Country Christmas (Loretta Lynn album)

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Country Christmas
Loretta Lynn-Country Christmas.jpg
Studio album by
Loretta Lynn
ReleasedOctober 17, 1966
RecordedJuly 7–15, 1966
StudioBradley's Barn (Mount Juliet)
Genre Country
Length26:39
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology
You Ain't Woman Enough
(1966)		Country Christmas
(1966)		 Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
(1967)
Singles from Country Christmas
  1. "To Heck with Ole Santa Claus"
    Released: November 1966

Country Christmas is the eighth solo studio album and first Christmas album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on October 17, 1966 by Decca Records. [1] Lynn would not release another Christmas album until 2016's White Christmas Blue , fifty years later.

Contents

The album includes four original compositions by Lynn, along with popular holiday songs, including "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "White Christmas", and "Frosty the Snowman".

In 2005, MCA Records reissued the album on CD as a part of their 20th Century Masters series, under the title The Christmas Collection: The Best of Loretta Lynn, with modified cover art.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In the issue dated October 29, 1966, Billboard published a review of the album, which said, "The album's beautiful songs include "Country Christmas", "Away in a Manger" — all great programming material for country music stations, and this will create high sales. The "Manger" tune deserves a single. Possibly her best effort to date." [3]

Commercial performance

The album did not appear on any music charts.

The only single, "To Heck with Ole Santa Claus", was released in November 1966 [4] and did not chart.

Recording

Recording sessions for the album took place on July 7, 13, and 15, 1966, at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. [5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Country Christmas" Loretta Lynn July 7, 19662:06
2."Away In a Manger"TraditionalJuly 15, 19662:20
3."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
July 7, 19662:08
4."Silver Bells"
July 7, 19662:00
5."Blue Christmas"
  • Billy Hayes
  • Jay W. Johnson
July 15, 19662:27
6."It Won't Seem Like Christmas"LynnJuly 7, 19662:09
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."To Heck with Ole Santa Claus"LynnJuly 13, 19662:01
2."White Christmas" Irving Berlin July 13, 19662:02
3."Frosty the Snowman"
July 13, 19662:58
4."Christmas Without Daddy"Jackie WebbJuly 13, 19662:07
5."I Won't Decorate Your Christmas Tree"
  • Bob Cummings
  • Barbara Cummings
  • Lynn
July 15, 19662:05
6."Gift of the Blues" Hank Cochran July 15, 19662:19

Personnel

Adapted from the Decca recording session records. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Loretta Lynn – Country Christmas". Discogs.
  2. ↑ Allmusic
  3. ↑ "Billboard Magazine - October 29, 1966" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Loretta Lynn - To Heck With Ole Santa Claus" . Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Loretta's Recording Sess". LORETTA LYNN FAN WEBSITE. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
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