Kenny Rogers scored the defining hit of his career when he released “The Gambler” in 1978, but he was not the first artist to record the song. Another well-known star cut it before him, and another ...

If you are a country music fan and you don’t know Billy Edd Wheeler’s name … well, you probably should. Granted, his name wasn’t always up in the bright lights, but he was a legend in his own right, ...