April marked the 35th anniversary of CBS’s airing of Kenny Rogers as The Gambler. The now-classic Western television movie set ratings records, had four sequels, won multiple Emmy Awards and gave Kenny Rogers a trademark identity and a theme that’s one of the biggest hits in Country music history. Rogers is being honored by the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was inducted two years ago, six decades after he began his hit music career. The biographical exhibit


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