Kenny Rogers married his first wife, Janice Gordon, in 1958 at the age of 20. The two became husband and wife during the formative years of Rogers' career, nearly two decades before the release of his solo debut "Love Lifted Me." As per The Sun, in his 2012 memoir "Luck Or Something Like It," Roger's got candid about his first marriage by admitting the first time he made love to Gordon she got pregnant with their daughter Carole Rogers, which led him to marry her.
The "Sweet Music Man" singer may have been in the throes of youthful naivete, but in an interview with Fox News, he declared that his love was genuine. Unfortunately, Rogers never gained the approval of his wife's family. "I loved her. At 19 I thought, 'This is OK with me.'" Her parents thought I'd ruined her life and were determined to break me," Rogers explained. "The marriage didn't work and it's sad, because I think it could have."
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