Nobody ever made soft pop as manly as Rogers, who ran turn-of-the-'80s airwaves with the musical equivalent of Brut cologne. This romance-themed set shows Rogers' singular formula on full display: Classics like "Islands in the Stream" dress up traditional country song craft in its Sunday best.
Kenny Rogers' all-time greatest love songs have been collected for Kenny Rogers: A Love Song Collection, a new 17-track CD and digital album to be released January 15 by Capitol Nashville/EMI. The romantic collection, arriving just in time for Valentine's Day, boasts nine #1 hits and six Top 40 singles. Kenny Rogers' most recent hits collection, 2005's 21 Number Ones, has been certified gold by the RIAA, with U.S. sales totaling more than 500,000 units.