Once Again It's Christmas

Once Again It's Christmas
Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released	September 25, 2015
Genre	Country
Length	41:04
Label	Warner Music Nashville
Producer	Jim Brickman Warren Hartman Kyle Lehning Darren Rust Steve Sundholm
Kenny Rogers chronology
You Can't Make Old Friends (2013) Once Again It's Christmas (2015)

Once Again It's Christmas is a holiday album by Kenny Rogers. The album features tracks with performances by such musical acts as Alison Krauss and Jennifer Nettles.^[1] The album has sold 34,900 copies in the United States as of January 2016.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Once Again It's Christmas" (featuring Larry Hall)	Don Russell	3:56
2.	"There's a New Kid in Town" (featuring Winfield's Locket)	Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley	3:50
3.	"Here It Is Christmas/Baby, It's Cold Outside" (featuring Larry Hall and Jennifer Nettles)	Frank Loesser, Kenny Rogers	2:55
4.	"Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Larry Hall)	Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone	3:20
5.	"Back to Bethlehem"	Joe Collins, Joe Doyle	3:41
6.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith	3:49
7.	"Some Children See Him" (featuring Larry Hall and Alison Krauss)	Alfred Burt, Wihla Hutson	4:23
8.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (featuring Larry Hall)	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram	2:46
9.	"Children, Go Where I Send Thee" (featuring Home Free)	Traditional	4:34
10.	"That Silent Night" (featuring Jim Brickman)	Jim Brickman, Tom Douglas	3:42
11.	"Light"	Steve Glassmeyer, Warren Hartman, Rogers	4:08
Total length:			41:04

Personnel

Pat Bergeson – harmonica Paul Brainard – pedal steel guitar Mike Braun – drums Steve Brewster – drums Jim Brickman – piano(10) Pat Coil – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, piano, synthesizer Perry Coleman – background vocals Eric Darken – percussion Randy Dorman – electric guitar Tim Ellis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Larry Hall – strings(1, 3, 4, 7, 8) Rachal Hamar – background vocals Vicki Hampton – background vocals

Tania Hancheroff – background vocals Colby Hendricks – bass guitar John Hobbs – Fender Rhodes, piano, synthesizer Home Free – vocals(9) Mark Ivey – background vocals Alison Krauss – vocals(7) Viktor Krauss – bass guitar Shane McConnell – background vocals Richard Madenfort – piano, background vocals Rick Marty – electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar Brent Mason – electric guitar, background vocals Jennifer Nettles – vocals(3) Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar Kenny Rogers – lead vocals

Lisa Silver – background vocals Kira Small – background vocals Kevin Sokolnicki – background vocals Denis Solee – tenor saxophone Michelle Sundholm – background vocals Steve Sundholm – programming, background vocals Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitar, mandocello George Tidwell – trumpet Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals Troy Welsted – Hammond B-3 organ Bergen White – background vocals John Willis – acoustic guitar Lonnie Wilson – drums Winfield's Locket – vocals(2)

Chart performance

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	197
US Christian Albums (Billboard)[4]	5
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5]	17
US Holiday Albums (Billboard)[6]	3

References

1. Kenny Rogers on Christmas Album, New Hotel and 'Obsessive' Career Moves
2. Bjorke, Matt (January 2, 2016). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: January 4, 2016". Roughstock.
3. "Kenny Rogers – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Kenny Rogers. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
4. "Kenny Rogers – Chart history" Billboard Christian Albums for Kenny Rogers.
5. "Kenny Rogers – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Kenny Rogers.
6. "Holiday Albums Chart - Week of October 24, 2015". billboard.com. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 15 October 2015.