You Ca n't Make Old Friends - wikipedia You Ca n't Make Old Friends You Ca n't Make Old Friends Studio album by Kenny Rogers Released October 8, 2013 ( 2013 - 10 - 08 ) Genre Country Label Warner Bros. Nashville Producer Dann Huff, Kyle Lehning and Warren Hartman Kenny Rogers chronology Amazing Grace ( 2012 ) Amazing Grace2012 You Ca n't Make Old Friends ( 2013 ) Once Again It 's Christmas ( 2015 ) Once Again It 's Christmas 2015 Singles from You Ca n't Make Old Friends `` You Ca n't Make Old Friends '' Released : October 2013 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic You Ca n't Make Old Friends is the twenty - seventh studio album from American country music artist Kenny Rogers. Released on October 8, 2013 via Warner Bros. Nashville, it is Rogers ' first album of original material since 2006 's Water & Bridges. Its title track, a duet with Dolly Parton, peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in December 2013, becoming Rogers ' first single released in six years. `` You Ca n't Make Old Friends '' was later included on Parton 's 2014 album, Blue Smoke. Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Chart performance 4.1 Album 4.2 Singles 5 References Track listing No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` You Ca n't Make Old Friends '' ( duet with Dolly Parton ) Ryan Hanna King, Don Schlitz, Caitlyn Smith 4 : 02 2. `` All I Need Is One '' Marc Beeson, Allen Shamblin 3 : 31 3. `` You Had to Be There '' Casey Beathard, Kenneth Wright 4 : 00 4. `` ' Merica '' Ben Caver, Corey Crowder, Nicole Witt 3 : 44 5. `` Turn This World Around '' Andrew Dorff, Eric Paslay, Jason Reeves 4 : 32 6. `` Dreams of the San Joaqin '' Jack Wesley Routh, Randy Sharp 6 : 06 7. `` Do n't Leave Me in the Night Time '' ( featuring Buckwheat Zydeco ) Paul Overstreet, Schlitz 2 : 51 8. `` Look At You '' Mike Reid, Shamblin 3 : 57 9. `` Neon Horses '' Dave Loggins, Ronnie Samoset 4 : 31 10. `` When You Love Someone '' Michael Kamen, Gretchen Peters 3 : 41 11. `` It 's Gonna Be Easy Now '' Dan Seals 3 : 47 Personnel Robert Bailey -- backing vocals ( 6, 11 ) Steve Brewster -- drums ( 6, 7, 8 ) Michael Brignardello -- bass ( 9, 11 ) Pat Buchanan -- electric guitar ( 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 ) Perry Coleman -- backing vocals ( 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 ) J.T. Corenflos -- electric guitar ( 1, 2, 3, 10 ) Eric Darken -- percussion ( 1 - 11 ) Dan Dugmore -- steel guitar ( 2, 3 ) Jason Eskridge -- backing vocals ( 6, 11 ) Paul Franklin -- steel guitar ( 1, 10 ) Steve Glassmeyer -- backing vocals ( 6 ) Vicki Hampton -- backing vocals ( 4, 5, 6, 9 ) Tania Hancheroff -- backing vocals ( 4, 5, 6, 9 ) Tony Harrell -- keyboards ( 6 ) Warren Hartman -- keyboards ( 5, 6, 8 ), string arrangements ( 6 ), backing vocals ( 6 ), percussion ( 11 ) John Hobbs -- keyboards ( 9, 11 ) Jim Horn -- tenor saxophone ( 7 ), barritone saxophone ( 7 ), horn arrangements ( 7 ) Dann Huff -- electric guitar ( 1, 2, 3, 10 ) Clayton Ivey -- Hammond B3 organ ( 3, 5, 7, 8 ), electric piano ( 3 ) John Barlow Jarvis -- acoustic piano ( 4, 5, 7 ), Wurlitzer ( 5 ), electric piano ( 8 ) Troy Johnson -- backing vocals ( 7 ) Charlie Judge -- acoustic piano ( 1 ), synthesizer ( 1 ), strings ( 1, 10 ), keyboards ( 2, 3, 10 ) Viktor Krauss -- bass ( 6 ) Larry Hall -- strings ( 6 ), string arrangements ( 6 ) Wes Hightower -- backing vocals ( 11 ) Jordan Lehning -- backing vocals ( 6 ) Brent Mason -- electric guitar ( 4, 5, 7, 8 ) Michael Mishaw -- backing vocals ( 6, 11 ) Greg Morrow -- drums ( 1 - 5, 9, 10, 11 ) Gordon Mote -- acoustic piano ( 3, 10 ) Russ Pahl -- steel guitar ( 4, 8, 9 ) Eric Paslay -- backing vocals ( 5 ) Dolly Parton -- guest vocals ( 1 ) Michael Rhodes -- bass ( 4, 5, 7, 8 ) Cindy Walker Richardson -- backing vocals ( 4, 5, 6, 9 ) Will Robinson -- Spanish language ( 6 ) Kenny Rogers -- lead vocals Gene Sisk -- backing vocals ( 6 ) Jimmie Lee Sloas -- bass ( 1, 2, 3, 10 ) Bryan Sutton -- acoustic