Kenny Rogers\u2019<\/strong><\/a> first posthumous album, Life Is Like A Song<\/em>, due June 2 by way of UMe, is a heartfelt assortment of songs that have been close to and expensive to the late legend however typically by no means launched<\/strong><\/a>. One of the unreleased treasures, now accessible to stream and obtain is \u201cCatchin\u2019 Grasshoppers,\u201d the centerpiece of the gorgeous and emotional new track cycle, that includes unreleased cuts and coveted rarities that inform the story of the love, life, loss and religion between Rogers and his household. You can hear it beneath.<\/p>\n Shop the perfect of Kenny Rogers\u2019 discography on vinyl and extra<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n A deeply private ode to Rogers\u2019 twin sons with Wanda Rogers, Justin and Jordan, \u201cCatchin\u2019 Grasshoppers\u201d was written by Laura McCall Torno and Earl Torno, with manufacturing work by Rogers and Randy Dorman (a member of Rogers\u2019 band, Bloodline, for the reason that Nineteen Seventies). The transferring tune finds Rogers reveling within the quiet, treasured reminiscences made along with his younger youngsters, now aged 18. Rogers sings, \u201cYears from now I won\u2019t remember this day\/I won\u2019t recall the field\/But I\u2019ll remember my children\u2019s eyes\/Lighting up like stars when they were five\/Yes, I\u2019ll remember\/Catchin\u2019 grasshoppers.\u201d<\/p>\n Curated and govt produced by the Country Music Hall of Famer\u2019s widow, Wanda Rogers, the album options eight never-before-heard recordings, spanning 2008-2011, and showcases Rogers\u2019 vary by means of an array of authentic materials and covers, together with interpretations of Eric Clapton\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> \u201cWonderful Tonight\u201d and Lionel Richie\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> \u201cGoodbye,\u201d in addition to the artist\u2019s long-sought-after duet with Dolly Parton, \u201cTell Me That You Love Me.\u201d<\/p>\n A digital deluxe version contains two bonus tracks: a canopy of the Mack Gordon\/Henry Warren commonplace, \u201cAt Last\u201d (made well-known by Etta James<\/strong><\/a>), and the Buddy Hyatt-penned authentic, \u201cSay Hello to Heaven.\u201d Life Is Like A Song will likely be accessible on CD and vinyl in addition to digitally. The launch marks the primary new non-Christmas studio album by Rogers in 10 years and the one non-compilation\/non-reissued full-length album to be launched on vinyl since 1991.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the record is fabulous, and it is going to make Kenny so proud,\u201d mentioned Wanda Rogers. \u201cThese songs are such a beautiful reminder of his love \u2018for the feelings a song can make\u2019 for a person. He would often say that he wanted his songs to be \u2018what every man wants to say, and every woman wants to hear.\u2019 I think there are a lot of those moments on this album. This is a very special record to me and our family because it really tells the story of our life together, and I feel his fans will also relate to it in a big way because it walks the listener through the seasons of life that we all experience in one way or another. There is joy, there is love, there is family, there is uncertainty, there is pain, there is faith\u2026 it\u2019s emotional and real. This is the kind of music Kenny loved to make.\u201d<\/p>\n Rogers\u2019 six-decade legacy contains greater than 120 hit singles and almost 40 studio albums. One of the best-selling artists of all time with worldwide album gross sales topping 120 million, Rogers was the consummate crossover star who discovered huge success throughout the pop, nation, AC, and rock charts.<\/p>\n That versatility was evident within the singer, songwriter, and musician\u2019s earliest recordings \u2013 from his doo-wop period (The Scholars, Kenneth Rogers) and work with Columbia Records jazz trio The Bobby Doyle Three, to his time as a member of the celebrated folks ensemble The New Christy Minstrels and, beginning in 1967, with the eclectic psychedelic rock, nation, folks, pop, and R&B band, The First Edition. After almost a decade of hits with The First Edition, Rogers launched into a solo profession, throughout which he would soar to world superstardom, because of a string of chart-topping hits, together with \u201cLucille\u201d (1977), \u201cThe Gambler\u201d (1978), \u201cLady\u201d (1980), and \u201cIslands in the Stream\u201d<\/strong><\/a> with Dolly Parton (1983).<\/p>\n