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The First Edition (later known as Kenny Rogers and the First Edition) was a country music/rock band. Its stalwart members were Kenny Rogers (lead vocals and bass guitar), Mickey Jones (drums and percussion) and Terry Williams (guitar and vocals). The band formed in 1967, with folk musician Mike Settle (guitar and backing vocals) and the operatically trained Thelma Camacho completing the lineup.
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EODM Present Boots Electric Performing the Best Songs We Never Wrote [2019]
Song | Duration |
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Just Dropped In (To See What My Condition Is In) | 2:44 |
Five Classic Albums [2017]
Song | Duration |
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King of Oak Street | 5:02 |
Les Irresistibles du Country [2017]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times |
Hits of the 70s [Sonoma] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 3:50 |
50 Country Classics, Vol. 1 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | 2:35 |
Country Hits: The Album [2014]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times | 3:27 |
Country Memories, Vol. 3 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | 2:31 |
Golden Hits [2014]
Song | Duration |
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After All (I Live My Life) | 3:16 |
Roots of Country, Vol. 2 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times | 3:23 |
The First Edition/The First Edition's 2nd [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | |
Ticket to Nowhere |
100 Cult Titles [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Me And Bobby Mc Gee |
50 Rockin' Hits, Vol. 63 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times | 3:25 |
50 Rockin' Oldies, Vol. 18 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Elvira | 2:34 |
50 Rockin' Oldies, Vol. 20 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Somethings Burning | 4:01 |
50 Rockin' Oldies, Vol. 4 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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The King of Oak Street | 4:06 |
50 Rockin' Oldies, Vol. 6 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Reuben James | 2:41 |
50 Rockin' Oldies, Vol. 7 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Heed the Call | 3:15 |
Country Dawn, Vol. 3 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | 2:31 |
Essential Country: Kenny Rogers [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | 2:35 |
For the Good Times | 3:25 |
Tulsa Turnaround | 3:34 |
Something's Burning | 3:52 |
Elvira | 2:39 |
The King of Oak Street | 4:09 |
The Very Best Of, Vol. 1 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 3:47 |
Elvira | 2:35 |
Tulsa Turnaround | 3:27 |
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye | 2:20 |
Heed the Call | 3:16 |
The Very Best Of, Vol. 2 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby Mcgee | 2:31 |
For the Good Times | 3:21 |
My Washington Woman | 3:24 |
King of Oak Street | 4:02 |
This Is Country [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:54 |
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:20 |
Country Hits, Vol. 3 [Country Legacy Hits] [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | 2:38 |
Fifty Country Greats [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town | |
Me and Bobby McGee | |
For the Good Times |
King of the Road [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town | 3:03 |
Legends: Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Elvira | 2:32 |
Real Country Legends [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:52 |
Simply Country [2012] [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 3:56 |
Country Love Songs: 60 Heartfelt Classics [2011]
Song | Duration |
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For The Good Times | |
Something's Burning |
Classic Country [2010]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times | 3:30 |
100% Country [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | |
Something's Burning |
Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Reuben James | 2:48 |
The Complete Country Collection [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town | 3:00 |
Me And Bobby McGee | 2:38 |
100 Car Classics [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town |
100 Country Greats [WG] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | |
For the Good Times |
100 Hits of the 60s [WG] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town |
Country Trilogy Collection [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | 2:38 |
Greatest Hits: Limited Edition [2008]
Song | Duration |
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But You Know I Love You | 3:02 |
Legendary Idols [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee |
The Best of Kenny Rogers [Green Series] [2008]
Country Biography [2007]
Song | Duration |
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The King of Oak Street | 4:04 |
Country [Earbook] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby Mcgee |
Greatest Hits & Love Songs [2007]
Song | Duration |
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King of Oak Street | 4:05 |
18 Greatest [2006]
Country Classics [Ground Floor] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:21 |
Me & Bobby McGee | 2:38 |
Something's Burning | 3:58 |
Country Favorites [Madacy 4-CD] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:54 |
Country Songs for the Open Road [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Me & Bobby McGee | 2:33 |
Greatest Ever! Country [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:58 |
K-Tel Presents: Classic Country Superstars [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:56 |
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition [Direct Source 3 CD] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Heed the Call | 3:18 |
Elvira | 2:37 |
Kenny Rogers [Madacy 3 CD] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 3:49 |
Reuben James | 2:44 |
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:33 |
Me and Bobby McGee [CD Horizon] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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The King of Oak Street | |
But You Know I Love You |
Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town [Ground Floor] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 3:50 |
Ruby [Pazzazz] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:55 |
Super 60's [Weton] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:54 |
The Golden Era of Country and Western Music [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | |
My Washington Woman |
