. "1978 singles" . "USCN17800055" . "1978-11-15"^^ . . . "Gramophone record" . "3108438" . "2007-04-24"^^ . "6f51f8c8-0fae-4fb2-8ea7-56ad9135acdf" . "-0.514777"^^ . "Larry Butler (producer)" . "Kenny Rogers songs" . "Song recordings produced by Larry Butler (producer)" . "214000.0"^^ . "%22The Gambler%22 is a song written by Don Schlitz and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in November 1978 as the title track from his album The Gambler which won him the Grammy award for best male country vocal performance in 1980. Bobby Bare had recorded the song earlier that same year in his album BARE CBS KC35314 (1978). The song was written by Schlitz who had recorded it previously, and had charted at #65 on the country charts with it. It was one of five consecutive songs by Rogers to hit #1 on the Billboard country music charts. On the pop chart, the song made it #16 and #3 on the Easy Listening chart. It's become one of Rogers's most enduring hits and a signature song. As of November 13, 2013, the digital sales of the single currently stands at 798,000 copies. The song was also recorded by Johnny Cash for his 1978 album Gone Girl." . "United Artists Records singles" . "626984"^^ . . "2"^^ . . "Songs written by Don Schlitz" . . "5714ded725ac0d8aee4760dd" . "-0.24654"^^ . "false"^^ . "TRPETJN12903CB60C2" . "2735" . . "The Gambler" . "Bobby Bare songs" . "Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles" . . "United Artists Records" . "true"^^ . "true"^^ . . . . "0"^^ . "Don Schlitz" . "english" . "K Multitracks (moggs)/Kenny Rogers - The Gambler.mogg" . "The Gambler" . . "1978 songs" . . "eng" . . . . "-16.6"^^ . "Johnny Cash songs" . "173.0"^^ . . .