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    • Dec 1, 1978
    A 10-piece string section is overdubbed on the Kenny Rogers & Dottie West duet "'Til I Can Make It On My Own" in a 6 p.m. session at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville
    Dec 16, 1978
    A "train bound for nowhere" reaches #1 as Kenny Rogers tops the Billboard country singles chart with "The Gambler"
    Jan 12, 1979
    Kenny Rogers and Linda Ronstadt win two trophies apiece at the American Music Awards, with "Blue Bayou" named Favorite Country Single. Also winning: Crystal Gayle and The Statler Brothers
    Jan 20, 1979
    Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" rides to #1 on the Billboard country albums chart, where it remains for 24 of the next 25 weeks
    Jan 22, 1979
    United Artists releases the Kenny Rogers & Dottie West remake of Sonny & Cher's "All I Ever Need Is You"
    Feb 5, 1979
    Kenny Rogers purchases George Jones' Possum Holler club in Nashville's Printers Alley for $250,000
    Feb 27, 1979
    "The Gambler" earns Kenny Rogers a platinum album from the RIAA
    Mar 11, 1979
    Kenny Rogers and Loretta Lynn receive four nominations apiece to lead the pack as finalists are announced for the Academy of Country Music awards
    Mar 12, 1979
    United Artists releases the Kenny Rogers & Dottie West album "Classics"
    Mar 22, 1979
    Kenny Rogers appears at Carnegie Hall with Dottie West and The Oak Ridge Boys
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