FIRST TIME REACTING TO | KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON - ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - HQ Audio

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[@Cath1027]

Bee Gee’s wrote it and it was for Kenny. They also recorded it themselves. Dolly and Kenny had an extremely close friendship. His death left her broken hearted.

[@henriksylvestolsen4885]

they wrote it for Diana Ross

[@Serene80]

I keep forgetting he passed and it breaks my heart a little every time I'm reminded...

[@michaelnelson1128]

Was this the grammy awards ?

[@shilohauraable]

So many singers wrote songs that others recorded & got all the credit for. The BeeGees, John Denver, Mac Davis, Dolly Parton and Barry Manilow are just a few performers who were prolific writers for themselves and made others famous! And I saw all of those live except for John & Dolly. Barry wrote so many advertisement jingles that were all over the TV in the 60s & 70s! 😊

[@brendahoward1800]

I have been listening to this song By Dolly and Kenny since the early 90s

[@dianeblount2363]

Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees wrote it for Kenny, but he didn't like it by himself, so Dolly was down the street and Barry went and got her and they turned it in to a duet. It went #1 on both the country and pop charts for weeks. You should check out their version of We've Got Tonight live. It's hilarious! They toured together for a few years and were very close friends. ❤

[@mamaalaska]

Kenny and Dolly were best friends for decades! And before he died, she sang another duet with him and it just brought tears to my eyes. The love she had for her friend that lasted forever.

[@anthonygeurtsen7143]

You Can't Make Old Friends.....yes! Their last song together, and just as incredible as all of the rest of them! I can't listen to it without crying.

[@daleb1279]

They were just having so much fun on that stage. Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees wrote it for Kenny, and they were recording it and Kenny just didn't think it was working and Dolly happened to be in the building and they asked her to come in and sing, and that is how it was born. Kenny did a lot of duets with others but Kenny and Dolly were a unique pair, they said they were soulmates, not in a romantic way, but their spirits connected. This got sampled in Ghetto Superstar. Incidentally, about 30 years after doing Islands in the Stream, they did a song called You Can't Make Old Friends and the official video really demonstrates, they loved each other as friends for life. Dolly's been married 58 years to the same man, Kenny had five wives in his lifetime.

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

These two have an amazing song they did before Kenny passed called 'You can't make old friends' It is amazing. And the Beegee's actually wrote the song. LOL

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

I knew you’d recognize this song from Ghetto Superstar! 😂

[@thebiscuitscraps]

I know we are celebrating Dolly...and I am loving it...but USA for Africa has Kenny singing his heart out. Full of GOATS.

[@cspringer333]

In case you didn't see it the last 4 times ;-) Check out Dolly at 77 singing "Purple Rain" by Prince. She is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

[@johnraymondponce7783]

Maurice Ernest Gibb, Robin Hugh Gibb, Barry Alan Gibb are the songwriters. The Bee Gee's wrote this.

[@gk5891]

How you can not love them both after that performance I have no idea.

[@dp3396]

Dolly is bigger than life… in more ways than one. Singer/Songwriter, plays guitar, delivers perfect live performances every time, had a variety show in the 70’s, has acted in comedies and dramatic movies, has a theme park and free book club for kids, and is a one of a kind icon. Barry Gibb also custom wrote and produced whole albums (Robin and Maurice usually co-wrote the songs that were released as singles) for other top artists. Please react to Barbra Streisand WOMAN IN LOVE, Dionne Warwick HEARTBREAKER, Kenny Rogers EYES THAT SEE IN THE DARK, Diana Ross CHAIN REACTION. Also, please react the Bee Gees and Celine Dion Live in Vegas singing the song they wrote for her: IMMORTALITY. Be sure to include (Bee Gees cover) or something like that to make it easier for Bee Gees fans to find your reactions.

