<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Once Again, She's All Alone" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Reuben James" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Once Again, She's All Alone" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (1969) </Td> <Td> "Reuben James" (1969) </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1969, after the success Kenny Rogers and The First Edition had enjoyed with the hits "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "But You Know I Love You," Rogers wanted to take his group more into a country music direction . They recorded their version of the song, with Rogers singing the lead, in a single take . The record was a major hit for them . It made #1 in the UK on the New Musical Express (#2 on the BBC chart) staying in the top 20 for 15 weeks and selling over a million copies by the end of 1970 . In the United States it reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 39 on the country chart . </P> <P> In 1977, now performing solo after the First Edition disbanded in early 1976, Rogers made re-recordings of this, and a number of other First Edition hits, for his 1977 greatest hits package Ten Years of Gold . (It was later issued in the UK as The Kenny Rogers Singles Album .) Ten Years of Gold topped the US country charts under that title, and as The Kenny Rogers Singles Album, it was just as successful in the United Kingdom . </P>

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