Rocky Mountain Christmas - Wikipedia Rocky Mountain Christmas Rocky Mountain Christmas Cover art from CD reissue Studio album by John Denver Released October 1, 1975 Recorded August 1975 Genre Christmas, folk Label RCA Records Producer Milton Okun John Denver chronology Windsong ( 1975 ) Windsong 1975 Rocky Mountain Christmas ( 1975 ) Spirit ( 1976 ) Spirit 1976 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Rocky Mountain Christmas is the tenth studio album by American singer - songwriter John Denver, released in October, 1975. His first Christmas - themed release, the album includes renditions of several traditional carols and popular Christmas standards ; re-recorded versions of two songs from earlier Denver albums, `` Aspenglow '' from Take Me to Tomorrow and `` Please, Daddy ( Do n't Get Drunk This Christmas ) '' from Farewell Andromeda ; and the newly penned compositions `` Christmas for Cowboys '' and `` A Baby Just Like You ''. Track listing Side one No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Aspenglow '' John Denver 2 : 21 2. `` The Christmas Song ( Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire ) '' Mel Tormé Robert Wells 3 : 13 3. `` Rudolph the Red - Nosed Reindeer '' Johnny Marks 1 : 46 4. `` Silver Bells '' Jay Livingston Ray Evans 2 : 10 5. `` Please, Daddy ( Do n't Get Drunk This Christmas ) '' Bill Danoff Taffy Danoff 2 : 34 6. `` Christmas for Cowboys '' Steve Weisberg 2 : 29 Side two No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Away in a Manger '' Traditional Denver 2 : 05 2. `` What Child Is This '' Traditional Denver 2 : 33 3. `` Coventry Carol '' Traditional Denver 2 : 19 4. `` Oh Holy Night '' Traditional Denver 2 : 53 5. `` Silent Night, Holy Night '' Traditional Denver 3 : 28 6. `` A Baby Just Like You '' Denver Joe Henry 2 : 40 show CD edition ( bonus tracks ) No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 13. `` Jingle Bells '' Traditional Denver 1 : 06 14. `` White Christmas '' Irving Berlin 2 : 21 15. `` The Music Is You '' Denver 1 : 27 16. `` Perhaps Love '' Denver 1 : 52 17. `` Dreamland Express '' Denver 4 : 05 Notes signifies arranged and adapted by signifies adapted by Personnel John Denver - vocals, 6 - and 12 - string guitars Dick Kniss - bass Lee Holdridge - piano, celeste, harpsichord, tack piano Steve Weisberg - guitar John Sommers - guitar, mandolin Hal Blaine - drums, percussion Herb Lovelle - drums George Marge - English horn, oboe on `` Silver Bells '' Harvey Estrin - flute on `` Silver Bells '' Sid Sharp - violin William Kurasch - violin Samuel Boghossian - viola Jesse Erhlich - cello Pearl Kaufman - piano, harpsichord Chuck Collazzi - guitar on `` What Child Is This '' Technical Kris O'Connor - production assistance Mickey Crofford - engineer Acy Lehman - art direction Peter Palombi - cover illustration References Jump up ^ Allmusic John Denver Studio albums John Denver Sings Rhymes & Reasons Take Me to Tomorrow Whose Garden Was This Poems, Prayers & Promises Aerie Rocky Mountain High Farewell Andromeda Back Home Again Windsong Spirit I Want to Live John Denver Autograph Some Days Are Diamonds Seasons of the Heart It 's About Time Dreamland Express One World Higher Ground Earth Songs The Flower That Shattered the Stone Different Directions Love Again All Aboard ! Live albums An Evening with John Denver Live in London Live at the Sydney Opera House The Wildlife Concert The Best of John Denver Live Sing Australia Christmas in Concert The Harbor Lights Concert Live in the U.S.S.R. Live at Cedar Rapids Specialty albums Rocky Mountain Christmas A Christmas Together Rocky Mountain Holiday Christmas, Like a Lullaby Forever, John Compilation albums John Denver 's Greatest Hits John Denver 's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 John Denver 's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 The Very Best of John Denver John Denver : A Portrait The John Denver Collection Something to Sing About 16 Biggest Hits Tribute albums The Music Is You : A Tribute to John Denver Singles `` Take Me Home, Country Roads '' `` Rocky Mountain High '' `` Sunshine on My Shoulders '' `` Annie 's Song '' `` Back Home Again '' `` Sweet Surrender '' `` Thank God I 'm a Country Boy '' `` I 'm Sorry '' `` Calypso '' `` Fly Away '' `` Looking for Space '' `` Like a Sad Song '' `` Some Days Are Diamonds ( Some Days Are Stone ) '' `` The Cowboy and the Lady '' `` Perhaps Love '' `` Shanghai Breezes '' `` Dreamland Express '' `` And So It Goes '' Related articles Discography Filmography Perhaps Love `` Leaving on a Jet Plane '' This 1970s folk album - related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote please daddy don't get drunk this christmas
Answer: Bill Danoff