It started with a dinner invitation and an unseen lyric in a nondescript envelope. Fifteen minutes later, Steve Dorff and Marty Panzer had written a career-defining love song for Kenny Rogers. However ...

Country music icons talk about their relationship and new duet. Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers perform at Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years at The MGM Grand at Foxwoods, April 10, 2010 in Ledyard, Conn.

Not many folks would have bet on Kenny Rogers as a pop star once he went solo. He played country music at a time when crossover country hits were pretty rare (although he’d help to turn that trend ...

Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers had similar paths to success; they both started out young and worked with other musicians before finding fame and fortune as solo artists. Parton began writing songs when ...