Christmas Time's A-Comin' (album)
| Christmas Time's A-Comin' | ||||
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| Studio album by Sammy Kershaw | ||||
| Released | October 4, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Christmas Music, Country | |||
| Length | 33:21 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
| Producer | Buddy Cannon, Norro Wilson | |||
| Sammy Kershaw chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Christmas Time's A-Comin' is an album of Christmas music released in late 1994 by American country music singer Sammy Kershaw. His first seasonal project, it comprises a mix of traditional songs and newly recorded material. The title track, a bluegrass holiday standard written by Benjamin "Tex" Logan, charted in 1995 and 1998 on the Billboard country charts, respectively reaching #50 and #53 in those years.
Track listing[edit]
- "We Three Kings (Part 1)" (John Henry Hopkins) – 0:53
- "Christmas Time's A-Comin'" (Tex Logan) – 3:17
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:23
- "Please Come Home for Christmas" (Charles Brown, Gene Redd) – 2:50
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:35
- "Frosty the Snowman" (Walter Rollins, Steve Nelson) – 2:47
- "Daddy Stuff" (Rock Killough) – 3:59
- "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) – 2:01
- "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Troy Powers, Andy Stone) – 3:37
- "Christmas Won't Be Christmas (Without You Here)" (Steven D. Cohen, Rick Lagneaux) – 3:36
- "Up on the House Top" (Benjamin Hanby) - 2:26
- duet with daughter Erin[2]
- "We Three Kings (Part 2)" (Hopkins) – 0:57
Personnel[edit]
From liner notes.[2]
- Musicians
- Mike Chapman - bass guitar
- Charles Cochran - keyboards
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
- Rob Hajacos - fiddle
- Michael Haynes - horns
- Sammy Kershaw - lead vocals
- Paul Leim - drums
- Sam Levine - clarinet
- Douglas Moffett - horns
- Farrell Morris - percussion
- Nashville String Machine - strings
- William Puett - horns
- Danny Parks - acoustic guitar
- Don Sheffield - horns
- Dennis Solee - horns
- Wayne Toups - accordion
- Pete Wade - gut string guitar
- Reggie Young - electric guitar
- Backing vocalists
- Tracks 3, 4, 7, 9: Kim Fleming, Jana King, Lisa Silver, Louis Nunley, Bergen White
- Tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11: Cindy Walker, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young
- Technical
- Buddy Cannon and Norro Wilson - production
- Charles Cochran - string arrangement
- Ronnie Thomas - digital editing
- Bergen White - horn arrangement (track 4), vocal arrangement (tracks 3, 4, 7, 9)
- Hank Williams - mastering
Chart performance[edit]
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 52 |
References[edit]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ a b Christmas Time's A-Comin' (CD insert). Sammy Kershaw. Mercury Records. 1994. 22638.
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