Blue Christmas (Ricky Van Shelton album)

2000 studio album by Ricky Van Shelton

Blue Christmas

Studio album by

Ricky Van Shelton

Released| October 10, 2000
Genre| Country, Christmas
Length| 27:59
Label| Audium
Producer| Ricky Van Shelton
Ricky Van Shelton chronology
| Fried Green Tomatoes
(2000)  | Blue Christmas
(2000)  | His Very Best
(2006)

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Blue Christmas is the second album of Christmas music by country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. It features one original song and several others that were reprised from his first Christmas album, Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas.

## Track listing

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1. "Blue Christmas" (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) - 3:05
2. "Silver Bells" (Ray Evans, Jay Livingston) - 2:55
3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) - 2:34
4. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 2:31
5. "Country Christmas" (Don Schlitz, Ricky Van Shelton) - 2:52
6. "Jingle Bell Rock" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) - 2:52
7. "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) - 3:25
8. "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Traditional) - 3:12
9. "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) - 3:51
10. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 3:34

## Personnel

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* Eddie Bayers \- drums, percussion
* Pat Coil - keyboards, synthesizer
* Larry Franklin - fiddle
* Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
* Wes Hightower - background vocals
* John Hobbs - keyboards, piano
* Jim Hoke - saxophone
* Terry McMillan \- harmonica
* Liana Manis - background vocals
* Brent Mason \- electric guitar
* Larry Paxton - bass guitar
* John Wesley Ryles \- background vocals
* Ricky Van Shelton \- lead vocals
* Biff Watson \- acoustic guitar

## Chart performance

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Chart (2000)  | Peak
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums  | 58
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums  | 46

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Ricky Van Shelton

Studio albums|

* Wild-Eyed Dream
* Loving Proof
* RVS III
* Backroads
* Don't Overlook Salvation
* A Bridge I Didn't Burn
* Love and Honor
* Making Plans
* Fried Green Tomatoes

Compilation albums|

* Greatest Hits Plus
* Super Hits
* Super Hits Vol. 2
* 16 Biggest Hits

Christmas albums|

* Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas
* Blue Christmas

Notable singles|

* "Wild-Eyed Dream"
* "Crime of Passion"
* "Somebody Lied"
* "Life Turned Her That Way"
* "Don't We All Have the Right"
* "I'll Leave This World Loving You"
* "From a Jack to a King"
* "Hole in My Pocket"
* "Living Proof"
* "Statue of a Fool"
* "I've Cried My Last Tear for You"
* "I Meant Every Word He Said"
* "Life's Little Ups and Downs"
* "I Am a Simple Man"
* "Keep It Between the Lines"
* "After the Lights Go Out"
* "Backroads"
* "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"
* "Wild Man"
* "Just as I Am"
* "Where Was I"

Guest singles|

* "Rockin' Years" (with Dolly Parton)

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