"%22Lucille%22 is a song written by Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in January 1977 as the second and final single from the album Kenny Rogers. The song is about a man in a bar who meets a woman who has left her husband. It became Rogers' first major hit as a solo artist after leaving the successful country/rock group The First Edition the previous year. An international hit, it reached number 1 on the Billboard Country Singles chart and number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Overseas, %22Lucille%22 reached the top of the UK Singles Chart in June 1977, the first of Rogers' two number one singles there." . "Kenny Rogers songs" . . . . "2006-03-28"^^ . "Song recordings produced by Larry Butler (producer)" . "false"^^ . "1977-01-24"^^ . "Lucille" . "304499"^^ . "Gramophone record" . "RPM Country Tracks number-one singles" . "true"^^ . "United Artists Records singles" . "-17.2"^^ . . "true"^^ . . "Roger Bowling" . "1977 singles" . . "Songs written by Roger Bowling" . "-0.626693"^^ . "Larry Butler (producer)" . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . "3116524" . . "Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles" . . "219000.0"^^ . "Waylon Jennings songs" . "1977 songs" . "Hal Bynum" . "0"^^ . . . "5714ded725ac0d8aee4761ee" . "-0.0723479"^^ . "a0fee6b3-98f5-4cd8-a2db-56a6772d1c05" . . "142.0"^^ . "TRYLQRQ128F1456F60" . "6"^^ . . . "Songs written by Hal Bynum" . "english" . "United Artists Records" . "USCN10500372" . "Billy Currington songs" . . <4SDVkdcO8ts> . "RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles" . . "Lucille" . . "2735" .