Kenny Rogers became one of the most enduring superstars in country music history, but he was a middle-aged man looking for an unlikely comeback when he scored his first No. 1 country hit in 1977.

Kenny Rogers had plenty of hit singles throughout his legendary career. But a lot of them might not have happened if not for “The Gambler”. Out in 1978, “The Gambler” is Rogers’s fourth No. 1 single, ...

Is the titular character in Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" based on a real card shark? Is the story based on true events? We ...

Don Schlitz, the country songwriter behind classics like "The Gambler," has died. He was 73. The North Carolina native died Thursday at a Nashville hospital after what the Grand Ole Opry described as ...