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Kenny Rogers
You Had to Be There
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Beathard is the name in the fine print, and this one song got both Tim McGraw and Kenny Rogers to the mic. Spin the Rogers take after McGraw's and hear how the same lines settle into a different singer.
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Liner notes
Written by Casey Beathard.
First recorded by Tim McGraw in 2009.
Also recorded by Tim McGraw (2009).
How you get here
Kenny Rogers sang Casey Beathard and Kenneth Wright's "You Had to Be There" in 2013, but which country star recorded it first?Tim McGraw
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