[@karenstrong8887]

Dolly also worked with Kenny when he lost his money. She wrote him songs and often sang with him. Kenny was a great singer. His only problem were 5 wives with at least the last few too young and just in it for his money. He was still a great talent and a good person. Dolly grew up dirt poor and she believed the street walkers in town with the big hair, makeup and big busts were the classy wealthy women. So she was always going to grow up to look like them even though she was a good girl and shy and she did. It took her awhile to work out she picked the wrong things but by then that was her look. She still has it today but way classier. Don’t be thinking she and Kenny had a thing going. Dolly has been happily married to Carl for 55 years, he was always a shy farmer who didn’t want to be a part of her career. I love that in the last couple of years he has been seen with Dolly and let his picture be taken. The song was written by the Bee Gee’s for Kenny. It would never have been as big without Dolly because they worked so well together. Dolly is an extremely talented song writer but so were the Bee Gee’s. I am Australian and Green Bay have been my American team forever. I was so happy when they got that far and now you tell me I could have seen Dolly too? 👀

[@cynthiajamison4006]

This was my parents song! When it came out my mother said this was their song! At some point I'm going to reference that on their headstone. By the way Dolly accidentally stepped on his foot and that's why she said excuse me😂❤ Kenny and Dolly were always super close friends and they sang so well together❤

[@mateomelendez3733]

Together they were quite a superstar "duo" in the eighties! This song was written by the Bee Gees. This song was a monumental hit!!

[@Rosiepooh75]

You should really check out their live 80s performance of We've Got Tonight - Dolly really shows her humor on that, and their friendship banter 😊

[@kittenklub1964]

THIS!⬆PLEASE PLEASE REACT to :We've Got Tonight' - it's an amazing performance and great banter!🔥

[@jorgegonzalezmarques]

Yeah! You can't miss it, pure joy... "Who need Sheena Easton?"... And all the jokes at the end...

[@anthonygeurtsen7143]

Yes!!!! 1985 live performance of We've got tonight is amazing. And Dollys entrance to the stage is EPIC!

[@JasonGilbert-yl8hf]

Actually the Bee Gees wrote this and Kenny ended up recording it!!!

[@amandathibodeau4996]

Another Bee Gees Classic! Enough said!!

[@70sMusicLady]

Old school Kenny ..... "Kenny Rogers and the First Edition "Ruben James" 1970" or "The First Edition : Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)",

[@mamaalaska]

The song he sang with his group was called the old man in this town.” Is one of my favorites.

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

She said “excuse me Kenny” cuz she stepped on his foot. 😅 They remained dear friends until his 2013 death.

[@Rosiepooh75]

She said excuse me because she started to sing the wrong iteration (inflection) too soon.

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

@@Rosiepooh75 no she stepped on his foot. lol

[@Rosiepooh75]

@@lisazaccardimeunier8378 OK...

[@user-hw9lc3pl6m]

Kenny died March 20 2020.

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

@@user-hw9lc3pl6m my mistake. Thank you.

[@purpledragonfly313]

Dolly used tohave a show where she always opened with sitting on a bar stool and talking to the audience, joiking and that laugh ❤ She’s a treasure ❤

[@lindasuarez1050]

Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees wrote it … but Dolly and Kenny still deserve their own playlists. Two legends. Great reaction, CV! Much love ❤️

[@ConnieKWONG-lw4zl]

Barry is very nice humble gentleman.He gave a hand for this friend,Kenny.They were real friends.😊

[@ConnieKWONG-lw4zl]

Actually Islands in the Stream ' was written to Diana Ross . but Kenny said He love it so at last Barry gave to him...

[@michellejackson6679]

Thank you @Cath1027.. Bee Gee's wrote this one.. But Dolly and Kenny made it #1.. This was my 1984 prom song.. junior yr.. I liked it better than my senior yr song.. Stepping Out. I'm a country girl.. Like me some Kenny and Dolly more.. just want to say.. Kenny and Dolly were besties for decades.. Kenny always said.. never saw Dolly without full glam. I don't think anyone aside from her husband Carl Dean and her glam team seeing Dolly without full glam. Dolly rocked that Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader outfit in her dang 70's.. I will never disrespect Miss Dolly

[@kathleenoman726]

Taken from Wikipedia: Quote: "Islands in the Stream" is a song written by the Bee Gees and recorded by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers's fifteenth studio album Eyes That See in the Dark. The Bee Gees released a live version in 1998 and a studio version in 2001. End Quote

[@Amanda-uc5jq]

I love those two together, brings back childhood memories ❤

[@bobdelp2023]

NIIIIIIICCCCE!!! CV 😊THIS WAS A HUGE HIT PERIOD!💯😊 R.I.P.☹TO KENNY!