guitar ( 6, 7 ), mandolin ( 6, 11 ), banjo ( 11 ) Jeff Taylor -- accordion ( 6 ) Russell Terrell -- backing vocals ( 2, 3 ) Ilya Toshinsky -- acoustic guitar ( 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11 ) John Willis -- acoustic guitar ( 4, 5, 7 ), electric guitar ( 6 ) Buckwheat Zydeco -- accordion ( 7 ) Production Tracks 1, 2, 3 & 10 Producer -- Dann Huff Engineer -- Todd Tidwell Additional Engineer -- Russell Terrell Assistant Engineers -- Shawn Daugherty, Mike Lancaster and Seth Morton. Recorded at Starstruck Studios ( Nashville, TN ). Additional Engineering at RTBGV ( Nashville, TN ). Kenny Rogers ' vocals recorded by Steve Marcantonio at Starstruck Studios, Blackbird Studio ( Nashville, TN ) and Doppler Studios ( Atlanta, GA ). Mixed by Steve Marcantonio at Blackbird Studio Digital Editing by Sean Neff Tracks 4 - 9 & 11 Producers -- Warren Hartman and Kyle Lehning Basic Track Arrangements -- Warren Hartman Engineer -- Steve Marcantonio Assistant Engineers -- Justin Francis and Mike Spezia Recorded at Ocean Way Recording and Sound Stage ( Nashville, TN ). Additional overdubs engineered by Ryan Carr, Jordan Lehning and Kevin Sokolnicki Additional overdubs recorded and edited at The Compound ( Nashville, TN ). Accordion overdubs on Track 7 recorded by Tony Daigle at Dockside Studio ( Maurice, LA ). Kenny Rogers ' vocals engineered by Jordan Lehning at Blackbird Studio, Sound Stage and The Compound. Mixed by Kyle Lehning at Blackbird Studio Other Credits Mastered by Eric Boulanger and Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab ( Ojai, CA ). A&R Direction -- Jason Henke, Cris Lacy and Rebekah Sterk. Production Coordination -- Mike `` Frog '' Griffith Art Direction -- Katherine Petillo Design -- Sally Carnes Gulde Creative Director -- Shane Tarleton Photography -- Piper Ferguson and Thomas Petillo Booking -- Greg Oswald at WME Entertainment. Management -- Bob Burwell, Jason Henke and Ken Levitan at Vector Management. Business Management -- Kevin Dalton and Dwight Wiles at Smith Wiles & Co. Chart performance Album Chart ( 2013 ) Peak position US Billboard 200 43 US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) 9 Singles Year Single Peak positions US Country Airplay 2013 `` You Ca n't Make Old Friends '' 57 References Jump up ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. `` You Ca n't Make Old Friends -- Kenny Rogers ''. AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Kenny Rogers Chart History ( Billboard 200 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Kenny Rogers Chart History ( Top Country Albums ) ''. Billboard. 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 Do n'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 God Amazing Grace You Ca n't Make Old Friends 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 Christmas with Kenny Christmas Collection 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, Do n't Take Your Love to Town '' `` Laura ( What 's He Got That I Ai n't Got ) '' `` Lucille '' `` Daytime Friends '' `` Sweet Music Man '' `` Every Time Two Fools Collide '' ( with Dottie West ) `` Love or Something Like It '' `` Anyone Who Is n'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 '' `` Do n't Fall in Love with a Dreamer '' ( with Kim Carnes ) `` Love the World Away '' `` Lady '' `` I Do n'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 Do n'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 Ca n'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 ) Related articles Discography The First Edition Kenny Rogers Roasters Book : Kenny Rogers Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Can%27t_Make_Old_Friends&oldid=841181762 '' Categories : 2013 albums Albums produced by Dann Huff Albums produced by Kyle Lehning Kenny Rogers albums Warner Bros. Records albums Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 14 May 2018, at 14 : 14. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who wrote you can't make old friends
Answer: Kenny Rogers