Musicians • Kenny Rogers – vocals •
Mike Melvoin – acoustic piano •
Terry Trotter – acoustic piano •
Randy Waldman – acoustic piano, synthesizers, synth
harmonica (3), arrangements (7) • Claude Gaudette – synthesizers, drum programming •
David Foster – arrangements (7), keyboards (12) • John Chiodini – guitars •
John Pisano – guitars •
Chuck Domanico – bass •
John Patitucci – bass •
John Guerin – drums •
Jeff Hamilton – drums •
Pete Christlieb – tenor sax solo (2, 5, 10) • Earle Dumler –
oboe solo (9) • Amy Shulman –
harp solo (11) •
Take 6 – backing vocals (7) • Cedric Dent – vocal arrangements (7) • Mark Kibble – vocal arrangements (7)
Orchestra •
Johnny Mandel – arrangements (1, 2, 5, 8, 10) • Edward Karam – conductor (1, 2, 5, 8, 10) •
Jeremy Lubbock – arrangements and conductor (3, 4, 6, 9, 11) •
William Ross – string orchestrations and conductor (12) • Jules Chaplin, Debbie Datz-Pyle and Patti Zimmitti – orchestra contractors • Suzie Katayama – supervising copyist • Joann Kane Music Service – additional music preparation ;Brass, Horns and Woodwinds • Jon Clarke,
Pete Christlieb, Louise DiTullio, Earle Dumler, Dominic Fera,
Gary Foster, Susan Greenberg,
Dan Higgins,
Jack Nimitz, Joel Peskin,
Marshal Royal, Sheridon Stokes, Bob Tricarico,
Jim Walker and
Rickey Woodard – woodwinds • Randy Aldcroft,
George Bohanon,
Dick Hyde and
Dick Nash – trombone • Rick Baptist,
Oscar Brashear, Ron King and Frank Szabo – trumpet • David Duke, Marni Johnson, Joe Meyer, Diane Muller, Rick Todd and Brad Warnaar –
French horn ;Strings • Don Ferrone, Richard Feves, Chris Kollgaard, Frances Lui, Ed Meares, Buell Neidlinger and Margaret Storer – bass • Vage Ayrikyan, Jodi Burnett, Larry Corbett, Ernie Ehrhardt, Steve Erdody, Christine Ermacoff, Marie Fera, Rowena Hamil, Todd Hemmenway, Paula Hochhalter, Ann Karam, Suzie Katayama, Ray Kelley, Armen Ksajikian, Dane Little, David Low, Miguel Martinez, Steve Richards, Dan Rothmuller, Fred Seykora, David Shamban, Dan Smith and Christina Soule – cello • Gayle Levant and Amy Shulman – harp • Marilyn Baker, Bob Becker, Sam Boghossian, Dimitri Bovaird, Ken Burward-Hoy, Rollice Dale, Brian Dembow, Pamela Goldsmith, Steve Gordon, Carrie Holzman-Little, Roland Kato, Margot Maclaine, Dan Neufeld, Mike Nowak, Andrew Picken, Kazi Pitelka, Karie Prescott, Jimbo Ross, Jody Rubin, John Scanlon, Harry Shirinian, David Stenske, Evan Wilson, Hershel Wise and Mihail Zinovyev – viola • Richard Altenbach,
Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Dixie Blackstone, Russ Cantor, Ron Clark, Isabelle Daskoff,
Joel Derouin, Assa Drori, Bruce Dukov, Henry Ferber, Mike Ferril, Juliann French, Julie Gigante, Joe Goodman, Alan Grunfeld, Diana Halprin, Clayton Haslop, Pat Johnson, Karen Jones, Leslie Katz, Miran Kojian, Razdan Kuyumjian, Brian Leonard, Gordon Marron, Yoko Matsuda, Jayme Miller, Horia Moroaica, Irma Neuman, Robin Olson, Don Palmer, Barbra Porter, Stan Plummer, Rafael Rishik, Gil Romero, Jay Rosen, Bob Sanov, Sheldon Sanov, Marc Sazar, Haim Shtrum, Spiro Stamos, Bob Sushel, Polly Sweeney, Mari Tsumura, Jerry Vinci, Dorothy Wade, Miwako Watanabe, Elizabeth Wilson, Margaret Wooten and Shari Zippert – violin ;Percussion •
Larry Bunker and Don Williams == Production ==