The Gambler
Song by Kenny Rogers
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Sep 16, 2026
Micah FrazierHOST
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Micah FrazierHOST
We've got The Gambler by Kenny Rogers.
Micah FrazierHOST
That's The Gambler, Kenny Rogers.
Micah FrazierHOST
Thank you for calling that request in.
Micah FrazierHOST
So somebody has a riddle for us on YouTube.
Mike ImbodenHOST
Uh, Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers.
Mike ImbodenHOST
I almost went with The Gambler, but I figured that was a little too popular, as opposed to Coward of the County-
Joseph PerryHOST
Yeah
Mike ImbodenHOST
... which I think is-
Glennda TestoneHOST
My mom loved him.
Glennda TestoneHOST
I used to sing The Gambler at family gatherings for entertainment for all my relatives.
Glennda TestoneHOST
But I did not really know Dolly until I met my partner and the person that would become my spouse, and I would build my own family with, Jama.
Glennda TestoneHOST
Jama's from Mississippi.
Glennda TestoneHOST
She printed stickers.
Glennda TestoneHOST
She and her best friend Karen, they dressed up as Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers to sing Islands in the Stream.
Glennda TestoneHOST
Not The Gambler, Islands in the Stream.
Glennda TestoneHOST
And it was so special.
Annie ZaleskiGUEST
Um, and so I think it made perfect sense that she would kind of do that.
Annie ZaleskiGUEST
And you know, Kenny Rogers had kind of made that pop route just a couple years before her, you know, I think with The Gambler and things like that.
Annie ZaleskiGUEST
Um, it really, you know, like so many, I think, artists from the '70s, she really embraced the idea of being in pop culture.
Annie ZaleskiGUEST
So doing all those movies and really, you know, it kind of made her a little bit more of a mainstream figure than maybe she was.
Sam SandersHOST
yes
Wyclef JeanGUEST
And I was like, yo, Kenny, I need you to sing the Gambler.
Wyclef JeanGUEST
I have this hip hop idea where I want to do like a hip hop country record.
Wyclef JeanGUEST
And I need you to, but I said, I need you to re-sing it.
Si RobertsonHOST
Well, no, no, 'cause, see, everybody-
Justin MartinHOST
The Gambler
Si RobertsonHOST
... everybody has said that her and Dolly, him and Dolly had a, a sexual affair.
HunterPANELIST
What?
Graham OlsonHOST
In 1983, she had another number one pop hit in a duet with Kenny Rogers.
Graham OlsonHOST
The legendary gray-bearded singer behind The Gambler was now collaborating with Dolly on a song called Islands in the Stream.
Graham OlsonHOST
The tune was named after a novel published by Ernest Hemingway and was written by the Bee Gees.
Graham OlsonHOST
It's a gentle country song that changes keys when Kenny and Dolly alternate between their lead vocals.
Frank StampflHOST
It was great.
Chris TowersHOST
It is The Gambler by Kenny Rogers.
Frank StampflHOST
Yes.
Chris TowersHOST
For anyone who doesn't know.
Josh HommeGUEST
They listened to The Doors, but only the first Doors record.
Josh HommeGUEST
They listened to Kenny Rogers, but only The Gambler.
Josh HommeGUEST
It's, they never-
Jake ShearsHOST
Branched out into the rest of-
Josh HommeGUEST
It's not just, you know, Kenny Rogers.
Jake ShearsHOST
The dri-
Josh HommeGUEST
But even that, The Gambler, these-
Jake ShearsHOST
Yeah
Matt SpeerHOST
And I remember Six Pack, which was a movie with Diane Lane, who I had a huge crush on, where Kenny Rogers was in it.
Matt SpeerHOST
Of course, we love The Gambler.
Matt SpeerHOST
So it just seemed that Dolly would always come up once in a while and make great songs.
Matt SpeerHOST
Jolene was amazing, and I love that.
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