Christmas with Buck Owens and his Buckaroos explained

Christmas with Buck Owens and his Buckaroos
Type:	studio album
Artist:	Buck Owens
Cover:	Christmaswithbuckowens.jpg
Released:	October 4, 1965
Recorded:	May 1965
Studio:	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre:	Country, Christmas
Length:	25:58
Label:	Capitol ST-2396
Producer:	Ken Nelson
Prev Title:	Before You Go
Prev Year:	1965
Next Title:	Roll Out the Red Carpet
Next Year:	1966

Christmas with Buck Owens and his Buckaroos is a Christmas album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos, released in 1965. The album charted for 10 weeks peaking at #12 on Billboards Best Bets For Christmas December 25, 1965.^[1] It was re-issued on CD by Sundazed Records in 1999, and again via digital download in 2011.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda wrote of the CD reissue, "this is prime Buck Owens and His Buckaroos in the holiday mode. Featured here are "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy," "Santa's Gonna Come in a Stagecoach," and enough Yule-time weepers to make you realize that the holidays have a mighty dark side, too."

Track listing

Side one

1. "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" (Buck Owens, Don Rich) – 2:15
2. "Blue Christmas Lights" (Owens, Red Simpson) – 2:42
3. "Christmas Ain't Christmas Dear Without You" (Owens, Simpson) – 2:21
4. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:17 (instrumental)
5. "All I Want for Christmas, Dear, Is You" (Owens, Rich) – 2:14
6. "Santa's Gonna Come in a Stagecoach" (Rich, Simpson) – 2:02

Side two

1. "Christmas Time's a Comin'" (Owens, Simpson) – 1:53
2. "Blue Christmas Tree" (Eddie Miller, Bob Morris) – 2:30
3. "Here Comes Santa Claus Again" (Owens, Simpson) – 2:08
4. "Christmas Morning" (Owens, Rich) – 1:40 (instrumental)
5. "It's Christmas Time for Everyone But Me" (Dixie Dean, Ray King) – 2:15
6. "Because It's Christmas Time" (Owens, Simpson) – 2:11

Notes and References

1. "Billboard Top Christmas Sellers." Billboard, vol. 77, no. 52, December 25, 1965, p. 12. worldradiohistory.com.