The First Edition

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band musical group

The First Edition was a late-1960s country-rock and pop band fronted by Kenny Rogers that gained fame with hits like "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and later as Kenny Rogers and The First Edition.

Aliases (2)

The First Edition (album) ×1
The First Edition’s Second ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	band → musical group →
activeYearsEndYear	1976 →
activeYearsStartYear	1967 →
alsoKnownAs	Kenny Rogers and The First Edition →
associatedAct	Kenny Rogers → New Christy Minstrels →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
debutAlbum	The First Edition →
formedIn	1967 →
frontedBy	Kenny Rogers →
genre	country pop → country rock → pop rock → psychedelic rock →
hasAlbum	Rollin’ → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → Something’s Burning → Tell It All Brother → Ten Years of Gold → The Ballad of Calico → The First Edition → The First Edition’s Second → Transition →
hasMember	Kenny Rogers → Kin Vassy → Mary Arnold → Mickey Jones → Mike Settle → Terry Williams → Thelma Camacho →
languageOfLyrics	English →
notableSong	Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) → Reuben James → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → Something’s Burning →
notableWork	Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) → Reuben James → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town → Something’s Burning →
originCity	Los Angeles →
originCountry	United States →
originState	California →
peakPopularityPeriod	early 1970s → late 1960s →
recordLabel	Reprise Records →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jimmie Rogers → Kenny Rogers → Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town →	associatedAct
The First Edition → The First Edition ("The First Edition’s Second") →	hasAlbum
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) → Transition →	performer
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) ("The First Edition (album)") →	album
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition →	alsoKnownAs
Transition →	artist
Transition →	creditedTo
The First Edition →	debutAlbum
Kenny Rogers →	memberOf
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) →	notableVersionBy