The songwriter behind one of the most iconic country songs ever written has died. Don Schlitz, whose 1978 classic "The Gambler" is widely ranked among the greatest country songs of all time, passed ...

Don Schlitz, a hit songwriter whose solo composition "The Gambler" became a crossover smash for Kenny Rogers in 1978, died Thursday. He was 73. No cause was given, but a statement announcing his death ...

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It's hard to fathom life today without the hit songs of Stevie Wonder. If it wasn't for Sylvia Moy, an unsung Motown powerhouse, we might never have gotten those tunes. Songwriter Sylvia Moy in her ...

Don Schlitz, a hit songwriter whose solo composition "The Gambler" became a crossover smash for Kenny Rogers in 1978, died Thursday. He was 73. No cause was given, but a statement announcing his death ...