I WOKE UP THIS MORNIN'
WITH THE SUN SHININ' IN
I FOUND MY MIND
IN A BROWN PAPER BAG WITHIN'
I TRIPPED ON A CLOUD
AND FELL EIGHT MILES HIGH
I TORE MY MIND ON A JAGGED CLOUD
I JUST DROPPED TO SEE
WHAT CONDITION
MY CONDITION WAS IN
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition,
until 1970 billed as
the First Edition,
were an American band.
The band's style
was difficult to
singularly classify,
as it incorporated elements of
country,
rock
and psychedelic pop.
Its stalwart members were
Kenny Rogers
(lead vocals and bass guitar),
Mickey Jones
(drums and percussion)
and
Terry Williams
(guitar and vocals).
The band formed in 1967,
with folk musician
Mike Settle
(guitar and backing vocals)
and the operatically
trained
Thelma Camacho
(lead vocals)
completing the lineup.
As the counterculture of the 1960's
was developing,
the First Edition
signed with
Reprise Records in 1967
and had their first big hit
in early 1968
with the psychedelic single
"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
(US No. 5).
After other chart hits,
"But You Know I Love You"
(US No. 19)
and
"Tell It All Brother"
(US No. 17),
the group,
newly billed as
"Kenny Rogers and the First Edition",
once again hit the top ten,
this time in 1969
with the topical
"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
(US No. 6, UK No.2)
.For the next six years,
the First Edition enjoyed
worldwide success.
By the mid-1970s,
frontman
Kenny Rogers
had embarked on a
solo music career,
becoming one of the
top-selling
country artists
of all time.
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