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Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas

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Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 20, 1989
GenreCountry, Christmas
Length30:47
LabelColumbia Nashville
ProducerSteve Buckingham
Ricky Van Shelton chronology
Loving Proof
(1988)
Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas
(1989)
RVS III
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas is the first holiday album by country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. 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

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  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

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Chart performance

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

References

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