Sunday, August 20, 2017

BEFORE THE HIT VERSION. This post: LXXXIX- THE GAMBLER. Continues: next week.
BEFORE IT WAS A HIT SONG
These songs are well known but you may not know about the earlier attempts to score a hit record with prior versions of the same song.
The Gambler
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The country music classic "The Gambler" is Kenny Rogers' signature song.  It spawned a series of telemovies involving "The Gambler", Brady Hawkes. Rogers portrayed the title role. 
He released the single in 1978. It topped the US Country Chart and peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The disc charted in Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. But this version of the Grammy Award-winning track was not the original. 
The song was penned by Don Schiltz (below)  in 1976. He recorded it and cover versions followed. These were cut by Bobby Bare and Johnny Cash prior to Rogers' remake.
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Each new song will be added to the spotify playlist named: ‘Before It Was A Hit Song’.  You can check out the previous earlier / original versions of the hit songs you know and love.
The playlist and other Caffe` Latte` selections can be found at:
spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte

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