That Crazy Feeling

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1958 song by Ray Doggett recorded by Kenny Rogers

"That Crazy Feeling"

Single by Kenny Rogers
B-side| "We'll Always Have Each Other"
Released| February 1958
Genre| Doo-wop[1]
Length| 2:11
Label| Carlton Records
Songwriter(s)| Ray Doggett
Kenny Rogers singles chronology
|  | "That Crazy Feeling"
(1958)  | "I've Got a Lot to Learn"
(1958)

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"That Crazy Feeling" is the debut single by American singer Kenny Rogers (then known as Kenneth Rogers). It was released in 1957, first by Kix Records and then picked up in 1958 by Carlton Records.[2]

## Success

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The song was a major seller in Houston, Texas, Rogers' hometown, where he was established among the general public as a member of the doo-wop outfit the Scholars, who had just broken up after several releases.

"That Crazy Feeling" was issued with "We'll Always Have Each Other" as the B-side, and it sold well and reached the top three on the local sales charts. The success of the single earned Rogers a national TV appearance on American Bandstand to promote the single. However, its huge success in Houston was not mirrored elsewhere. While it did not reach the Billboard magazine national chart, it did chart as high as number 51 on the Cash Box top 100 hit list.

It was successful enough to be included on a various artists collection issued by Carlton the following year, titled One Dozen Goldies.[3] Carlton issued a follow-up single by Rogers, "I've Got a Lot to Learn" backed with "For You Alone".

Rogers later signed with a variety of labels after being dropped by Carlton and went on to worldwide fame in following decades. Despite his status as one of the music industry's best-selling artists, "That Crazy Feeling" was not re-released until it appeared on Rogers' career spanning box set Through the Years: A Retrospective in 1998. It also appeared on the 2013 various artists compilation For You Alone: The Carlton Records Story with several other recordings by Rogers.

## References

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1. ^ Breihan, Tom (April 13, 2020). "The Number Ones: Kenny Rogers' "Lady"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 15, 2023. "...he released his first single, a doo-wop ballad called "That Crazy Feeling", in 1958."
2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006 (Second ed.). Record Research. p. 298.
3. ^ "Kenny Rogers discography". That's Country. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010 - via Internet Archive.

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Kenny Rogers

Studio albums|

* Love Lifted Me
* Kenny Rogers
* Daytime Friends
* Love or Something Like It
* The Gambler
* Kenny
* Gideon
* Share Your Love
* Love Will Turn You Around
* We've Got Tonight
* Eyes That See in the Dark
* What About Me?
* The Heart of the Matter
* They Don't Make Them Like They Used To
* I Prefer the Moonlight
* Something Inside So Strong
* Love Is Strange
* Back Home Again
* If Only My Heart Had a Voice
* Vote for Love
* Across My Heart
* She Rides Wild Horses
* There You Go Again
* Back to the Well
* Water & Bridges
* You Can't Make Old Friends
* Life Is Like a Song

Collaboration albums|

* Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West)
* Classics (with Dottie West)
* Timepiece (with David Foster)

Christmas albums|

* Christmas
* Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton)
* Christmas in America
* The Gift
* Christmas from the Heart
* Once Again It's Christmas

Compilations|

* Ten Years of Gold
* The Kenny Rogers Singles Album
* Greatest Hits (1980)
* 20 Greatest Hits
* Duets
* The Kenny Rogers Story
* Love Is What We Make It
* Short Stories
* Greatest Hits (1988)
* Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers
* Live by Request
* 42 Ultimate Hits
* 21 Number Ones

Notable singles|

* "That Crazy Feeling"
* "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"
* "But You Know I Love You"
* "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town"
* "Something's Burning"
* "Love Lifted Me"
* "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)"
* "Lucille"
* "Daytime Friends"
* "Sweet Music Man"
* "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West)
* "Love or Something Like It"
* "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West)
* "The Gambler"
* "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West)
* "She Believes in Me"
* "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Dottie West)
* "You Decorated My Life"
* "Coward of the County"
* "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes)
* "Love the World Away"
* "Lady"
* "I Don't Need You"
* "Share Your Love with Me"
* "Blaze of Glory"
* "Through the Years"
* "Love Will Turn You Around"
* "A Love Song"
* "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton)
* "All My Life"
* "Scarlet Fever"
* "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton)
* "Eyes That See in the Dark"
* "This Woman"
* "Buried Treasure"
* "Together Again" (with Dottie West)
* "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram)
* "Evening Star"
* "Crazy"
* "Morning Desire"
* "Goodbye Marie"
* "Tomb of the Unknown Love"
* "Twenty Years Ago"
* "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Ronnie Milsap)
* "I Prefer the Moonlight"
* "The Factory"
* "I Don't Call Him Daddy"
* "When You Put Your Heart in It"
* "Planet Texas"
* "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)"
* "Maybe" (with Holly Dunn)
* "Love Is Strange" (with Dolly Parton)
* "Crazy in Love"
* "If You Want to Find Love"
* "Ol' Red"
* "Mary, Did You Know?" (with Wynonna Judd)
* "The Greatest"
* "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean)
* "He Will, She Knows"
* "There You Go Again"
* "Homeland"
* "I Can't Unlove You"

Guest singles|

* "What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Dottie West)
* "Real Love" (with Dolly Parton)
* "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Anne Murray)

Other songs|

* "Elvira"
* "You and I" (with the Bee Gees)

Related articles|

* Discography
* The First Edition
* Kenny Rogers Roasters
* The Real West

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