She would finish reading, I would too and generally we were, in the words of Kenny Rogers, too tired to sleep.

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When I was there, they played a Kenny Rogers song for me.

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Let's not forget too, that the Brothers Gibb had penned Guilty for Barbra Streisand, Chain Reaction for Diana Ross and Islands In The Stream, for Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.

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And finally, know when to fold 'em, Kenny Rogers-style.

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His versatility as a composer is perhaps best captured by those who have performed his music, including everyone from country crooners Kenny Rogers and Trisha Yearwood to Patti LaBelle and Natalie Cole.

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At the tour's final date in Nashville in November, he was due to be joined by an array of country music stars including Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Garth Brook and rapper Kid Rock.

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"She is so full of life and spirit and she loves playing jokes on people and she likes to keep you on your toes, but musically I have never met anyone who can walk out on stage and consistently sing as in tune and proper and right as Dolly Parton does, " her sometime duet partner Kenny Rogers told CNN.

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