[@patriciakeith6755]

Kenny Rogers started out in the Folk music scene with the group The New Christy Minstrels ,then went on to form Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. Then crossed over to become a huge Country artist who had crossover hits in the Pop genre. Can't go wrong with these two artists.

[@brt5273]

I still remember the night this aired. I tell you, when she came out in that dress we bout lost our minds. Next day EVERYONE was talking about it. For years it was just a memory untill KZbin came along. Now we get to see it anytime❤

[@remyhocage9854]

I'm glad you are open to music that's new to you. Wish more people would try it. It's sad that our clothes, fashion & insecurities keep all of us isolated in own separate comfort zones. Yea, I'm going to say it; we have more in common than differences. Check out Led Zeppelin & early Brit groups that were inspired by the Blues (Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Sunny Boy Williamson, Howlin Wolf). These Rock groups then brought the Blues back to the US mixed in with Rock. It's amazing how it's all connected.

[@fayelin8896]

The song was written by The Bee Gees!!

[@kittenklub1964]

You've *GOTTA* react to Dolly and Kenny live - 'We've Got Tonight' - whooooaaaa! Their CHEMISTRY is insane🔥they flirt outrageously with each other at the end of the song! You'll LOVE it!😍

[@CVTECK1]

will do Kitten

[@kittenklub1964]

@@CVTECK1 THANK YOU SO MUCH! Just discovered your channel - lovin your reactions❣New sub👍Peace from Ireland☘

[@CVTECK1]

@@kittenklub1964ahhhh Kitten thanks for the kind words

[@tracynolan7135]

Kenny Rogers started out as the lead in the band First Edition. Something's Burning" & "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" were a couple of their hits. Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees wrote Islands in the Stream! He even sings it with Dolly.

[@daleenengelbrecht4861]

This is epic. Grew up with this music. Phenomenal. Thank you. Greetings from South Africa

[@aleececollamore6052]

Great reaction!! So happy that you did it. I love them together. Kenny was in a group called Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. Listen to "I Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In."

[@CVTECK1]

I will check it out

[@elizabethroughton4361]

Ghetto Superstar by Pras sampled this in the 90s.

[@JKyall]

This is my first all time favorite song (aging myself) and its rehash in "Ghetto Supastar" was on repeat when I was in high school. Watching your reaction made my week. I still love this song and listen to it all the time.

[@AlamoDame7]

Bee Gees written song. They actually had Diana Ross in mind for it as an RnB, but then they offered it to Kenny Rogers for the album the brothers were at that time producing for him. Kenny said this is a duet. They thought Dolly would be perfect to do it with Kenny. She said yes. It is considered the best selling Country song. Look up the song on Wikipedia-- LOTS of facts.

[@SVT293]

This is the closest to the correct info on this song. Barry primarily did write an entire album for Kenny.

[@Kiwiklassic]

It was inspired by a book Barry Gibb was reading "Islands in the Stream" by Ernest Hemmingway. It went on to be the biggest selling country song in history!

[@MithrilMagic]

It was ODB and Mýa singing “Ghetto Superstar” by Pras! lol! I grew up listening to Dolly and Kenny and I was in HS when Ghetto Superstar came out 😂

[@sherrykublic6017]

Have you checked out Dolly and Barry Gibb recording a BeeGees song? Dolly chose words to remake with Barry Gibb . They are both in their 70s, and I just love these two Iconic singer songwriters. Enjoy the journey.

[@geraldstorseth8902]

Barry Gibb of BeeGees fame wrote this

[@Rosiepooh75]

"Ghetto superstar" is the rap song that sampled this song... 😁

[@CVTECK1]

Rosie OMG Your the Superstar becuase it was killing me even days after the reaction video lol omg

[@leesmith9299]

is it called a sample when they re-create it themselves with different lyrics? i thought a sample would be actually sampling / using the originals audio. would this be a partial cover / re-imagining. borrowing / purchasing of the tune to use with their own lyrics.

