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 "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:06 "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:19 "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 1:52 "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) – 3:09 "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:20 "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S" (Eddy Arnold, Jenny Lou Carson) – 2:49 "Please Come Home for Christmas" (Charles Brown, Gene Redd) – 2:33 "Pretty Paper" (Willie Nelson) – 2:48 "Country Christmas" (Don Schlitz, Ricky Van Shelton) – 2:35 "Christmas Long Ago" (Schlitz, Van Shelton) – 3:09 "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".
Chart performance Chart (1989) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 32
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