Released December 5th, 1966 Artist Loretta Lynn Producer Owen Bradley Genre Country music | Recorded January - March 1966 Release date 1966 Label MCA Nashville Records | |
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Country Christmas
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Country Christmas is a 1966 Christmas album by American country music singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn.
Contents
The album was Lynn's third studio album of the year. This album was Lynn's first Holiday-oriented album of her career. The album yielded one single, "To Heck With Ole Santa Claus", a song which Lynn wrote. The album includes two additional Lynn compositions (and one more song she co-wrote) about the Christmas season. The album also features popular holiday songs including "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "White Christmas", and "Frosty the Snowman".
The album reached a peak position of No. 103 on the Billboard 200 only in late 1966.
Track listing
- "Country Christmas" – 2:03 (Lynn)
- "Away In a Manger" – 2:20 (Traditional)
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" – 1:58 (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie)
- "Silver Bells" – 2:00 (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston)
- "Blue Christmas" – 2:27 (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson)
- "It Won't Seem Like Christmas" – 2:09 (Lynn)
- "To Heck with Ole Santa Claus" – 2:01 (Lynn)
- "White Christmas" – 2:02 (Irving Berlin)
- "Frosty the Snowman" – 2:58 (Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins)
- "Christmas Without Daddy" – 2:07 (Webb)
- "I Won't Decorate Your Christmas Tree" – 2:05 (Bob Cummings, Barbara Cummings, Loretta Lynn)
- "Gift of the Blues" – 2:19 (Hank Cochran)
Personnel
Chart positions
Album – Billboard (North America)
Singles – Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Country Christmas2:08
2Away in a Manger2:24
3Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town2:03