Photo by PL Gould/IMAGES/Getty Images “Islands In The Stream”, the colossal 1983 duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton, almost didn’t happen. T... read more
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This song introduced me to reggae. I joke that this song contains one of the biggest mysteries in rock/pop music: Who shot the deputy? ("I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.") "Every time I plant a seed, he says 'kill it before it grows,'" I've always taken that as very violent and hateful....