''Once Again It's Christmas'' is the 28th studio album by

Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (born Kenneth Donald Rogers) (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particul ...

, released in 2015. A holiday album, it features such musical acts as

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, Winfield's Locket and

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.Kenny Rogers on Christmas Album, New Hotel and 'Obsessive' Career Moves
/ref> As of January 2016, 34,900 copies were sold in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

* Kenny Rogers – lead vocals * Pat Coil – acoustic piano (1, 3, 4, 8),

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(2), synthesizers (2, 11),

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(5, 6, 11) * John Hobbs – Rhodes (1, 3–6, 8), acoustic piano (2, 11), synthesizers (4) *

Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Rollings won the 'Best Traditional Pop ...

– acoustic piano (7) *

Jim Brickman James Merrill Brickman (born November 20, 1961) is an American pop songwriter, pianist and radio host. Brickman has earned two Grammy nominations for his albums ''Peace'' (2003) for Best Instrumental, and ''Faith'' (2009) for Best New Age Album. ...

– acoustic piano (10) * Troy Welstad – Hammond B3 organ (10) * Steve Sundholm – programming (10) *

Brent Mason Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American country music guitarist, songwriter and session musician. ''Guitar World'' magazine listed Mason as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". Discovered and mentored by Chet Atkins, Maso ...

– electric guitar (1-6, 11) * John Willis – acoustic guitar (1-8, 11) *

Bryan Sutton James Bryan Sutton (born 1973) is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicking acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and electric guitar. He also sings and writes songs. Biography Early career Sutton's gr ...

– acoustic guitar (2, 5, 7),

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(4) * Randy Dorman – electric guitar (8) * Tim Ellis – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10) * Keith Sommers – electric guitar (10) * Russ Pahl –

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ...

(2, 5) * Paul Brainard – pedal steel guitar (10) *

Viktor Krauss Viktor Krauss is an American musician who plays acoustic and electric bass. He has released solo albums and has worked as a sideman with many musicians, including his sister, singer and fiddler Alison Krauss. Music career Krauss was born to Fre ...

– bass (1-8, 11) * Colby Hendricks – bass (10) * Steve Brewster – drums (2-6, 8, 11) * Mike Braun – drums (10) *

Eric Darken Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer. Biography Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...

– percussion (1, 5, 7, 8, 11) *

Pat Bergeson Patrick Bergeson (born March 11, 1961) is an American guitarist, harmonica player and occasional songwriter. Based in Nashville, he is best known for his live and session work with Chet Atkins, Lyle Lovett, Suzy Bogguss and Les Brers. Biography ...

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(1) * Denis Solee – tenor saxophone (6) * George Tidwell – trumpet (6) * Warren Hartman – arrangements (1-7, 9, 11) * Larry Hall – orchestra (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11), orchestral arrangements (3, 4, 7, 8) * Bergen White – orchestral arrangements (2, 11), harmony vocal arrangements (4) * Darren Rust – arrangements (9) * Ted Sampson – additional vocal concept arrangement (11) * Winfield's Locket – vocals (2) *

– vocals (3) *

– vocals (7) * Home Free – vocals (9) ;Harmony vocals: * Tania Hancheroff (1, 4, 5, 6, 11) * Mark Ivey (1, 4, 11) * Shane McConnell (1, 4, 11) * Lisa Silver (1, 4, 11) * Kira Small (1, 4, 11) * Bergen White (1, 4, 11) * Perry Coleman (2, 5) * Vicki Hampton (5, 6) * Cindy Walker (5, 6) * Rachel Hamar (10) * Michelle Sundholm (10) * Steve Sundholm (10)

Production

* Producers – Warren Hartman and Kyle Lehning (Tracks 1-8 & 11); Darren Rust and Steve Sundholm (Track 9); Jim Brickman (Track 10). * A&R Direction – Rebekah Gordon, Jason Henke and Cris Lacy. * Production Coordination – Paige Connors * Recorded by Casey Wood (Tracks 1-8 & 11) and Darren Rust (Track 9). * Assistant Recording – Chris Ashburn, Shawn Daugherty, Justin Francis and Jason Mott (Tracks 1-8 & 11); Jordan Lehning (Track 9). * Additional Recording on Tracks 1-8 & 11 – Kevin Sokolnicki * Vocal Recording on Tracks 1-8 & 11 – Jordan Lehning and Kevin Sokolnicki * Recorded at Blackbird Studios, The Compound and Soundstage Studios (Nashville, TN); Skyland Studios (Lakeville, MN); Kung Fu Bakery (Portland, OR). * Digital Editing on Tracks 1-8 & 11 – Jordan Lehning * Mixing – Kyle Lehning at The Compound (Tracks 1-8 & 11); Darren Rust at Skyland Studios (Lakeville, MN; Track 9); Steve Sundholm at Kung Fu Bakery (Portland, OR; Track 10). * Mastered by Hank Williams at MasterMix (Nashville, TN). * Art Direction and Design – Katherine Petillo * Creative Director – Shane Tarleton * Photography – Piper Ferguson * Cover Photography – Kenny Rogers * Management – Bob Burwell, Jason Henke and Ken Levitan at Vector Management. * Business Management – Kevin Dalton and Dwight Wiles at Smith Wiles & Co. * Brand Management – Lisa Ray * Booking – Greg Oswald at WME Entertainment

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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