So Country Christmas 2016

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Driving Home for Christmas
cover recording of:
Driving Home for Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Chris Rea
publisher:
Magnet Music Ltd. (publisher)
Lee Kernaghan4:10
2I'll Be Home for Christmas
Joe Nichols2:06
3Candy Cane Christmas
Darius Rucker13:23
4Santa's Coming Over to Your House
Brooks & Dunn2:33
5Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart
LeAnn Rimes3:24
6All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good TanKenny Chesney4.54:38
7Away in a Manger
recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
cover recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
Reba McEntire12:26
8O Little Town of Bethlehem
producer:
Tony Brown (US producer, pianist and keyboardist) and Michael Omartian
background vocals:
Steve Amerson, Morgan Ames, Amick Byram, Alvin Chea, Donna Davidson, Edie Lehmann-Boddicker, Ian Freebairn‐Smith, Debbie Hall (Vocalist), Sandie Hall, Walt Harrah, Terry Harriton, Ron Hicklin, Bob Joyce, Melissa Mackay, Gene Merlino, Bobbi Page, Don Shelton (clarinetist, flutist, alto saxophonist and jazz vocalist), Sally Stevens, Mervyn Warren, John West (singer, backing vocalist, voice actor, TV personality based in California) and Ann White
conductor:
Patrick Williams (composer, arranger)
arranger:
Patrick Williams (composer, arranger)
vocals arranger:
Gene Puerling (American vocalist and vocal arranger)
cover recording of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (arr. Gene Puerling)
arrangement of:
O Little Town of Bethlehem (traditional carol with the tune “St. Louis”, as commonly sung in the U.S.)
Vince Gill4:10
9Christmas is for Children
Glen Campbell3:21
10Pretty Paper
recording of:
Pretty Paper
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Sony ATV Music Publishing (1995–2020) and Tree Publishing Inc.
Willie Nelson2:25
11Mele Kalikimaka
cover recording of:
Mele Kalikimaka
lyricist and composer:
Robert Alex Anderson (in 1949)
publisher:
Lichelle Music Company, Lovely Hula Hands Music LLC, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Jake Owen2:54
12Blue Christmas
Tyler Farr2:29
13Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
recording engineer and mixer:
Eric Prestidge
assistant engineer:
Kevin Anderson (engineer), Mark J. Coddington, Noah Dewey (engineer), Larry Jefferies (engineer), David LaBarre (engineer), Mike McCarthy (American record producer), Todd Robbins, Bob Tassi (engineer) and James Valentini ([musician, singer, songwriter and recording engineer] Jim "Val" Valentini)
assistant producer:
Danny Kee (A&R)
producer:
Owen Bradley
editor:
Keith Odle
vocals:
Brenda Lee (1960s American singer) (on 1958-10-19)
orchestra:
Nashville String Machine (on 1958-10-19)
conductor:
Bergen White (American arranger, producer, conductor, musician, composer and singer)
arranger:
Bergen White (American arranger, producer, conductor, musician, composer and singer)
produced for:
JEN Productions, Inc. and Sound Mind Productions
recorded at:
Javelina Recording Studio, Nashville, TN in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-10-19)
mixed at:
Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
edited at:
Groundstar Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1960 (number: 33), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024 (number: 59), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2023 (number: 60), Billboard Year‐End Hot 100 singles of 2022 (number: 80), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2021 (number: 92) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (on 1958-10-19)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell, D. Davis & Co. Pty Ltd, EMI Davis Music Australia Pty Limited and St. Nicholas Music
Brenda Lee42:05
14If We Make It Through December
part of:
Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 14)
recording of:
If We Make It Through December
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Merle Haggard42:43
15O Come All Ye Faithful
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Sara Evans34:49
16Silent Night
Lee Ann Womack2:30
17Mr. Christmas
Joe Diffie3:15
18A Joyful Noise
Jo Dee Messina3:49
19Santa Man
Jasmine Rae3:18
20Mary's Boy Child
cover recording of:
Mary’s Boy Child
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
publisher:
Bourne Music Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
Tommy Emmanuel3:17
21Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Adam Harvey2:19
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