[@Rosiepooh75]

@@leesmith9299 not sure what the correct terminology is... Pretty sure a sample is inaccurate, but it's also not a cover because the lyrics are completely different... It's derivative work

[@aletmartins6940]

She stepped on his foot, hence the mid-song apology.

[@christinestricklin8982]

Love Dolly and Kenny❤ please react to Dolly and Kenny ‘We’ve got tonight’ They performed it on tour and you’ll love it.

[@CVTECK1]

will do

[@kathieovercash8414]

​@@CVTECK1please react to Toby Keith's Courtesy of the Red White and Blue. A fantastic artist that passed away last month from stomach cancer. Great Patriot. Did 11 USO tours to sing for our troops. Has hilarious songs too like Red Solo Cup and I'll Never Smoke Weed With Willie Again. Being Willie Nelson. Fantastic man and artist. RIP TOBY KEITH.

[@seanmc1351]

this art of singing, not just the country, but singing live, story telling songs, its a lost art, im glad i got to see alot of it, back in the day, not the 60's but the 70's, until the 80's came along, that was teens, still the best decade for me, wit the music, video's fashion, the hair,

[@kirstenknox2753]

I was 10 years old and I saw them in concert.

[@bobbycoates9174]

DAN VASQ SINGS ...AMAZING GRACE .. like you've never heard it before .. best rendition ever ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nancy9891]

Dolly was a beautiful woman back then and Kenny was attractive as well. She got a nose job and never understood that and Kenny got silicone injections in his cheeks and it altered his face. Still will never understand how people do not see their own beauty. But their voices never changed. Always great voices. If you want to hear a Dolly song with Linda Ronstadt and Emmy Lou Harris, play “ High Sierra”. A magical performance of the three of them when three were The Trio.

[@melissagerber7231]

He had his eyebrows lifted,which gave him a perpetually surprised look,too. I didn't hear about Dolly's nose job, but,knew that she gained weight in the '80s. She lost it,the old fashioned way, by eating what she wanted, just less of it. " Don't eat it *awl*,ya big hawg!"😂

[@melissagerber7231]

People,especially ones in the public eye,are so terrified of getting fat and old,and are ridiculed,if they do. They're also riddiculed,if they have work done,to try to avoid it. Witness the ' stars then and now', comparing looks from 40 years ago,and, now.

[@xScooterAZx]

"Islands in the Stream" is a song written by the Bee Gees and recorded by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers's fifteenth studio album Eyes That See in the Dark. The Bee Gees released a live version in 1998 and a studio version in 2001

[@josephmullinax6118]

You should see Dolly and Kenny video. You can't make old friends. Kenny also wrote a song for Dolly. You decorated my life...

[@johnfleming6236]

I heard Dolly say in an interview that the BeeGees wrote this song for Marvin Gaye and he turned it down and then Dolly and Kenny decided to sing it!

[@judithbush939]

Kenny and Dolly were good friends, The beeGEes wrote the song. When she said excuse me,Kenny, she setp on his foot. Dolly is very petite and alwys wears thin heels. this is by far the best version of the song. Your face showed how much you liked it.

[@jasonsturges3540]

Dolly & Kenny were the original artists. The rapper did a remake years later. Dolly's version came out in 1983. It went #1.

[@mauriceescobar8403]

You’re thinking about “ghetto superstar”. They sampled “islands in the stream”

[@deniseward6172]

Dolly’s been married to the same man forever, but she will tell you she’s the worlds biggest flirt! And as for business, she’s brilliant!

[@Serene80]

BTW, that was a rather risque outfit for country fans back then. Dolly has always pushed boundaries...

[@anthonyblack3579]

Oohhh, I always thought it was "flys in my cream..." now it makes more sense.

[@mitzaz8812]

You love Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers separately? Well, you are gonna love them together. ❤

[@HeatherMyfanwyTylerGreey]

It is one of hundreds written by the Bee Gees for other people.

[@allenburch8526]

BeeGees wrote it but it later became Ghetto Superstar with roughly the same structure but with lyric changes.

[@nanaingallswilder7363]

Someone else probably has suggested Ruby Don’t Take Your love to Town by Kenny rogers and the first Edition.

[@tlb796]

This is incredible!

