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Released
  
July 20, 1989

Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas (1989)
  
RVS III (1990)

Release date
  
20 July 1989

Label
  
Columbia Nashville

Length
  
30:47

Artist
  
Ricky Van Shelton

Producer
  
Steve Buckingham

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Genres
  
Country music, Christmas music

Similar
  
Ricky Van Shelton albums, Christmas music albums

Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas is the first Holiday album by country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. It was released following the success of his first two albums. The album includes versions of traditional and popular Christmas songs, along with two older country Christmas songs, Willie Nelson's "Pretty Paper", and Eddy Arnold's "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S". It also includes two original songs, "Country Christmas", and "Christmas Long Ago".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:06
  2. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:19
  3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 1:52
  4. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:09
  5. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:20
  6. "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S" (Eddy Arnold, Jenny Lou Carson) – 2:49
  7. "Please Come Home for Christmas" (Charles Brown, Gene Redd) – 2:33
  8. "Pretty Paper" (Willie Nelson) – 2:48
  9. "Country Christmas" (Don Schlitz, Ricky Van Shelton) – 2:35
  10. "Christmas Long Ago" (Schlitz, Van Shelton) – 3:09
  11. "What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)" (William Chatterton Dix, Traditional) – 3:07

Personnel

  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • George Binkley III – violin
  • Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
  • Roy Christensen – cello
  • Al DeLory – piano
  • Conni Ellisor – violin
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • Steve Gibson – electric guitar, mandolin
  • Carl Gorodetzky – violin
  • Roy Huskey Jr. – upright bass
  • Ted Madsen – violin
  • Randy McCormick – piano
  • Dennis Molchan – violin
  • Craig Nelson – upright bass
  • Louis Dean Nunley – background vocals
  • Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin
  • Tom Robb – bass guitar
  • John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
  • Pamela Sixfin – violin
  • Ricky Van Shelton – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
  • Gary Vanosdale – violin
  • Kristin Wilkinson – violin
  • Dennis Wilson – background vocals
  • Curtis Young – background vocals
  • Additional background vocals by "5th Avenue".

    • Songs

    1I'll Be Home for Christmas3:07
    2White Christmas3:20
    3Santa Claus Is Coming to Town1:52

    References

    Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas Wikipedia
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