This Is Country [Cleopatra/Goldenlane] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:20 |
Through the Years [Madacy 3 Disc] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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But You Know I Love You | 3:16 |
Together [2006]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times | 3:24 |
Heed the Call | 3:18 |
Country Collection [2005]
Song | Duration |
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But You Know I Love You | 3:07 |
Country Gospel [Dynamic] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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All God's Lonely Children | 3:16 |
Country Heartbreakers [St. Clair] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times | 3:23 |
Country Ladies and Gentlemen [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 3:00 |
Country Legends: Charley Pride Kenny Rogers Glen Campbell [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | |
But You Know I Love You | |
For the Good Times | |
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye | |
The King of Oak Street |
Country Storytellers [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:54 |
Country Wedding Songs [2 CD] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Peom for My Little Lady | 2:34 |
Country Wedding [Direct Source] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Peom for My Little Lady | 2:34 |
Greatest Country Music Collection Ever [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:55 |
Hollywood Cool [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:20 |
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition [Direct Source] [2005]
Legends: Country Legends [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Reuben James | 2:45 |
Legends: Kenny Rogers & the First Edition [2005]
Men of Country [2005] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Reuben James | 2:45 |
Mother's Favourites [2005]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times | 3:19 |
Solid Gold Country [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 3:56 |
The Classic Collection [Metro] [2005]
Triple Treasures [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Me & Bobby McGee | 2:35 |
Elvira | 2:41 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Kenny Rogers [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 3:57 |
Tell It All Brother | 3:22 |
Ruben James (Reuben James) | 2:47 |
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In) | 3:19 |
42 Ultimate Hits [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:22 |
Reuben James | 2:49 |
Something's Burning | 3:59 |
Tell It All Brother | 3:23 |
A Tribute to Keith Urban [Tribute Sounds] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:57 |
Anthology [Cleopatra] [2004]
Gold Collection: Country Gold [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:54 |
Gold Collection: Country Greats [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Reuben James | 2:45 |
Hit Singles Collection [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Me And Bobby McGee | 2:39 |
For The Good Times | 3:25 |
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition [Prism] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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But You Know I Love You | 3:07 |
Elvira | 2:37 |
Reuben James | 2:41 |
Molly | 3:03 |
A Stranger in My Place | 2:59 |
All God's Lonely Children | 3:17 |
My Washington Woman | 3:25 |
Lay It Down | 4:30 |
Something's Burning | 3:49 |
Let's Go to San Francisco [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:20 |
Radio Saigon [Goldies] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Me and Bobby McGee | 2:37 |
Remember the 70's: Greatest Hits Live [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) |
The Best of Kenny Rogers [Liquid 8] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 2:54 |
The Hits and More [2004]
The Real Men of Country [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Reuben James | 2:45 |
Heed the Call | 3:19 |
This Is Gold [2004]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tulsa Turnaround | 3:31 |
20 Rockin' Hits of the 60's [Disc 5] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:55 |
Back to the Well [Japan Bonus CD] [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:21 |
Country Lovin' [Direct Source] [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
For the Good Times | 3:23 |
Country: Edition Speciale [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:56 |
Definitive Collection [2003]
Song | Duration |
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But You Know I Love You |
Go West Country [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Me & Bobby McGee | 2:34 |
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:55 |
Kenny Rogers [Platinum Disc] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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For the Good Times | 3:22 |
Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town [Zyx] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning (1970) | 3:52 |
The Folk Years [Box Set] [2003]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:54 |
Gold Collection: Chart Toppin' Country [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:56 |
Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town [Prestige Elite] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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After All (I Live My Life) | 3:14 |
Singers & Songwriters: 1964-1969 [2001] [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:55 |
The Legends Collection: The Kenny Rogers Collectio [2001]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tulsa Turnaround | 3:28 |
100 Country Greats [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
For the Good Times | 3:25 |
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:40 |
Reuben James | 2:48 |
Absolute Country Legends [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tulsa Turnaround | 3:38 |
Branded Country: Country Round Up [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Reuben James | 2:48 |
Classic Country: Country Gold [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Reuben James | 2:46 |
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:54 |
Country Legends [St. Clair] [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:34 |
Country Madness [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:21 |
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye | 2:24 |
For the Good Times | 3:24 |
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:41 |
Elvira | 2:37 |
Easy Listening Gold: 1968-1969 [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:53 |
