<P> `` Islands in the Stream '' is a song written by the Bee Gees and sung by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton . Named after the Ernest Hemingway novel , it was originally written for Marvin Gaye in an R&B style , only later to be changed for the Kenny Rogers album . It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers ' album Eyes That See in the Dark . </P>
<P> `` Islands in the Stream '' is a song written by the Bee Gees and sung by American country music artists Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton . Named after the Ernest Hemingway novel , it was originally written for Marvin Gaye in an R&B style , only later to be changed for the Kenny Rogers album . It was released in August 1983 as the first single from Rogers ' album Eyes That See in the Dark . </P>
who was islands in the stream written for
who was islands in the stream written for
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye