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Christmas in America

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Christmas In America

Studio album by

Kenny Rogers

Released

1989

Recorded

1989

Genre

Christmas music

Length

31:25

Kenny Rogers chronology

Something Inside So Strong
(1989)

Christmas In America
(1989)

Love Is Strange
(1990)

Rogers' Christmas chronology

Once Upon a Christmas
(1984)

Christmas In America
(1989)

The Gift
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Christmas In America is the twenty-second studio and holiday album by Kenny Rogers released in 1989.^[1]

Track listing

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Christmas in America"	Dolly Parton	3:02
2.	"Winter Wonderland"	Bernard, Smith	2:10
3.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Gannon, Kent, Ram	3:04
4.	"Silver Bells"	Evans, Livingston	3:56
5.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Blane, Martin	3:27
6.	"Christmas in America" (reprise)	Parton	1:02
7.	"Joy to the World"	Mason, Watts	1:56
8.	"Away in a Manger"	Traditional	1:22
9.	"O Little Town of Bethlehem"	Brooks, Redner	2:41
10.	"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"	Traditional	1:25
11.	"The First Noel"	William B. Sandys 1823	2:42
12.	"Christmas in America" (segue)	Parton	0:21
13.	"What Child Is This?"	Dix, Traditional	1:50
14.	"Silent Night"	Gruber, Mohr	2:27

Personnel

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Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
Matt Rollings – pianos
Mike Lawler – synthesizers
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
Steve Gibson – electric guitars
Michael Rhodes – bass
Paul Leim – drums
Farrell Morris – percussion
Jim Horn – saxophones, flute
Cindy Reynolds Wyatt – harp
Bergen White – orchestral arrangements and conductor, arrangements (7-14), backing vocals
Carl Gorodetzky – conductor, concertmaster
The Nashville String Machine – orchestra
Jim Ferguson – backing vocals
Sherilyn Huffman – backing vocals
Louis Nunley – backing vocals
Lisa Silver – backing vocals
Diane Vanette – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals

Production

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Jim Ed Norman – producer
Eric Prestidge – producer, engineer, mixing, mastering
Danny Kee – assistant producer
Daniel Johnston – assistant engineer
John Kunz – assistant engineer
Jim Valentini – assistant engineer
Glenn Meadows – mastering
Laura LiPuma – art direction
Beth Middleworth – design
Larry Dixon – album photography
Kelly Junkermann – photography of Kenny Rogers

Studios

Recorded at Digital Recorders and The Loft (Nashville, Tennessee).
Mixed at The Loft
Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

Chart performance

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Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	45
U.S. Billboard 200	119
U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums	12

References

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^ Chuck Dauphin (8 December 2014). "Kenny Rogers Brings The Merriment on Christmas and Hits Through the Years Tour". Billboard. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

v t e 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 You Can't Make Old Friends Life Is Like a Song
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 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" "Something's Burning" "Love Lifted Me" "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" "When You Put Your Heart in It" "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" "Ol' Red" "Mary, Did You Know?" (with Wynonna Judd) "The Greatest" "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) "He Will, She Knows" "There You Go Again" "Homeland" "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)
Other songs	"Elvira" "You and I" (with the Bee Gees)
Related articles	Discography The First Edition Kenny Rogers Roasters The Real West

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