also wrote commercial jingles. His biggest success as a solo artist came in 1977 when he produced the award-winning production show Sassy Class at the Stardust hotel. He died on January 6, 2004. Mickey Jones became the most visible member next to Kenny. Focused more on acting, he was in many films and television shows over the years, including films such as Sling Blade and The Fighting Temptations. He also had a role in Tim Allen's Home Improvement for two seasons. He died on February 7, 2018. John Hobbs stayed in touch with the group and worked with Kenny, Terry, and Kin on Rogers' early 1980s solo work as well as other projects at Lion Share. He has remained an active session musician and arranger. The groups' long time arranger Larry Cansler had a successful career in the studios in Los Angeles scoring many movies (including The Gambler series), variety shows, (the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour) and many national commercials. He now lives in Arizona and continues to compose for symphony orchestras. In 1980, a compilation of some of the First Edition's greatest hits and album cuts, titled "Shine On", was issued in the United Kingdom; it sold fairly well but was overshadowed by The Kenny Rogers Singles Album, a Kenny Rogers solo greatest hits collection that, in addition to his solo hits, featured reworkings of the group's best known songs. Currently there are many compilations of their work in print on various labels, some miscredited to Kenny alone with picture not of the period. "Live Vegas '72" is the first new First Edition music to be released since 1974. The recording was a Kin Vassy era performance of an unknown date. Jimmy is oddly credited and there are other basic mistakes on the cover. The band scored a total of 11 hit singles and eight hit albums on the Billboard charts. On April 10, 2010, Kenny, Mike, Mickey, Terry, Mary, and Gene reunited as part of the Kenny Rogers: The First 50 Years TV special. This was filmed at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. They were joined by Wynonna Judd on a rendition of "Just Dropped In". The First Edition semi-reunited with Rogers several times in 2014-2015 when he was elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame. These were brief press conferences and performances only. Discography Albums {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album !