Kenny Rogers

Merry Christmas y'all!

Country music and Christmas songs have been walking together hand in hand through the drifting snow for decades.

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris also made the list with their 1987 collaborative album 'Trio'.

Officially, Rogers' last call was in Oct. 2017.

Talk about a good friend!

On Nov. 15, 1978, Rogers' multi-platinum-selling album 'The Gambler' was released.

Little Big Town's emotional tribute reflected on a musical legend that we lost this year.

The "Sweet Music Man" singer died in March at age 81.

For the two chart weeks dated Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 1983, Rogers and Parton pulled off quite a feat.

He wasn't the first country star to record the song ... and he nearly passed on it himself.