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Post by sabre14 on Dec 10, 2015 16:32:04 GMT -5
Okay the new Kellie Pickler Christmas song is friggin' beautiful omg Black River officially sent "My Christmas Caroline" to country radio today, through Play MPe.
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 11, 2015 19:02:24 GMT -5
Artist: George Strait Single: "Christmas Cookies" Writers: Aaron Barker Album: A Country Christmas (1999)/ Christmas Cookies (2001) Label: MCA Nashville Year Released: 1999 (original), 2002 (charted) Billboard Peak: #33 Audio :)
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 13, 2015 0:29:44 GMT -5
Artist: Gary Allan Single: "Let's Be Naughty (And Save Santa The Trip)" Writers: Odie Blackmon, Clayton Curtis Album: Non-Album Song Label: MCA Nashville Year Released: 2002 Radio & Records Peak: Did Not Chart Billboard Peak: Did Not Chart Audio
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Post by tim on Dec 13, 2015 23:08:19 GMT -5
I love Christmas music and can't wait to put it on (although I usually wait until after Thanksgiving to do so). Elvis Presley, George Strait, Vince Gill, and Alan Jackson are my all time favorite Christmas voices to have around the house, but there is a lot of holiday music out there that I enjoy from every genre. I even like to put on Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." I'll do a top twelve list for my favorite songs this year:
1. "Come On Christmas," Dwight Yoakum 2. "Merry Christmas Baby," Elvis Presley with Gretchen Wilson 3. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," Alan Jackson 4. "Do You Hear What I Hear," Vince Gill 5. "White Christmas," George Strait 6. "Silver Bells," Alan Jackson 7. "This Is My Prayer For You," Reba McEntire 8. "O Come All Ye Faithful," John Berry 9. "New Year's Eve 1999," Alabama 10. "I Know What I Want For Christmas," George Strait 11. "Winter Wonderland," Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga 12. "The Light of Christmas Day," Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 16, 2015 0:49:38 GMT -5
Artist: Alan Jackson Single: "I Only Want You For Christmas" Writers: Tim Nichols, Zack Turner Album: Honky Tonk Christmas Label: Arista Nashville Video Director: Jim May Year Released: November, 1991 Billboard Peak: #41
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 18, 2015 2:42:30 GMT -5
Rainey Qualley has recently released a cover of "White Christmas":
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Post by williamuk on Dec 18, 2015 6:16:38 GMT -5
there is a lot of holiday music out there that I enjoy from every genre. I even like to put on Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." .... love Lady A's mellow version though
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 18, 2015 16:00:18 GMT -5
I heard a Christmas song by Toby Keith called "Hot Rod Sleigh" in Walgreens this afternoon. It was off his Christmas to Christmas album.
