You Can't Make Old Friends

Studio album by Kenny Rogers

Released

October 8, 2013

Genre

Country

Label

Warner Bros. Nashville

Producer

Dann Huff, Kyle Lehning and Warren Hartman

Kenny Rogers chronology

Amazing Grace
(2012)

You Can't Make Old Friends
(2013)

Once Again It's Christmas
(2015)

Singles from You Can't Make Old Friends

"You Can't Make Old Friends"
Released: October 2013

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

You Can't Make Old Friends is the twenty-seventh studio album from American country music artist Kenny Rogers. Released on October 8, 2013 via Warner Bros. Nashville, it is Rogers' first album of original material since 2006's Water & Bridges. Its title track, a duet with Dolly Parton, peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in December 2013, becoming Rogers' first single released in six years. "You Can't Make Old Friends" was later included on Parton's 2014 album, Blue Smoke.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You Can't Make Old Friends" (duet with Dolly Parton)	Ryan Hanna King, Don Schlitz, Caitlyn Smith	4:02
2.	"All I Need Is One"	Marc Beeson, Allen Shamblin	3:31
3.	"You Had to Be There"	Casey Beathard, Kenneth Wright	4:00
4.	"'Merica"	Ben Caver, Corey Crowder, Nicole Witt	3:44
5.	"Turn This World Around"	Andrew Dorff, Eric Paslay, Jason Reeves	4:32
6.	"Dreams of the San Joaqin"	Jack Wesley Routh, Randy Sharp	6:06
7.	"Don't Leave Me in the Night Time" (featuring Buckwheat Zydeco)	Paul Overstreet, Schlitz	2:51
8.	"Look At You"	Mike Reid, Shamblin	3:57
9.	"Neon Horses"	Dave Loggins, Ronnie Samoset	4:31
10.	"When You Love Someone"	Michael Kamen, Gretchen Peters	3:41
11.	"It's Gonna Be Easy Now"	Dan Seals	3:47

Personnel

Robert Bailey Jr. - background vocals
Steve Brewster - drums
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Pat Buchanan - electric guitar
Perry Coleman - background vocals
J.T. Corenflos - electric guitar
Eric Darken - percussion
Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
Jason Eskridge - background vocals
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Steve Glassmeyer - background vocals
Larry Hall - string arrangements, strings
Vicki Hampton - background vocals
Tania Hancheroff - background vocals
Tony Harrell - keyboards
Warren Hartman - keyboards, percussion, string arrangements, background vocals
Wes Hightower - background vocals
John Hobbs - keyboards
Jim Horn - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxophone arrangements
Dann Huff - electric guitar
Clayton Ivey - Hammond B-3 organ, electric piano
John Barlow Jarvis - piano, electric piano, Wurlitzer
Troy Johnson - background vocals
Charlie Judge - keyboards, strings, synthesizer
Viktor Krauss - bass guitar
Jordon Lehning - background vocals
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Michael Mishaw - background vocals
Greg Morrow - drums
Gordon Mote - piano
Russ Pahl - steel guitar
Dolly Parton - duet vocals on "You Can't Make Old Friends"
Eric Paslay - background vocals
Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
Kenny Rogers - lead vocals
Gene Sisk - background vocals
Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass guitar
Bryan Sutton - banjo, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Jeff Taylor - accordion
Russell Terrell - background vocals
Ilya Toshinsky - acoustic guitar
Cindy Richardson-Walker - background vocals
John Willis - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Buckwheat Zydeco - accordion on "Don't Leave Me in the Night Time"

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2013)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	43
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	9

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	US Country Airplay
2013	"You Can't Make Old Friends"	57

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "You Can't Make Old Friends – Kenny Rogers". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
↑ "Kenny Rogers – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Kenny Rogers.
↑ "Kenny Rogers – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Kenny Rogers.

Kenny Rogers

Studio albums	Love Lifted Me Kenny Rogers Daytime Friends Love or Something Like It The Gambler Kenny Gideon Share Your Love Love Will Turn You Around We've Got Tonight Eyes That See in the Dark What About Me? The Heart of the Matter They Don't Make Them Like They Used To I Prefer the Moonlight Something Inside So Strong Love Is Strange Back Home Again If Only My Heart Had a Voice Vote for Love Across My Heart She Rides Wild Horses There You Go Again Back to the Well Water & Bridges The Love of God Amazing Grace You Can't Make Old Friends

Collaboration albums	Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) Classics (with Dottie West) Timepiece (with David Foster)

Christmas albums	Christmas Once Upon a Christmas (with Dolly Parton) Christmas in America The Gift Christmas from the Heart Christmas with Kenny Christmas Collection Once Again It's Christmas

Compilations	Ten Years of Gold The Kenny Rogers Singles Album Greatest Hits (1980) 20 Greatest Hits Duets The Kenny Rogers Story Love Is What We Make It Short Stories Greatest Hits (1988) Daytime Friends – The Very Best of Kenny Rogers Live by Request 42 Ultimate Hits 21 Number Ones

Notable singles	"That Crazy Feeling" "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" "But You Know I Love You" "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "Lucille" "Daytime Friends" "Sweet Music Man" "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Dottie West) "Love or Something Like It" "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Dottie West) "The Gambler" "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Dottie West) "She Believes in Me" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Dottie West) "You Decorated My Life" "Coward of the County" "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer" (with Kim Carnes) "Love the World Away" "Lady" "I Don't Need You" "Share Your Love with Me" "Blaze of Glory" "Through the Years" "Love Will Turn You Around" "A Love Song" "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) "All My Life" "Scarlet Fever" "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) "Eyes That See in the Dark" "This Woman" "Buried Treasure" "Together Again" (with Dottie West) "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) "Evening Star" "Crazy" "Morning Desire" "Goodbye Marie" "Tomb of the Unknown Love" "Twenty Years Ago" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Ronnie Milsap) "I Prefer the Moonlight" "The Factory" "I Don't Call Him Daddy" "Planet Texas" "The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" "Maybe" (with Holly Dunn) "Love Is Strange" (with Dolly Parton) "Crazy in Love" "If You Want to Find Love" "Mary, Did You Know?" (with Wynonna Judd) "The Greatest" "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) "I Can't Unlove You"

Guest singles	"What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Dottie West) "Real Love" (with Dolly Parton) "If I Ever Fall in Love Again" (with Anne Murray)

Related articles	Discography The First Edition United Artists Records Liberty Records RCA Records Reprise Records Kenny Rogers Roasters

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