Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas Explained

Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas
Type:studio
Artist:Ricky Van Shelton
Cover:Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas.jpg
Released:July 20, 1989
Genre:Country, Christmas
Length:30:47
Label:Columbia Nashville
Producer:Steve Buckingham
Prev Title:Loving Proof
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:RVS III
Next Year:1990

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

  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

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