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 19, 2015 15:43:58 GMT -5
Artist: Michael Martin Murphy ft./Suzy Bogguss Song: "The Cowboy Christmas Ball" Writers: Michael Martin Murphy, William Lawrence Chittenden Album: Cowboy Christmas: Cowboy Songs II Label: Warner Bros. Records Year Released: September, 1991
The Killers did a version of the song in 2011.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 25, 2015 4:23:50 GMT -5
Sara Evans performing her original Christmas tune, "At Christmas":
Merry Xmas y'all! <3
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 25, 2015 23:27:03 GMT -5
I'll stick this here since it's only Christmas songs. This is the total allotment (or most of it, lol) of Country Christmas songs I've heard in my four rides over the past two days. It's a combination of Christmas Country (Prime Country) and WYRK: :)
Alan Jackson - "Let It Be Christmas" (4x) George Strait - "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" Kellie Pickler - "The Man With The Bag" SHeDaisy - "Deck The Halls" Vince Vance and the Valiants - "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (3x) Taylor Swift - "Santa Baby" Dolly Parton - "Hard Candy Christmas" (2x) Clay Walker - "Feliz Navidad" Grandpa Jones - "The Christmas Guest" Sugarland - "Nuttin' For Christmas" Garth Brooks - "There's Nothing Like Home For The Holidays" George Strait - "O Christmas Tree" Alabama - "Christmas Tennessee" Alabama - "Christmas In Dixie" (4x) John Anderson - "Christmas Time" Sara Evans - "At Christmas" The Band Perry - "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" Skip Ewing - "Christmas Carol" Kenny Chesney - "Pretty Paper" Lee Ann Womack - "What Are You Doing New Years Eve?" Faith Hill - "Where Are You Christmas?" (2x) George Strait - "Christmas Cookies" (2x) Lonestar - "Little Drummer Boy" Taylor Swift - "Last Christmas" Darius Rucker - "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" Father Ted Berndt - "Soldier's Silent Night" Patty Loveless - "O Come All Ye Faithful" Rascal Flatts - "Jingle Bell Rock" Luke Bryan - "Run Rudolph Run" Randy Travis - "Old Time Christmas" Johnny Cash - "Silent Night" Montgomery Gentry - "Merry Christmas From The Family" Kenny Chesney - "All I Want For Christmas Is A Real Good Tan" (2x) Sugarland - "Gold And Green" Martina McBride - "Silver Bells" Brad Paisley - "Born On Christmas Day" Garth Brooks - "Sleigh Ride" Lorrie Morgan - "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" Josh Turner - "O Holy Night" Jerrod Niemann - "Holly Jolly Christmas" Doug Stone - "The First Christmas" Martina McBride - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Tim McGraw - "Christmas All Over The World" Rascal Flatts - "God Rest Ye Gentleman" Little Big Town - "Go Tell It On The Mountain" (2x) Sugarland - "Nuttin' For Christmas" Brooks & Dunn - "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" Gary Allan - "Please Come Home For Christmas" (2x) Blake Shelton - "The Christmas Song" Carrie Underwood - "The First Noel" Carrie Underwood - "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" LeAnn Rimes - "Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart" Brad Paisley - "Winter Wonderland" Gretchen Wilson - "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas" Clint Black - "Til Santa's Gone (Milk and Cookies)" Reba McEntire - "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Reba McEntire - "Up On The Rooftop" Alan Jackson - "Jingle Bells" Bobby Helms - "Jingle Bell Rock" Julianne Hough - "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Darius Rucker - "Hard Candy Christmas" Eagles - "Please Come Home For Christmas" Little Big Town - "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" George Strait - "Frosty The Snowman" John Michael Montgomery - "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" Brad Paisley - "Santa Looked A Like Like Daddy" (2x) Rodney Carrington - "Camouflage And Christmas Lights" Jo Dee Messina - "Sleigh Ride" Toby Keith - "Old Toy Trains" Vince Gill - "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" Jimmy Wayne - "Paper Angels" Darius Rucker w/Sheryl Crow - "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Kenny Rogers - "Christmas In America" (2x) Alabama - "Angels Among Us" (2x) Lorrie Morgan - "My Favorite Things" Rascal Flatts - "White Christmas" Sammy Kershaw - "Christmas Time's A Comin'" Lady Antebellum - "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
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Post by someguy on Dec 29, 2015 12:16:35 GMT -5
So this year's biggest country Christmas hits are:
Mickey Guyton - "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" (#57) LeAnn Rimes - "Today Is Christmas" (#60)
Both debuted on this week's Billboard country airplay chart.
I'm glad something from LeAnn's album made it. I'm really pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed her album.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 30, 2015 3:01:01 GMT -5
So this year's biggest country Christmas hits are: Mickey Guyton - "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" (#57) LeAnn Rimes - "Today Is Christmas" (#60) Both debuted on this week's Billboard country airplay chart. I'm glad something from LeAnn's album made it. I'm really pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed her album. Would've liked to have seen "My Christmas Caroline" sneak onto the chart, too, but I'm happy to see both of these chart! It seems like lately new Christmas songs don't tend to make much of a dent in the country charts the way they used to. Like, I'm a *little* surprised that's all that came out of this holiday season.
