Someone who cares
Someone who dares to love you
Someone who thinks in above of you
To always be willing to share, hhhhm
Someone who gives
Someone who lives inside you
Someone who?ll be strong beside you
Through all the days that you live, hhhm
I've made up my mind that you're gonna love me
I've made in my heart a soft place for you
Come lie with me (Incomprehensible)
Sleep by the mornings (Incomprehensible)
Someone who dreams
Of being in your mind tomorrow
Sharing your joys and your sorrow
Helping you see what it means to be loved.
Biography
Kenny Rogers was the fourth of seven children born to Floyd Rogers, a carpenter, and his wife Lucille, a nurse. Rogers graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in Houston. According to the Texas birth records, his middle given name is Ray and he is sometimes credited in his film roles as \"Kenneth Ray Rogers\".
He has been married five times. His fourth wife was the actress Marianne Gordon Rogers. His current wife is the former Wanda Miller. He has a daughter and four sons, including twins born when Rogers was 65.
As of 2005, Rogers has become an avid Atlanta Thrashers fan, and can often be seen at Philips Arena taking in a game. He was also a singer in the song \"We Are the World\".
Career
Early career
His career began in the mid-1950s, when he recorded with a doo-wop group called The Scholars who had some success with a single called \"Poor Little Doggie\". Rogers was not the lead singer of the group and after two more singles they disbanded when their leader went solo.
Now on his own, Kenneth Rogers (as he was billed then) followed the break up with his own single, a minor solo hit called \"That Crazy Feeling\" (1958). After sales slowed down, Rogers joined a jazz group called The Bobby Doyle Trio, who got a lot of work in clubs thanks to a reasonable fan following and also recorded for Columbia Records. The group disbanded in 1965, and a 1966 jazzy rock single Rogers recorded for Mercury Records, called \"Here's That Rainy Day\" failed. Rogers also worked as a producer, writer and session musician for other performers; including country artists Mickey Gilley and Eddy Arnold. In 1966 he joined the New Christy Minstrels as a singer and double bass player.
Feeling that the Minstrels were not offering the success they wanted, Rogers and fellow members Mike Settle, Terry Williams and Thelma Camacho left the group. They formed The First Edition in 1967 (later renamed \"Kenny Rogers and The First Edition\"). They chalked up a string of hits on both the pop and country charts, including \"Somethings Burning\", \"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town\", \"Reuben James\" and \"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In).\" In his First Edition days, Rogers had something of a hippie image, with long brown hair, an earring, and pink sunglasses. Known affectionately in retrospect as \"Hippie Kenny\", Rogers had a much smoother vocal style than in his later career.
When the group split in 1976, Rogers launched his solo career. Rogers soon developed a more middle of the road sound, with a somewhat rough but tuneful voiced style that sold to both pop and country audiences; to date, he has charted more than 60 top 40 hit singles (including upwards of 25 #1's) and 50 of his albums have charted. His music has also been featured in top selling movie soundtracks, such as Convoy, Urban Cowboy and The Big Lebowski.
Solo career
After leaving The First Edition in 1976, after almost a decade with the group, Rogers signed a solo deal with United Artists. Although producer Larry Butler had no doubts about Rogers' talent, he was advised by several colleagues not to sign Rogers, who some saw as a has-been. Nevertheless, Butler and Rogers began a partnership that would last four years.
Rogers first outing for his new label was Love Lifted Me. The album charted and two singles \"Love Lifted Me\" and \"While The Feeling's Good\" were minor hits. The song \"Runaway Girl\" was featured in the motion picture Trackdown. Later in 1976, Rogers issued his second album, the self-titled Kenny Rogers, whose first single \"Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)\", was another solo hit.
