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UK 45 single, picture sleeve. RCA (RCA 465) (1984)
Image credit: The Bensons at 45cat.com
"Christmas Without You" is a single by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released in November 1984 exclusively in Europe as the fourth single from Kenny and Dolly's Once Upon a Christmas album. The song was written by Dolly and Steve Goldstein. It was produced by David Foster and Kenny Rogers. It was released in the United States on November 25, 1985, and was reissued in Europe in 1990.

Track listing

45 single 
​Side A
  • Christmas Without You (Dolly Parton, Steve Goldstein) 3:52
Side B
  • White Christmas    Dolly Parton (Irving Berlin) 3:02​

Alternate US 45 single
Side A
  • Christmas Without You (Dolly Parton, Steve Goldstein) 3:52
Side B
  • A Christmas to Remember (Dolly Parton) 3:38​

Audio

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Once Upon a Christmas liner notes. ​The album liner notes do not give credits for individual tracks, so the credits below are for the album as a whole.
Performance
  • Dennis Belfield – bass
  • Erich Bulling – keyboard, synthesizer programming
  • Joe Chemay – bass
  • Jimmy Cox – keyboard
  • Victor Feldman – percussion
  • David Foster – keyboard
  • John Goux – guitar
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • John Hobbs – keyboard
  • Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
  • ​Michael Landau – guitar
  • Paul Leim – drums, percussion
  • John Robinson – drums
  • Dolly Parton – lead vocals
  • ​Kenny Rogers – lead vocals
  • Neil Stubenhaus – bass
  • Fred Tackett – guitar
  • Kin Vassy – guitar
  • Randy Waldman – keyboard
  • Billy Joe Walker – guitar
Production
  • Debbie Caponetta – production assistant
  • Terry Christian – additional engineering
  • Larry Fergusson – additional engineering
  • David Foster – producer, rhythm arrangements
  • Tom Fouce – additional engineering
  • Stuart Furusho – additional engineering
  • Humberto Gatica – engineer, mixing
  • David Leonard – additional engineering
  • Laura Livingston – additional engineering
  • Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements, rhythm arrangements
  • Bob Pickering – additional engineering
  • John Richards – additional engineering
  • Kenny Rogers – producer
  • Stephen Schmitt – additional engineering
  • Stephen Shelton – additonal engineering
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Tommy Vicari – engineer

Alternate artwork

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US 45 single, picture sleeve. RCA (PB-14261) (1985)
Image credit: kempkemp at 45cat.com
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Germany 45 single, picture sleeve. (RCA (PB49227) (1990)
Image credit: huibbal at 45cat.com