IN a message dated 7/11/02 12:45:18 PM,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net writes:
<< Kenny Rogers was in the New Christy Minstrels, not
the Electric Prunes.
>>
John Lau replied, I thought he was in Kenny Rogers and the
First Edition.
Well, you are both right. I knew that massive Virgin
Encyclopedia of Pop Music that picked up at a Chapters
clearance sale would come in handy. Roger started recording
with a doo-wop group, the Scholars, and then recorded as a
solo artist as first, Kenneth Rogers, and then Kenny Rogers
The First. After that he joined The New Christy Minstrels and
also played in a Minstrels splinter group called First
Edition. When the group had its first hit, Ruby, Don't Take
Your Love To Town, the record was credited to Kenny Rogers
and The First Edition. I hate to think that I actually have
Kenny Rogers in my basement LP collection on one of my
Christy Minstrels records.
Also, Bill, that John D. MacDonald checklist will be very
helpful and will go into my book file that I keep in my car
at all times. It's just that I almost always forget to take
it with me when book hunting in used bookstores and charity
shops.
Kent Morgan in Winnipeg
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