Once Again It's Christmas

Once Again It's Christmas
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Studio album by Kenny Rogers
Released	September 25, 2015 (2015-09-25)
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)You Can't Make Old Friends2013 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. The album has sold 34,900 copies in the United States as of January 2016.

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	197
US Christian Albums (Billboard)	5
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	17
US Holiday Albums (Billboard)	3