Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas

Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas
Studio album by Ricky Van Shelton
Released July 20, 1989
Genre Country, Christmas
Length 30:47
Label Columbia Nashville
Producer Steve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton chronology
Loving Proof
(1988)Loving Proof1988
Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas
(1989)
RVS III
(1990)RVS III1990
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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".

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

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 32
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