Country Christmas (Loretta Lynn album) explained

Country Christmas
Type:Album
Artist:Loretta Lynn
Cover:Loretta Lynn-Country Christmas.jpg
Released:October 17, 1966
Recorded:July 7–15, 1966
Studio:Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Genre:Country
Length:26:39
Label:Decca
Producer:Owen Bradley
Prev Title:You Ain't Woman Enough
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
Next Year:1967

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.

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

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."[2]

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[3] 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.[4]

Personnel

Adapted from the Decca recording session records.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Loretta Lynn – Country Christmas. Discogs.
  2. Web site: Billboard Magazine - October 29, 1966 . American Radio History . Billboard Magazine . 7 July 2018.
  3. Web site: Loretta Lynn - To Heck With Ole Santa Claus . 13 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Loretta's Recording Sess. LORETTA LYNN FAN WEBSITE. 2017-05-28. 2017-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828150330/http://www.lorettalynnfan.net/lorettasrecordingsess.htm. dead.