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Larry Butler -LRB- March 26 , 1942 -- 2017 -RRB- was a country music producer / songwriter .. country music. country music. producer. Record producer. songwriter. songwriter. From the mid-1970s through the 1980s , he worked with Kenny Rogers .. Kenny Rogers. Kenny Rogers. Many of his albums with Rogers went either gold or platinum and accumulated many millions of sales around the world .. These albums include Kenny Rogers -LRB- 1976 -RRB- , The Gambler -LRB- 1978 -RRB- , Gideon -LRB- 1980 -RRB- and I Prefer The Moonlight -LRB- 1987 -RRB- .. Kenny Rogers. Kenny Rogers. Rogers and Butler maintained a friendship outside of show business .. Butler also produced Rogers ' 1993 album If Only My Heart Had A Voice .. He also participated in Rogers 2006 retrospective DVD The Journey .. Butler is the only Nashville producer to win the Grammy Award for Producer of the year .. producer. Record producer