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The First Edition scored a big hit with the 1967 psych-rock banger "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"...
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- ↑ "Kenny Rogers | Awards". AllMusic. 1938-08-21. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ DeYoung, Bill (27 May 2014). "[Article 60] The rise and fall of Kenny Rogers". Bill DeYoung.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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