The Heart of the Matter (Kenny Rogers album)

Overview

Singles

Track listing

Personnel

• Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
• Anne Dudley – keyboards
• John Hobbs – keyboards
• Randy Waldman – keyboards
• David Foster – acoustic piano, synthesizers, Moog bass, LinnDrum
• Jimmy Cox – keyboards
• Ian Bairnson – guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – guitar
• Michael Landau – guitar
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Stanley Jordan – guitar solo
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
• Fred Tackett – guitar
• Mo Foster – bass guitar
• Joe Chemay – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
• Nathan East – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Stuart Elliott – drums
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums, percussion
• Steve Leach – percussion
• Richard Marx – percussion, backing vocals
• Kin Vassy – percussion, backing vocals
• Terry Williams – percussion, backing vocals
• John Robinson – percussion, drums
• Gary Herbig – saxophone
• Larry Williams – saxophone
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements
• Donnie Sanders – saxello
• James Galway – flute
• James Thatcher – French horn
• Richard Todd – French horn
• Gayle Levant – harp
• George Martin – arrangements, string arrangements
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements and conductor, additional keyboards
• Jules Chakin – string contractor
• Israel Baker – strings
• Arnold Belnick – strings
• Denyse Buffum – strings
• Stuart Canin – strings
• Isabelle Daskoff – strings
• Assa Drori – strings
• Bruce Dukov – strings
• Ronald Folsom – strings
• Reginald Hill – strings
• Bill Hybel – strings
• William Hymanson – strings
• Dennis Karmazyn – strings
• Ray Kelley – strings
• Kathleen Lenski – strings
• Gordan Marron – strings
• Buell Neidlinger – strings
• Bill Nuttycombe – strings
• Garry Nuttycombe – strings
• Don Palmer – strings
• Jay Rosen – strings
• Sheldon Sanov – strings
• David Schwartz – strings
• Fred Seykoura – strings
• Marshall Sosson – strings
• Robert Sushel – strings
• Mari Tsumari-Botnick – strings
• Shari Zippert – strings
• Kenny Rogers II – backing vocals
• Herb Pedersen – backing vocals
• David Morgan – backing vocals

  Production

• Producer – George Martin
• Engineers – Terry Christian and Jon Kelley
• Second Engineers – Bino Espinoza, Laura Livingston and Stephen Shelton.
• Strings recorded by John Richards
• Second Engineer – Olivier de Bosson
• Recorded at Sunset Sound, Lion Share Recording, Soundcastle, Evergreen Studios and Studio Marcadet.
• Mixed by Jon Kelley at Soundcastle and Hollywood Sound Recorders.
• Mix Assistants – Bino Espinoza and Mike Wuellner
• Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Mastering.
• Product Manager – Antony Amos
• Art Direction – Becky Stewart
• Design – John Coulter Design
• Photography – Matthew Rolston
• Liner Notes – Peter Doggett
• Management – Dreamcatcher Artist Management

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