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Kenneth Ray Rogers
1938 - 2020 (81 years)-
Name Kenneth Ray Rogers - Singer Song Writer
Nickname Kenny Birth 21 Aug 1938 Houston, Harris, Texas 
Gender Male Death 20 Mar 2020 Sandy Springs, Fulton, Georgia Person ID I46388 Backus Genealogy Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Father Edward Floyd Rogers, b. 12 Nov 1903, Groveton, Trinity, Texas d. 9 Jul 1975, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 71 years) Mother Lucille Lois Hester, b. 21 Jun 1910, Gilmer, Upshur, Texas d. 30 Jan 1993, Houston, Harris, Texas (Age 82 years) Family ID F20887 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Spouse / Partner 1 Living Children 1. Living Family ID F20888 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Spouse / Partner 2 Living Family ID F20889 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Spouse / Partner 3 Living Children 1. Living Family ID F20890 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Spouse / Partner 4 Living Children 1. Living Family ID F20891 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
Spouse / Partner 5 Living Children 1. Living 2. Living Family ID F20892 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
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Birth - 21 Aug 1938 - Houston, Harris, Texas 
Death - 20 Mar 2020 - Sandy Springs, Fulton, Georgia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend< 
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Notes - Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) Rogers was born the fourth of eight children. His parents were Lucille Lois Rogers, a nurse's assistant, and Edward Floyd Rogers (1904–1975), a carpenter. He was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted more than 120 hit singles across various genres, topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone. He sold more than 100 million records worldwide during his lifetime, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
In the late 1950s, Rogers began his recording career with the Houston-based group the Scholars, who first released "The Poor Little Doggie". After some solo releases, including 1958's "That Crazy Feeling", Rogers then joined a group with the jazz singer Bobby Doyle. In 1966, he became a member of the folk ensemble the New Christy Minstrels, playing double bass and bass guitar as well as singing. In 1967, he and several members of the New Christy Minstrels left to found the group the First Edition, with whom he scored his first major hit, "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)", a psychedelic rock song which peaked at number five on the Billboard charts. As Rogers took an increased leadership role in the First Edition following the success of 1969's "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town", the band gradually changed styles to a more country feel. The band broke up in 1975–76.
Rogers was married five times and had five children. His first marriage was to Janice Gordon on May 15, 1958; they divorced in April 1960 with one child,also one child with his 3rd wife, and one child from a fourth marriage. He had twins from his 5th marriage.
Rogers's seven-decade career wound down in 2017, as he encountered health problems that included a diagnosis of bladder cancer. On March 20, 2020, Rogers died at the age of 81, while under hospice care at his home in Sandy Springs, Georgia. He was interred in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta
- Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) Rogers was born the fourth of eight children. His parents were Lucille Lois Rogers, a nurse's assistant, and Edward Floyd Rogers (1904–1975), a carpenter. He was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted more than 120 hit singles across various genres, topping the country and pop album charts for more than 200 individual weeks in the United States alone. He sold more than 100 million records worldwide during his lifetime, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
