You got that right, Johnny J ... that was a Kenny Rogers and the First Edition hit record, along with 'Reuben James' and 'I Just Dropped In.' My happiest memory of Kenny Rogers goes back many decades to a night when he hosted the Grammy Awards. I had seen the Grammys hosted by Andy Williams, and thought him too oily; and by Paul Simon, who was a contender that year, did NOT win, and got really strangely creepily unpleasant at the podium about not-winning as he continued hosting, with this tense fake smile on his face -- toe-curling unpleasant. Kenny Rogers was a contender that year when he hosted, and I believe that some other artist won instead of him; but he never stopped rejoicing in the privilege of being up there and being part of an event that he loved. He lifted my spirits.
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