Kenneth Ray Rogers was born August 21, 1938 in Houston, TX, the 4th of 8 children. He has been married five times and is the father of five childre n. His first wife was Janice Gordon. They were married for 1958-1960 and had one child. Second wife was Jean Rogers from 1960-1963. Third was Margo Anderson from 1964-1976. This marriage resulted in one child. Kenny was married to Marianne Gordon from 1977-1993 and they had one son together. His current, and fifth wife, is Wanda Miller. They have a set of twin boys. His five children are Kenny Jr., Carole, Christopher Cody, Justin Charles and Jordan Edward.

Besides vocals, Kenny plays guitar, bass guitar, harmonica and the fiddle. He lists singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, entrepreneur and author as his occupation.

Songs Kenny is known for are many, but include
“The Gambler”, “Coward of the County”, “Lucille”, and “Ruby”.