Share Your Love

Studio album by Kenny Rogers

Released

1981

Recorded

1981

Genre

Country

Length

36:28

Kenny Rogers chronology

Greatest Hits
(1980)

Share Your Love
(1981)

Christmas
(1981)

Share Your Love is the eighth solo studio album by country singer Kenny Rogers, released in 1981. Produced by Lionel Richie, it is also Rogers' first with Liberty Records besides his Greatest Hits album. The album has sold nine million copies worldwide.

Overview

Four singles were released from this Share Your Love. "I Don't Need You" charted at number 1 on the US and Canadian country charts as well as reaching the top of the US Adult Contemporary charts, and number 3 on the US Hot 100. The title cut "Share Your Love With Me" reached number 14 on the Hot 100 and 5 in the US Country charts, though it did reach number 2 in Canada and led the US Adult Contemporary charts. Rogers then took a break to release a single from his first Christmas album. "Blaze of Glory", which featured Kin Vassy on backing vocals, was also released as a single. Although it was a lesser hit than the first two singles, it still made the top ten. The final single, "Through The Years", returned Rogers to the very top by putting him at #1 the Adult Contemporary charts once again.

The album reached #1 on the country charts and #6 on the pop charts, reaching platinum and double-platinum status in the US and Canada, respectively.

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Track listing

"Blaze of Glory" (Danny Morrison, John Thomas Slate, Larry Keith) (2:37)
"I Don't Need You" (Rick Christian) (3:27)
"The Good Life" (Lionel Richie) (2:47)
"Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye" (Mickey Newbury) (2:29)
"Through the Years" (Steve Dorff, Marty Panzer) (4:48)
"Share Your Love with Me" (Alfred Braggs, Deadric Malone) (3:19)
"So in Love with You" (Richie) (4:17)
"Goin' Back to Alabama" (Richie) (5:04)
"Without You in My Life" (Richie, Thomas McClary) (5:04)
"Gray Beard" (Kenny Rogers, Gene Golden) (2:36)

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[1]

Musicians

Dennis Belfied - bass guitar
David Boruff - saxophone on "I Don't Need You"
Eddie Brown - percussion
Ollie Brown - percussion
Sonny Burke - keyboards
James Burton - guitars
Joe Chemay - bass guitar
Paulinho da Costa - percussion
Nathan East - bass guitar
Barnaby Finch - keyboards
Ed Greene - drums
Glen Hardin - keyboards
Rickey Harper - guitars
Gary Herbig - saxophone on "Share Your Love"
John Hobbs - keyboards
Paul Jackson, Jr. - guitars
Darrell Jones - guitars
Abraham Laboriel - bass guitar
Paul Leim - drums
Thomas McClary - guitars
Lincoln Miroga - keyboards
Ray Parker, Jr. - guitars
Sylvester Rivers, Jr. - keyboards
Jerry Sheff - bass guitar
Rick Shlosser - drums
Edgar Struble - strings
Fred Tackett - guitars
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - guitars

Backing vocalists

Track 1: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Gene Marford
Track 2: Terry Williams, Kin Vassy, Cindy Fee, Juanice Charmain
Track 3: Deborah Thomas, Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
Track 4: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
Track 5: none
Track 6: Gladys Knight & the Pips (Gladys Knight, William Guest, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Edward Patten), Lionel Richie
Track 7: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Cindy Fee
Track 8: Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson
Track 9: Kin Vassy, Terry Williams, Deborah Thomas, Brooks Hunnicut
Track 10: Lionel Richie, Terry Williams, Dorothy Sugarloaf

Technical

Harry Bluestone - concertmaster
Reggie Dozier - recording and mixing engineer
Bernie Grundman - mastering
Brenda Harvey Richie - assistant production
Gene Page - string, horn, and rhythm arrangement
Lionel Richie - production
Kenny Rogers - mixing engineer, rhythm track on "Makes Me Wonder"

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	6
Canadian RPM Top Albums	11

External links

References

↑ Share Your Love (LP liner). Kenny Rogers. Liberty Records. 1981. 134416.

Preceded by Feels So Right by Alabama	Top Country Albums number-one album August 29 - September 5, 1981	Succeeded by Feels So Right by Alabama

Kenny Rogers

Studio albums	Love Lifted Me Kenny Rogers Daytime Friends Love or Something Like It The Gambler Kenny Gideon Share Your Love Love Will Turn You Around We've Got Tonight Eyes That See in the Dark What About Me? The Heart of the Matter They Don't Make Them Like They Used To I Prefer the Moonlight Something Inside So Strong Love Is Strange Back Home Again If Only My Heart Had a Voice Vote for Love Across My Heart She Rides Wild Horses There You Go Again Back to the Well Water & Bridges The Love of God Amazing Grace You Can't Make Old Friends

Collaboration albums	Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) Classics (with Dottie West) Timepiece (with David Foster)

Christmas albums	Christmas Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton) Christmas in America The Gift Christmas from the Heart Christmas with Kenny Christmas Collection Once Again It's Christmas

Compilations	Ten Years of Gold The Kenny Rogers Singles Album Greatest Hits (1980) 20 Greatest Hits Duets The Kenny Rogers Story Love Is What We Make It Short Stories Greatest Hits (1988) Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers Live by Request 42 Ultimate Hits 21 Number Ones

Notable singles	"That Crazy Feeling" "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" "But You Know I Love You" "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "Lucille" "Daytime Friends" "Sweet Music Man" "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West) "Love or Something Like It" "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West) "The Gambler" "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West) "She Believes in Me" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Dottie West) "You Decorated My Life" "Coward of the County" "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes) "Love the World Away" "Lady" "I Don't Need You" "Share Your Love with Me" "Blaze of Glory" "Through the Years" "Love Will Turn You Around" "A Love Song" "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) "All My Life" "Scarlet Fever" "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) "Eyes That See in the Dark" "This Woman" "Buried Treasure" "Together Again" (with Dottie West) "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) "Evening Star" "Crazy" "Morning Desire" "Goodbye Marie" "Tomb of the Unknown Love" "Twenty Years Ago" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Ronnie Milsap) "I Prefer the Moonlight" "The Factory" "I Don't Call Him Daddy" "Planet Texas" "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" "Maybe" (with Holly Dunn) "Love Is Strange" (with Dolly Parton) "Crazy in Love" "If You Want to Find Love" "Mary, Did You Know?" (with Wynonna Judd) "The Greatest" "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) "I Can't Unlove You"

Guest singles	"What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Dottie West) "Real Love" (with Dolly Parton) "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Anne Murray)

Related articles	Discography The First Edition United Artists Records Liberty Records RCA Records Reprise Records Kenny Rogers Roasters

Book:Kenny Rogers

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