Kenny rogers biography first edition youtube
The YouTube premiere of the documentary "The Life and Times of Kenny Rogers" from his early years, The First Edition, and solo career.
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Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
American country rock band
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, until 1970 billed as the First Edition, were an American rock band.
The band's style was difficult to singularly classify, as it incorporated elements of country, rock and psychedelic pop.[3] 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 (lead vocals) completing the lineup.[citation needed]
As the counterculture of the 1960s was developing, the First Edition signed with Reprise Records in 1967 and had their first big hit in early 1968 with the psychedelic single "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (US No. 5).
After other chart hits, "But You Know I Love You" (US No. 19) and "Tell It All Brother" (