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Coward of the County

Kenny Rogers

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LIST YEAR

1979

Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.

Genre

Country

Theme

Not classified

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Annual curated selection.

RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1979

Release: 1979Source checked

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The selected original recording is documented in 1979 in the release history of Kenny. Only year precision is assigned. Later singles, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace the original year.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1980.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Kenny - original 1979 program
The original eleven-track program includes Coward of the County and You Decorated My Life in 1979. Later 1980 chart placements and digital first-of-year fields are separate from the original year.

Kenny Rogers - official original album discography
The actual original-release entries place the self-titled album in 1977, Daytime Friends in 1977, The Gambler in 1978, Kenny in 1979, Gideon in 1980, Share Your Love in 1981 and the later selected albums in 1982-1984. Only these scoped release/track facts are used; unrelated promotional chart claims are not repeated.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

A narrative song about standing up against injustice.

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1980.html, song-list position 30
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Music VF: chart-associated songs of 1979
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.

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