| Rocky Mountain Christmas | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | John Denver |
| Cover: | John Denver Rocky Mountain Christmas album cover.jpg |
| Caption: | Cover art from CD reissue |
| Released: | October 1, 1975 |
| Recorded: | July 22 – September 18, 1975 |
| Genre: | Christmas, folk |
| Length: | 30:31 41:22 (1998 edition) 33:58 (2005 edition) |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Milton Okun |
| Prev Title: | Windsong |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Spirit |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
Rocky Mountain Christmas is the tenth studio album and first Christmas album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, released in October 1975 by RCA Records.
His first Christmas-themed release, the album includes renditions of several traditional carols and popular Christmas standards; re-recorded versions of two songs from earlier Denver albums, "Aspenglow" from Take Me to Tomorrow and "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" from Farewell Andromeda; and the newly penned compositions "Christmas for Cowboys" and "A Baby Just Like You"; these two songs, along with five others including "Aspenglow", were featured in Denver's TV special of the same name that aired December 10, 1975 on ABC.
The single from the album, "Christmas for Cowboys", became a minor hit in the US (#58 pop) and Canada (#77 pop, No. 26 AC).
Notes
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 87.