Christmas Time's A-Comin' (album)

Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Studio album by
Sammy Kershaw
ReleasedOctober 4, 1994
GenreChristmas, country
Length33:21
LabelMercury Nashville
ProducerBuddy Cannon, Norro Wilson
Sammy Kershaw chronology
Feelin' Good Train
(1994) 		Christmas Time's A-Comin'
(1994) 		The Hits Chapter 1
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "We Three Kings (Part 1)" (John Henry Hopkins) – 0:53
  2. "Christmas Time's A-Comin'" (Tex Logan) – 3:17
  3. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 4:23
  4. "Please Come Home for Christmas" (Charles Brown, Gene Redd) – 2:50
  5. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:35
  6. "Frosty the Snowman" (Walter Rollins, Steve Nelson) – 2:47
  7. "Daddy Stuff" (Rock Killough) – 3:59
  8. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) – 2:01
  9. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Troy Powers, Andy Stone) – 3:37
  10. "Christmas Won't Be Christmas (Without You Here)" (Steven D. Cohen, Rick Lagneaux) – 3:36
  11. "Up on the House Top" (Benjamin Hanby) - 2:26
    • duet with daughter Erin[2]
  12. "We Three Kings (Part 2)" (Hopkins) – 0:57

Personnel

From liner notes.[2]

Musicians
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

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 52

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b Christmas Time's A-Comin' (CD insert). Sammy Kershaw. Mercury Records. 1994. 22638.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)