Forever Gold [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Heed the Call | 3:20 |
Elvira | 2:37 |
Kenny Rogers [Mastersong] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Me & Bobby McGee | |
King of Oak Street | |
But You Know I Love You | |
Heed the Call | |
For the Good Times | |
She Even Woke Me up to Say Goodbye |
Platinum Series [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:48 |
Elvira | 2:25 |
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:31 |
Something's Burning | 3:43 |
For the Good Times | 3:21 |
Solid Gold: 20 Classics [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:56 |
My Washington Woman | 3:26 |
For the Good Times | 3:24 |
Heed the Call | 3:19 |
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:41 |
Elvira | 2:37 |
After All (I Live My Life) | 3:16 |
The King of Oak Street | 4:10 |
The Best of Dueling Country [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Reuben James | 2:45 |
The Gold Collection [2000]
Truck Drivin' Superhits [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Elvira | 2:38 |
Classic Country: 1965-1974 [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:56 |
For the Good Times [Cleopatra] [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:41 |
Through the Years: A Retrospective [1999]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:20 |
But You Know I Love You | 3:07 |
Something's Burning | 3:57 |
Best of Kenny Rogers & the First Edition [Country Stars] [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
For the Good Times | 3:23 |
Country Classics [Mastertone] [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 3:02 |
Country Summit [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:32 |
Love Rocks, Vol. 1: In Love with Love [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Something's Burning | 3:58 |
Mega Country, Vol. 3 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Heed the Call | |
For the Good Times |
The Best of Kenny Rogers & First Edition [MCA] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Me & Bobby McGee |
The Ultimate Country Collection [Crimson] [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 3:00 |
Very Best of Country [Crimson] [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:55 |
For the Good Times | 3:21 |
3 for 3: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Freddy Fender [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Reuben James | 2:46 |
Country Hall of Fame, Vol. 3 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 3:04 |
Country Hits [Riviere] [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:53 |
Golden Country Classics, Vol. 1 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:52 |
King of Country [1997]
Song | Duration |
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After All (I Live My Life) |
Legendary Men of Country [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:56 |
Greatest Hits [Hip-O] [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 3:00 |
Psychedelic Mind Trip, Vol. 2: Another Flashback [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:18 |
The Platinum Collection: Country Greats [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:56 |
Greatest Hits [Prime Cuts] [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:55 |
Daytime Friends: The Very Best of Kenny Rogers [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Something's Burning | 4:16 |
All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But You Know I Love You | 3:07 |
Love Songs [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But You Know I Love You | 3:14 |
At Their Best [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Something's Burning | 3:57 |
For the Good Times | 3:24 |
Elvira | 2:51 |
Tulsa Turnaround | 3:33 |
Lay It Down | 4:27 |
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:45 |
Tell It All Brother | 3:20 |
The King of Oak Street | 4:06 |
Heed the Call | 3:18 |
Molly | 3:08 |
We All Got to Help Each Other | 2:23 |
After All (I Live My Life) | 3:13 |
Featuring the Songs of Kenny Rogers & First Edition [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:20 |
Something's Burning | 4:00 |
Greatest Country Hits [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Reuben James | 2:46 |
Breakout [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tulsa Turnaround | 3:30 |
Country U.S.A.: 1969 [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town |
Nuggets: Even More Nuggets [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) | 3:22 |
25 Greatest Hits [1987]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:48 |
Something's Burning | 4:16 |
Kenny [1979]
Song | Duration |
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Tulsa Turnaround |
The Gambler [1978]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The King of Oak Street | 4:55 |
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition Greatest Hits [1971]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But You Know I Love You | 3:04 |
Something's Burning | 4:00 |
Tell It All Brother [1971]
Song | Duration |
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Tell It All Brother | |
King of Oak Street | |
Heed the Call | |
Molly | |
After All (I Live My Life) | |
We All Got to Help Each Other |
Transition [1971]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
All God's Lonely Children | 3:17 |
Lay It Down | 4:24 |
Tulsa Turnaround | 3:40 |
Poem for My Little Lady | 2:36 |
For the Good Times | 3:25 |
Something's Burning [1970]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Something's Burning | |
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye | |
My Washington Woman | |
Just Remember You're My Sunshine | |
Stranger in My Place | |
Elvira |
Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town [1969]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town |
The First Edition '69 [1969]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But You Know I Love You | |
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town |
The First Edition [1967]
100 Tubes Country
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:33 |
Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town | 2:53 |
30 Superhits Der 70er
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:54 |
Country & Western: Golden Hits
Song | Duration |
---|---|
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye | 2:19 |
My Washington Woman | 3:26 |
Country Classics [EMI 1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | |
But You Know I Love You | 3:13 |
Greatest Hits (2002)
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But You Know I Love You |
Sweet Ballads
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town |
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