Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don Schlitz, one of Nashville's most storied and decorated songwriters, died April 16 at a Nashville hospital due to a sudden ...

Kenny Rogers scored the defining hit of his career when he released “The Gambler” in 1978, but he was not the first artist to record the song. Another well-known star cut it before him, and another ...

KENNY ROGERS: (Singing) You got to... KENNY ROGERS AND DOTTIE WEST AND THE JORDANAIRES: (Singing) ...Know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away and know when to run. SCOTT ...

Every country fan knows "The Gambler." Scratch that, most avid music lovers know "The Gambler." There was a time when the tune was inescapable. It's also inextricably linked with American ...

As singer Kenny Rogers told listeners in the country-music parable “The Gambler,” you’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, and know when to run—which is ...

Songwriter Don Schlitz, who wrote hit tunes for Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Judds, has died at 73. His best known song was arguably the 1980 number “The Gambler,” which ...

Don Schlitz, one of Nashville's most storied and decorated songwriters, died April 16 at a Nashville hospital due to a sudden illness. He was 73. During his nearly five-decade career, the North ...