Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #514: “Heed The Call”- Kenny Rogers and The First Edition. October 17, 1970.
- Single: “Heed The Call”- Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
- Record Company- Reprise
- Genre: Country Pop
- Written by Kin Vassy
- Time: 3:17
- B-side:”A Stranger In My Place”
- Album- The First Edition
- Grade: C
- Peaked at #33 10 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.
From 1968-72 Kenny Rogers and The First Edition had 10 Hot 100 singles and 7 Top 40 pop hits. Their biggest hit was “Just Dropped in {To See What Condition My Condition Was In} #5 in 1968. Rogers would leave the band in 1973 for a solo career- let his beard go grey and become a very popular country- pop act. I was not a fan- but he did have his moments I must admit.
This version is not the Gambler that is for sure… I like a few things he did with the First Edition…he always seemed uncomfortable to me during this time.