aManOnaJourney's video: The Gambler - Kenny Rogers original video 1978

The original video of THE GAMBLER by Kenny Rogers. I love Kenny's growly vocals on his signature song. The album, "The Gambler", released November 14, 1978, is featured in the About.com poll of "The 200 Most Influential Country Albums and was the 1979 CMA Album of the Year winner. With over 35 million copies sold, The Gambler, is among the biggest selling albums in history. The song, was 1979 Grammy Awards - Best Country Song (Kenny was also Best Male Country Vocal Performance the same year,) The success of THE GAMBLER lead to a series of television movies featuring Kenny as gambler Brady Hawks. 1980 - The Gambler 1983 - The Gambler: The Adventure Continues 1987 - The Gambler III: The Legend Continues 1991 - The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw 1994 - The Gambler V: Playing for Keeps The five "Kenny Rogers as The Gambler" television mini-series movies: - are the longest running mini-series in the history of television in the USA - has over 100 million total viewers across the USA during their original broadcasts. Making them among the most watched television series. "The Gambler" (written by Don Schlitz) "On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep. So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness 'Til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak. He said, "Son, I've made my life out of readin' people's faces, And knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes. So if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces. For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice." So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow. Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light. And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression. Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right. You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done. Now Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin' Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep. 'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser, And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." So when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window, Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep. And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even. But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep. You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealings done.♫"