big hits afterward, that song helped get him back into the limelight again.again.
* NamesTheSame: He's not the baseball player Kenny Rogers.
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* CareerResurrection: As his style of pop-country became outmoded around 1990, his streaks of hits quickly came to an end, to the point that he spent most of the 1990s off the charts. But in 1999, he independently released ''She Rides Wild Horses'', which produced a #1 smash in 2000 with "Buy Me a Rose" (featuring Music/{{Alison Krauss|And Union Station}} and Billy Dean). Although he didn't have any more big hits afterward, that song helped get him back into the limelight again.

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