- Once Upon a Christmas (album)
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Once Upon A Christmas 
Studio album by Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Released December 1984 Recorded 1984 Genre Christmas music Length 35:35 (original)
32:10 (alternate)Label RCA Kenny Rogers chronology What About Me?
(1984)Once Upon a Christmas
(1984)Duets
(1984)Rogers' Christmas chronology Christmas
(1981)Once Upon a Christmas
(1984)Christmas In America
(1989)Dolly Parton chronology Rhinestone (film soundtrack)
(1984)Once Upon a Christmas
(1984)Real Love
(1985)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Once Upon a Christmas is a 1984 Christmas album by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers.
Contents
Overview
The album was accompanied by a now classic CBS Christmas television special titled Kenny & Dolly: A Christmas to Remember that originally aired on December 2, 1984 (which has been rerun numerous years), though never issued on home video or DVD despite public demand (bootleg copies have been produced in large quantities). A single, "The Greatest Gift of All" (#53 Country, #81 Pop, and #40 Adult Contemporary) was released from the album. In the United Kingdom "Christmas Without You" was issued as the single. This album became one of the biggest Christmas albums of the 1980s and still sells today, with "A Christmas to Remember" played by U.S. radio stations and satellite radio during the Christmas holiday season. In 1989 it was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2]
Track listing
- I Believe in Santa Claus [3:31]
- Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride [3:44]
- Christmas Without You [3:54]
- The Christmas Song [3:25]
- A Christmas to Remember [3:42]
- With Bells On [2:44]
- Silent Night [3:18]
- The Greatest Gift of All [3:46]
- White Christmas [3:06]
- Once Upon a Christmas [4:25]
Alternative version
In 1997, the album was released on the BMG Special Products label with a slightly altered track listing. The song order had been slightly rearranged and two songs had been omitted ("The Christmas Song" and "Silent Night"). However, Dolly Parton's "Hard Candy Christmas" was added, making it a total of nine tracks.
Alternate track listing
- I Believe in Santa Claus [3:29]
- Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride [3:42]
- With Bells On [2:41]
- Christmas Without You [3:52]
- White Christmas [3:04]
- A Christmas to Remember [3:40]
- Hard Candy Christmas [3:38]
- The Greatest Gift of All [3:44]
- Once Upon a Christmas [4:20]
Chart performance
Chart (1984) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 12 U.S. Billboard 200 31 U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums 4 References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "American album certifications – Rogers, Kenny and Dolly Parton – Once Upon a Christmas". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Once+Upon+a+Christmas%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
External links
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 · The Heart of the Matter · Love Is What We Make It · 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 GodCollaboration albums Every Time Two Fools Collide (with Dottie West) · Classics (with Dottie West) · What About Me? (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) · Timepiece (with David Foster)Christmas albums Christmas · Once Upon a Christmas · Christmas in America · The Gift · Christmas from the Heart · Christmas with Kenny · Christmas CollectionNotable singles "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" · "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" · "Lady" · "I Don't Need You" · "Share Your Love with Me" · "Through the Years" · "Love Will Turn You Around" · "We've Got Tonight" (with Sheena Easton) · "Islands in the Stream" (with Dolly Parton) · "Together Again" (with Dottie West) · "What About Me?" (with Kim Carnes and James Ingram) · "Crazy" · "Morning Desire" · "Goodbye Marie" · "Tomb of the Unknown Love" · "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" · "I Don't Call Him Daddy" · "Love Is Strange" · "Buy Me a Rose" (with Alison Krauss and Billy Dean)Related articles Categories:- 1984 Christmas albums
- Christmas albums by American artists
- Kenny Rogers albums
- Dolly Parton albums
- RCA Records Christmas albums
- Albums certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
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