American singer/songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur Kenny Rogers, was born on 21 August 1938, in Houston Texas, and is identified as a ‘country singer’ by music fans, but has had over 120 single hits covering several genres. Kenny is known not only as a solo artist, but also a member of such groups as The Scholars, The New Christy Minstrels, and The First Edition with whom he released such singles as “Poor Little Doggie” and “But You Know I Love You”.
So just how rich is Kenny Rogers, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, Rogers’ net worth is estimated to be over $250 million – undoubtedly, the majority of Rogers’ wealth has come from his singing career, which began in the late 1950s.
Kenny Rogers Net Worth $250 Million
Kenny Rogers attended Jefferson Davis High School, and his first introduction to the music industry began with The Scholars, a band with which he recorded music in the mid-1950s. When the group disbanded, Kenny Rogers tried his luck with several other bands, including The Minstrels and The Bobby Doyle Three, but most of these bands were short-lived. Rogers spent almost ten years in The First Edition, however, in 1976 he went on to launch his solo career. Soon after joining the United Artists label, Rogers released his debut solo work under the title “Love Lifted Me”, which was followed by a more successful self-titled second studio attempt. The latter album spawned several singles, but it was “Lucille” that helped the album reach #1 on the Country charts. “Lucille” was so popular at the time that it topped the charts both in the US and the UK and, with more than five million copies sold, inspired the recording of many covers by various artists. A year later in 1978, Kenny Rogers came out with perhaps his most commercially successful album to date entitled “The Gambler”, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums, and produced a single called “The Gambler”, which won a Grammy Award for Rogers.
As a solo artist, Kenny Rogers has released several studio works that have sold well, including “Kenny” which topped the Country charts, “The Gambler”, and “Water & Bridges”. Kenny has released 32 studio albums and 49 compilation albums, which spawned a total of 80 singles. An inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Kenny Rogers is a winner of several Grammy, Country Music Association and American Music Awards among many others.
In addition to being a musician, Kenny Rogers proved himself to be a talented actor, as he has appeared in many television productions, the most notable being “Kenny Rogers as The Gambler”, a commercially successful television series that not only inspired the creation of four sequels, but also won an Eddie Award, and received several Emmy Award nominations. Kenny also made appearances in such television projects as “The Dream Maker” with Katey Sagal, and “Six Pack” series with Anthony Michael Hall.
In his personal life, Kenny Rogers has married five times, firstly to Janice Gordon from 1958 to 1960 with whom he has a child, then to Jean from 1960 to ’63, thirdly to Margot Anderson from 1964 to ’76, followed by Marianne Gordon from 1977 to ’93 with whom he has a son. He has been married to Wanda Miller since 1997, with whom he has two children.
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