Lady (Kenny Rogers song)

"Lady"
Single by Kenny Rogers
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side"Sweet Music Man"
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1980 (U.S.)
Recorded1980
StudioConcorde Recording, Los Angeles[1]
Genre
Length3:54
LabelLiberty 1380
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)Lionel Richie
Kenny Rogers singles chronology
"Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"
(1980)
"Lady"
(1980)
"What Are We Doin' in Love"
(1981)
Audio
"Kenny Rogers - Lady" on YouTube

"Lady" is a song written by Lionel Richie and first recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in September 1980 on the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits.

It is listed at number 60 on Billboard's "Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs".[4]

  1. ^ "Lion Share Recording Studios: What the Proceeds from a Couple of Decades of Hits can Buy!" (PDF). Recording Engineer/Producer. April 1982. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Molanphy, Chris (November 5, 2020). "Friends in Low Places Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (July 29, 2020). "The Number Ones: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Islands In The Stream". Stereogum. Retrieved July 28, 2023. ...Kenny Rogers...linked up with a surging Lionel Richie to make 1980's "Lady", a fine piece of soft-soul smolder...
  4. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 Chart 50th Anniversary". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2018.