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Post by tim on Dec 31, 2015 17:25:10 GMT -5
Posting this for fun, but here were my most played Christmas songs of 2015 (I guess I was in a Vince Gill kind of mood lol):
1. White Christmas - George Strait 2. I Know What I Want for Christmas - George Strait 3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Alan Jackson 4. One Bright Star - Vince Gill 5. If Every Day Was Like Christmas - Elvis Presley 6. Winter Wonderland - Vince Gill 7. Breath of Heaven - Vince Gill 8. What Child Is This - Vince Gill 9. Do You Hear What I Hear - Vince Gill 10. O Come, All Ye Faithful - Alan Jackson
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Post by someguy on Dec 31, 2015 17:31:03 GMT -5
So this year's biggest country Christmas hits are: Mickey Guyton - "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" (#57) LeAnn Rimes - "Today Is Christmas" (#60) Both debuted on this week's Billboard country airplay chart. I'm glad something from LeAnn's album made it. I'm really pleasantly surprised with how much I enjoyed her album. Would've liked to have seen "My Christmas Caroline" sneak onto the chart, too, but I'm happy to see both of these chart! It seems like lately new Christmas songs don't tend to make much of a dent in the country charts the way they used to. Like, I'm a *little* surprised that's all that came out of this holiday season. Yeah, I am a bit too. I think it's really due to not having a big name holiday release this year. The last big one that I can remember was Blake Shelton's in 2012, and that had a few songs chart ("Jingle Bell Rock" also made the top 40). Even Kelly Clarkson's album produced a minor hit a couple years ago. I think that if a big name were to release a Christmas album next year (Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, etc.) then we'd see them chart a few tracks and get a top 40 hit (like Blake did a few years ago). LeAnn's album was really good, but she can't even score a regular hit, so I'm not shocked she didn't have a big Christmas hit. I'm just glad that she got enough airplay to even make the chart.
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Post by sabre14 on Dec 31, 2015 17:38:43 GMT -5
Posting this for fun, but here were my most played Christmas songs of 2015 (I guess I was in a Vince Gill kind of mood lol): 1. White Christmas - George Strait This is my favorite male version of "White Christmas."
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Post by trebor on Nov 20, 2016 12:53:30 GMT -5
This is probably the only song that I'll include in my playlist:
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 20, 2016 14:10:39 GMT -5
Okay...I'll change the thread title to reflect 2016.
Have at it folks. Christmas Country music discussion. :)
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Post by trebor on Nov 20, 2016 14:23:40 GMT -5
OK. This is nice, too. (May grow on me later on a lot)
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Post by Markus Meyer on Nov 20, 2016 19:05:24 GMT -5
I've bought the following Christmas albums so far:
Rascal Flatts - 'The Greatest Gift of All' Kacey Musgraves - 'A Very Kacey Christmas' Chris Young - 'It Must Be Christmas' Brett Eldredge - 'Glow' Jennifer Nettles - 'To Celebrate Christmas' Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood - 'Christmas Together'
Sooooo excited to listen to them :)
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Post by zaclord π on Nov 20, 2016 22:20:37 GMT -5
Lauren Alaina released her version of "O Holy Night" and it's beautiful :)
Kacey's album is half great, half just okay, mostly because of her strange selection of songs that I'd never want to actually choose to listen to if Kacey weren't singing them ("I Want a Hippo for Christmas", etc.) but the original songs are great and so are "Have Yourself..." and "Let It Snow".
"Under the Weather" by Chris Young is incredible, but I haven't listened to the rest of his album much.
I haven't checked out Jennifer, RF, or Brett's albums yet, but will get around to that eventually!
