Every Time Two Fools Collide

This was the duo's first album together. This was after Rogers entered the country market a couple of years back with his massive country pop crossover hit "Lucille" in spring of 1977, followed by a string of more big crossover hits. West, on the other hand, was struggling to keep afloat as a country singer, and needed help to bring her career back to where she was in the early part of the decade. Together, they recorded and released this album in 1978, and it was certified gold by the RIAA. The album spawned two big country hits: the title track went to number 1 (see the "Every Time Two Fools Collide" song article), followed up by the #2 hit "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight". The album went to number 1 on the Top Country albums chart for two weeks, and went to #186 on the Billboard 200. It has sold over one million copies worldwide.

Track listing

"Every Time Two Fools Collide" (Jan Dyer, Jeff Tweel) - 3:00
"You and Me" (Roger Bowling, Larry Butler) - 2:57
"What's Wrong with Us Today" (Larry Butler, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West) - 2:51
"Beautiful Lies" (Marianne Gordon, Milton Brown, Rogers) - 3:24
"That's the Way It Could Have Been" (Tammy Wynette) - 3:04
"Why Don't We Go Somewhere and Love" (Kenny O'Dell, Larry Henley) - 2:47
"Baby I'm-a Want You" (David Gates) - 2:34
"Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (Julie Didler, Casey Kelly) - 2:20
"The Loving Gift" (Kris Kristofferson) - 2:23
"We Love Each Other" (Buddy Killen) - 2:49

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[1]

Musicians

Tommy Allsup - bass guitar
Jimmy Capps - guitar
Jerry Carrigan - drums
Pete Drake - steel guitar
Ray Edenton - guitar
Buddy Harman - drums
The Jordanaires - background vocals
Bob Moore - bass guitar
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Fender Rhodes
Billy Sanford - guitar
Pete Wade - guitar
Bobby Wood - Fender Rhodes

Strings: Sheldon Kurland, Byron Bach, George Binkley, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Carl Gorodetzly, Lennie Haight, Wilfred Lehmann, Steven Smith, Gary Vanosdale, Samuel Terranova, Marvin Katahn

Technical

Larry Butler - production
Bill Justis - string arrangements
Billy Sherrill - engineering
Bob Sowell - mastering

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	186
Canadian RPM Top Albums	95

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US	US AC	CAN Country	CAN AC
1978	"Every Time Two Fools Collide"	1	101	44	1	12
1978	"Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight"	2	—	—	10	—

Preceded by Waylon & Willie by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson	Top Country Albums number-one album May 20–27, 1978	Succeeded by Waylon & Willie by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

References

1 2 Every Time Two Fools Collide (LP jacket). Kenny Rogers and Dottie West. United Artists Records. 1978. LA-864H.

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 The Love of God Amazing Grace You Can't Make Old Friends

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 Christmas with Kenny Christmas Collection 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" "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" "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)

Related articles	Discography The First Edition United Artists Records Liberty Records RCA Records Reprise Records Kenny Rogers Roasters

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Dottie West

Studio albums	Here Comes My Baby The Country Girl Singing Sensation Dottie West Sings Suffer Time With All My Heart and Soul Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads I'll Help You Forget Her What I'm Cut Out to Be The Sound of Country Music Country Girl Feminine Fancy Dottie Sings Eddy Makin' Memories Country and West Forever Yours Careless Hands Have You Heard ... Dottie West I'm Only a Woman If It's All Right With You/Just What I've Been Looking For Country Sunshine House of Love Carolina Cousins When It's Just You and Me Dottie Special Delivery Wild West High Times Full Circle New Horizons Just Dottie

Collaboration albums	Dottie and Don (with Don Gibson) Country Boy and Country Girl (with Jimmy Dean) Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Kenny Rogers) Classics (with Kenny Rogers)

Compilation albums	The Best of Dottie West I'd Be a Legend in My Time Would You Hold it Against Me Loving You Once You Were Mine Dottie West The Best of Dottie West Dottie West's Greatest Hits Are You Happy Baby: The Collection The Essential Dottie West Dottie West: RCA Country Legends

Notable singles	"My Big John" "Here Comes My Baby" "Would You Hold It Against Me" "What's Come Over My Baby" "Paper Mansions" "Like a Fool" "Country Girl" "Reno" "Careless Hands" "Country Sunshine" "Last Time I Saw Him" "When It's Just You and Me" "Tonight You Belong to Me" "Come See Me and Come Lonely" "You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)" "A Lesson in Leavin'" "Leavin's for Unbelievers" "Are You Happy Baby?" "What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Kenny Rogers) "(I'm Gonna) Put You Back on the Rack" "It's High Time"

Collaboration singles	"Love Is No Excuse" (with Jim Reeves) "Rings of Gold" (with Don Gibson) "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" (with Don Gibson) "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Kenny Rogers) "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Kenny Rogers) "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Kenny Rogers) "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Kenny Rogers)

Guest singles	"There's a Story (Goin' 'Round)" (with Don Gibson) "Together Again" (with Kenny Rogers)

Related	Albums Singles Shelly West Chet Atkins RCA Victor Records Grand Ole Opry

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