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45 single, Side A. RCA (PB-13945) (1984)
Image credit: kempkemp at 45cat.com
"The Greatest Gift of All" is a single by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. It was released on November 26, 1984, by RCA Records as the first single from Kenny and Dolly's Once Upon a Christmas album. The song was written by John Jarvis and produced by David Foster and Kenny Rogers. The single peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 40 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Track listing

Side A
  • The Greatest Gift of All   Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton (John Jarvis) 3:42
Side B
  • White Christmas   Dolly Parton (Irving Berlin) 3:02

Audio

Commercial performance

"The Greatest Gift of All" debuted at number 82 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated December 15, 1984. It peaked at number 53 on the chart dated January 5, 1985, its fourth week on the chart. It charted for seven weeks. The single peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number 70 on the Cashbox Country Singles chart.

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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Netherlands 45 single, picture sleeve. (PB-3945) (1984)
Image credit: leonardat 45cat.com