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Post by sabre14 on Nov 20, 2016 22:59:01 GMT -5
Lauren Alaina released her version of "O Holy Night" and it's beautiful :)
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Post by JoshuaDClaussen on Nov 20, 2016 23:07:28 GMT -5
I've bought the following Christmas albums so far: Rascal Flatts - 'The Greatest Gift of All' Kacey Musgraves - 'A Very Kacey Christmas' Chris Young - 'It Must Be Christmas' Brett Eldredge - 'Glow' Jennifer Nettles - 'To Celebrate Christmas' Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood - 'Christmas Together' Sooooo excited to listen to them :) I love Glow and It Must Be Christmas!!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 24, 2016 22:08:09 GMT -5
Lauren Alaina's rendition of "O Holy Night" is an oh holy damn that was good. Sing it, girl.
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Post by someguy on Nov 25, 2016 19:26:57 GMT -5
I've bought the following Christmas albums so far: Rascal Flatts - 'The Greatest Gift of All' Kacey Musgraves - 'A Very Kacey Christmas' Chris Young - 'It Must Be Christmas' Brett Eldredge - 'Glow' Jennifer Nettles - 'To Celebrate Christmas' Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood - 'Christmas Together' Sooooo excited to listen to them :) There are so many country Christmas albums out this year. I've bought: Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood - Christmas TogetherReba McEntire - My Kind Of ChristmasKacey Musgraves - A Very Kacey ChristmasJennifer Nettles - To Celebrate ChristmasTrisha Yearwood - Icon ChristmasPlus Sarah McLachlan's WonderlandI've really enjoyed all of them :)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2016 10:44:54 GMT -5
I normally hate Christmas music. But there is one song I will always listen too this time and absolutely love.
Carrie Underwood Do You Hear What I Hear
This song fits her voice like a glove.
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Post by tim on Nov 27, 2016 22:58:13 GMT -5
I'm not quite ready to pull out my Christmas music yet, but once the tree is up (sometime this next week) I'll put some on lol. The first Christmas song I heard on the radio this year goes to "Christmas In Dixie" by Alabama.
I recently started a vinyl collection and added two of my favorite Christmas albums to it, including Randy Travis' Old Time Christmas as well as a childhood favorite my mom used to put on issued by Avon in 1988 called The Stars of Christmas featuring songs like "Beneath the Christmas Star" by Judy Collins, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" by the Pointer Sisters, and "If Every Day Was Like Christmas" by Elvis. Also looking forward to checking out Kacey's Christmas album! And somehow I missed Mary Chapin' Carpenter's Come Darkness, Come Light from a few years back so I'll be putting that on my playlist this year.
Although not country, if there are any Susan Boyle fans here (I am!) her Home For Christmas and The Gift albums are worth checking out :)
Not to revisit my old time seasonal favorites from last year, but I'll be putting on the following again for sure:
Alabama - Christmas Volume II
Vince Gill - Let There Be Peace on Earth and Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
Alan Jackson - Honky Tonk Christmas and Let It Be Christmas
Lorrie Morgan - Merry Christmas From London
Ricky Van Shelton - RVS Sings Christmas
George Strait - Merry Christmas Strait To You, Merry Christmas Wherever You Are, and Fresh Cut Christmas
Dwight Yoakam - Come On Christmas
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Post by vann on Nov 28, 2016 23:15:17 GMT -5
I donΒ΄t like Christmas albums but I love "Glow" from Eldredge I think the classic sound on it fit very well with his voice and the songs.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 28, 2016 23:40:29 GMT -5
I probably shouldn't have been surprised given his vocal styling, but Brett Eldredge's Glow is largely better than his country music offerings. He sounds so damn good singing Xmas music and if I didn't know any better, I could believe that it was recorded 50 years ago and I'd have never guessed this guy was a country music singer, lol.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 29, 2016 0:29:17 GMT -5
New Kelsea Ballerini holiday single:
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