Search - Artist/Band: Kenny Rankin

• Name: Kenny Rankin
• Birthday: 02/10/1940
• Birth Place: New York, NY
• Died: 06/07/2009
• Decades Active: 1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Vocal Music
• Styles: Adult Contemporary, Standards, Traditional Pop, AM Pop

Title	Release
A Song for You WA	08/13/2002
Haven't We Met? WA	09/04/2001
Christmas WA	12/14/1999
Here in My Heart WA	06/03/1997
Peaceful: The Best of Kenny Rankin WA	1996
Professional Dreamer WA	1994
Because of You WA	10/28/1991
Hiding in Myself WA	05/17/1991
After the Roses WA	1980
Kenny Rankin Album WA	1976
Inside WA	1975
Silver Morning WA	1975
Like a Seed WA	1972
Family WA	1970
Mind-Dusters WA	1967

A pop and standards singer during his long career, Kenny Rankin debuted in 1967 with his first album, Mind Dusters, which featured the soft rock hit "Peaceful." Over the course of the early '70s, Rankin slowly built up a following with a steady stream of records and performances that balanced originals, new songs, and standards. As the decade drew to a close, he began to return to his singer/songwriter roots, particularly on After the Roses, his 1980 debut for Atlantic Records. He continued to perform during the '80s, but he only recorded sporadically. In 1991, he recorded a pair of albums, Hiding in Myself and Because of You, for two separate labels. Three years later, he signed with Private Music and released Professional Dreamer, an album that found him concentrating on standards. That record was followed in 1997 by Here in My Heart, which had a Brazilian flavor. Throughout the rest of the '90s, Rankin focused on touring and, in 1999, he issued The Bottom Line Encore Collection, his first live recording in two decades. ~ Scott Yanow & Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide