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Christmas (Kenny Rogers album)

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Overview
Track listing
Personnel
Production
Re-releases
Christmas Wishes Alternate track list
Chart performance
References

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| cover = Christmas Kenny.jpg
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| released = 1981
| recorded = 1981
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| studio =
| genre = Seasonal
| length = 33:37
| label = Liberty
| producer = Kenny Rogers
| prev_title = Share Your Love
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Love Will Turn You Around
| next_year = 1982
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| title = Christmas
| year = 1981
| next_title = Once Upon a Christmas
| next_year = 1984
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| caption = 1995 re-release cover
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Christmas is the twelfth studio album and the first Christmas album by Kenny Rogers released in 1981.

Overview

The album features several songs that were already well-known at the time including "White Christmas", "When A Child is Born", "Carol of the Bells" and "My Favorite Things". Several original Christmas songs are also included, which have also now become well-known via this album.

Christmas was also the origin of Kenny's first holiday single, "Kentucky Home Made Christmas".

The album peaked at #10 on the U.S. Country charts and #34 on the overall U.S. charts.^[1]

Track listing

{{tracklist
|title1 = Christmas Everyday
|writer1 = Pete McCann
|length1 = 3:44
|title2 = Kentucky Homemade Christmas
|writer2 = Bill Caswel, Kin Vassy
|length2 = 4:16
|title3 = Carol of the Bells
|writer3 = Mykola Leontovych, Robert Manookin
|length3 = 2:44
|title4 = Kids
|writer4 = Mac Davis
|length4 = 2:44
|title5 = Sweet Little Jesus Boy
|writer5 = Bob MacGimsey
|length5 = 3:04
|title6 = Christmas Is My Favorite Time of Year
|writer6 = Pete McCann
|length6 = 2:44
|title7 = White Christmas
|writer7 = Irving Berlin
|length7 = 2:50
|title8 = My Favorite Things
|writer8 = Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
|length8 = 3:02
|title9 = O Holy Night
|writer9 = Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight
|length9 = 4:39
|title10 = When a Child Is Born
|writer10 = Fred Jay, Zacar
|length10 = 3:50
}}

Personnel

Kenny Rogers – lead vocals, backing vocals (3, 6), vocal arrangements
Gene Page – arrangements
Kin Vassy – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
Ira Newborn – guitar
David T. Walker – guitar
Nathan East – bass guitar
David Hungate – bass guitar
Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
Gary Coleman – percussion
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Barnaby Finch – acoustic piano
Lincoln Mayorga – acoustic piano
John Hobbs – keyboards
Clarence McDonald – Fender Rhodes
Cindy Fee – backing vocals
Terry Williams – backing vocals
Jon Joyce – backing vocals (3, 6)
Maxi Anderson – backing vocals (5)
Marlena Jeter – backing vocals (5)
Gwenchie Machu – backing vocals (5)
Juance Charmaine O’Neal – backing vocals (6)

Production

Producer – Kenny Rogers
Assistant Producer – Brenda Harvey Richie
Engineers – Reggie Dozier (Tracks 1, 3-6, 8 & 9); Al Schmitt (Tracks 2 & 7); John Arrias (Track 10).
Second Engineer (Track 10) – Stephen Schmitt
Mixed by Reggie Dozier
Art Direction and Design – Bill Burks
Photography – Tom Gibson and Reid Miles

Re-releases

Christmas Wishes

In some quarters (including the UK and United States) the title has changed to "Christmas Wishes" and the album reissued in 1985 with an alternate track list. In other countries though, "Christmas" is still the title.

Alternate track list

"White Christmas" [2:47]
"Carol of the Bells" [2:43]
"O Holy Night" [4:38]
"Christmas Everyday" [3:42]
"Kids" (CD Only) [2:42]
"Kentucky Homemade Christmas" [4:14]
"Christmas Is My Favorite Time of Year" [2:43]
"Sweet Little Jesus Boy" [3:03]
"When a Child Is Born" [3:49]
"My Favorite Things" (CD Only) [2:59]

Chart performance

Chart (1981)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	34
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	27

References

1. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p93355|pure_url=yes}}|title=Kenny Rogers charted albums|work=Allmusic|accessdate=10 September 2010}}

[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r300989|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]

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