Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton – Islands in the Stream

“Islands in the Stream” –  Single by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton from the album Eyes That See in the Dark.
Released: August 15, 1983
Songwriters: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb

This was written by The Bee Gees as an R&B song. On March 10, 2009 when Maurice Gibb appeared on the BBC Breakfast programme, he explained that it was written for Marvin Gaye, however it was recorded instead as a duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton with the Gibb Brothers also contributing vocals. The Bee Gees performed the song themselves on their 1998 live album One Night Only.

The title came from an Ernest Hemingway story that was published in 1970. It was the first of his books to be published posthumously.

The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, giving both Rogers and Parton their second pop number-one hit (after Rogers’s “Lady” in 1980 and Parton’s “9 to 5” in 1981). It also topped the Country and Adult Contemporary charts. It has been double certified Platinum and gold certified singles by the Recording Industry Association of America for two million and half a million digital sales in US.[5] In 2005 the song topped CMT’s poll of the best country duets of all time; Parton and Rogers reunited to perform the song on the CMT special.

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Single lansat in Iulie 1983. Inregistrat in Mai 1983.

“Islands in the Stream” a fost compusa de Bee Gees pentru Marvin Gaye de fapt, dar a ajuns un hit country cu Kenny Rogers si Dolly Parton (#1 in top).
Kenny Rogers a incercat mai multe zile la rand sa inregistreze aceasta melodie de unul singur, pana cand intr-una din zile, Dolly Parton, care avea o sesiune de inregistari in acelasi studio, a fost adusa sa cante melodie in duet. Restul, este istorie.

Titlul melodiei a fost inspirat dintr-o nuvela a lui Ernest Hemingway publicata in 1970.

Melodia este de pe albumul “Eyes That See in the Dark” din 1983. Este cel de-al 15-lea album de studio a lui Kenny Rogers.

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