[@gailhare790]

Islands In the Strean was written by the BeeGees originally for Marvin Gaye

[@beverlyschutt4031]

You should listen to Dolly Parton signing Hard Candy Christmas from the movie with Burt Reynolds "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"

[@TD402dd]

Barry Gibb of the BeeGees wrote this song.

[@nylapotter4605]

That performance was before Dolly's breast reduction.Bee Gees wrote it and performed it. This was era of music crossovers.

[@ramiromaia592]

The Bee Gees wrote this song bro

[@melissalo3379]

Listen to her song with Zach Williams. She did it a couple of years ago, and her voice hasn't lost a step. She is amazing. Song is There was Jesus.

[@charlenewebb5893]

The Great Bee Gee's

[@glennamcdaniel1490]

They have made many songs together. Watch their video "You Can't Make Old Friends"

[@bobdelp2023]

OF COURSE YOU'VE HEARD IT, I KNEW IT!!! 😊

[@samanthamonaghan7579]

"Islands in the Stream" is a song written by the Bee Gees

[@Tom05181961]

You should lookup Dolly's business career and see what a great human beings she is. Somewhere maybe forty or fifty years she has been in providing books to school children in the South. Plus there are many others things she has done. She has been marries to the same man I think for maybe fifty years.

[@pauls635]

Bee Gee's wrote it for Marvin Gaye but re-release it as a country song for Dolly and Kenny.

[@mitzaz8812]

Check out the Bee Gees, I believe it was Barry Gibb that wrote it for Kenny Rodgers. The Bee Gees recorded it and so did Kenny Rodgers and Dolly Parton .I see that you are also trying out John Denver another sadly underrated musician, by the younger generation's. Your right in saying that they sound like they're talking to you, and they were, they were singing you a love song including all the good bad & ugly not a fairy tale .

[@lindatracy7175]

Listen to "Lady" by Kenny Rogers!

[@teresamcclendon9029]

Love it!!💥💖💖

[@dionysiacosmos]

The quality is a bit rough, the studio version is flawless. For the sake of your Kenny playlist, you need to hop into the Way Back Machine to 1967 when Kenny Rogers and the First Edition had a hit with I Just Dropped In ( To See What Condition My Condition Was In ) it was featured in one of the dream sequences in The Big Lebowski.

[@user-cw4lw5jw6k]

Bee Gees

[@jdr806]

Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) 1998 Islands in the Stream Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton 1983

[@brendaborgmeyer7772]

Bee Gees wrote this. Love it and you.

[@maryannweitzel5636]

I love Dolly and Kenny❤. You need to check out Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers.

[@glennamcdaniel1490]

Barry Gibbs of the Bee Gees wrote

[@maryruthdeal105]

Check out Kenny's Coward of the County.

[@mattlaeff724]

Ghetto Superstar is what you are thinking -

[@angelado3]

Loved this song when it first came out and still love it !

[@mjfseven]

Man if you like Kenny Rogers you will love Johnny cash. "Folsom Prison Blues"

[@CVTECK1]

I only know one Johnny cash song

[@mjfseven]

"Folsom Prison Blues" and "Man in Black" Live are great songs. @@CVTECK1

[@Tessiefaye]

I heard people say it was covered by Mya. Don't know her. Ghetto Superstar.

[@CVTECK1]

Tessie it was Mya thanks

[@lesleeestes1031]

Loretta Lynn is a must listen too 💗.

[@mamabear9325]

Well done, young man. ❤

[@jamesholden6897]

They both wrote the song Kenny and Dolly road together

[@jamesholden6897]

The song is Islands in the stream

[@charlenezack37]

Hope You do Their version of Bob Seger's We Got Tonight. Kenny and Sheena E. Had the hit but the version with Dolly is great.

[@jamiesweitzer8469]

The Bee Gees wrote it

[@richardsmith5364]

Dolly is an American treasure

[@gailhare790]

John Denver "Rocky Mountian High".

[@danwalker659]

You should listen to kennys we got tonight with dolly

[@mikem957]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍

[@lindaartz3297]

You need to listen to the Righteous Brothers. The ones that are from black and white TV shows

[@user-ni8wi6wh9x]

👍👍👌

[@brianfagan3367]

Allie Sherlock has a magnificent cover worth checking out imo