The Gambler

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country song single song studio album

The Gambler is a classic country song and album by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of life lessons learned from a seasoned card player, becoming one of his signature hits.

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Observed surface forms (4)

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The Gambler (album) 3
The Gambler (song) 2
The Gambler (novelty franchise and brand) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country song ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
adaptation The Gambler (TV film series) ⓘ
album The Gambler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Gambler (album)
albumReleaseYear 1978 ⓘ
artist Kenny Rogers ⓘ
Kenny Rogers ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance ⓘ
awardYear 1980 ⓘ
chartPerformance U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Billboard Hot 100 top 20

U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs number one ⓘ
composer Don Schlitz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
famousLine Know when to walk away, know when to run ⓘ
You got to know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em ⓘ
genre country ⓘ
country ⓘ
hasCharacter narrator ⓘ
seasoned card player ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
includedIn Country music standards ⓘ
includesSong The Gambler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
inspired television movies starring Kenny Rogers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length about 3 minutes 30 seconds ⓘ
lyricist Don Schlitz ⓘ
narrativeTheme card playing ⓘ
gambling ⓘ
life lessons ⓘ
notableTrack The Gambler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
partOf The Gambler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Gambler (album)
performer Kenny Rogers ⓘ
producer Larry Butler ⓘ
Larry Butler ⓘ
recordLabel Liberty Records ⓘ
United Artists Records ⓘ
United Artists Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1978 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
sideAOrB A-side single ⓘ
signatureSongOf Kenny Rogers ⓘ
singleReleaseYear 1978 ⓘ
vocalist Kenny Rogers ⓘ
writer Don Schlitz ⓘ

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She Believes in Me → album → The Gambler ⓘ
The Gambler → album → The Gambler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gambler (album)
this entity surface form: The Gambler (song)
Kenny → chronologyPreviousAlbum → The Gambler ⓘ
The Gambler → includesSong → The Gambler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Gambler (album)
Kenny Rogers → knownFor → The Gambler ⓘ
this entity surface form: the song The Gambler
Kenny Rogers → notableAlbum → The Gambler ⓘ
Kenny Rogers → notableSingle → The Gambler ⓘ
The Gambler → notableTrack → The Gambler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Gambler (album)
Don Schlitz → notableWork → The Gambler ⓘ
Kenneth → notableWork → The Gambler ⓘ
subject surface form: Kenneth Ray Rogers
Kenneth → notableWork → The Gambler ⓘ
subject surface form: Kenneth Ray Rogers
this entity surface form: The Gambler (album)
Kenneth → notableWork → The Gambler ⓘ
subject surface form: Kenneth Ray Rogers
this entity surface form: The Gambler (song)
Kenny Rogers → notableWork → The Gambler ⓘ
Kenny Rogers → notableWork → The Gambler ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gambler (novelty franchise and brand)
The Gambler → partOf → The Gambler self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Gambler (album)
She Believes in Me → partOfAlbum → The Gambler ⓘ
Don Schlitz → wroteSong → The Gambler ⓘ