''Christmas'' is a holiday album released via
MCA Records
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by
The Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys are an American vocal quartet. The classic and most well-known lineup of the group, which performed together for over 40 years, consisted of William Lee Golden (baritone), Duane Allen (lead), Richard Sterban (bass), and Joe ...
in 1982. It yielded one single in "
Thank God for Kids", which hit number three on the
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data along with digital sales and streaming. ...
charts.
Track listing
#"Jesus Is Born Today (It Is His Birthday)"
#"Christmas Is Paintin' the Town"
#"Christmas Carol"
#"
Silver Bells
"Silver Bells" is a Christmas song composed by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans.
It debuted in the motion picture '' The Lemon Drop Kid'' (1951), where it was started by William Frawley,"The Lemon Drop Kid" in The American Film Institute Catalog of ...
"
#"Santa's Song"
#"
White Christmas"
#"Happy Christmas Eve"
#"
Thank God for Kids"
#"
Silent Night
"Silent Night" () is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO
The United Nations Educati ...
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#"Little One"
#"Mary Christmas"
#"
Oh Holy Night
"O Holy Night" (original title: ) is a sacred song about the night of the birth of Jesus Christ, described in the first verse as "the dear Saviour", and frequently performed as a Christmas carol. Based on the French-language poem ''Minuit, ch ...
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Personnel
Group members
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Joe Bonsall
Joseph Sloan Bonsall Jr. (May 18, 1948 – July 9, 2024) was an American singer who was tenor vocalist of the Oak Ridge Boys from 1973 to 2023. Besides charting numerous hits as a member of the Oak Ridge Boys, Bonsall had a solo hit guesting wit ...
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Duane Allen
Duane David Allen (born April 29, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter, who had formal training in both operatic and quartet singing before becoming a member of the Oak Ridge Boys in 1966. Allen is the lead singer for the quartet and i ...
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Richard Sterban
Richard Anthony Sterban (born April 24, 1943) is an American singer. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. In 1972, he joined the country and gospel quartet the Oak Ridge Boys, in which he sings bass.
Sterban was inducted into the Country Music Hal ...
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William Lee Golden
William Lee Golden (born January 12, 1939) is an American country music singer. Between 1965 and 1987, and again since 1996, he has been the baritone singer in the country vocal group the Oak Ridge Boys. Golden was inducted into the Country Music ...
Other musicians
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Jimmy Capps
The Nashville A-Team was a nickname given to a group of session musicians in Nashville, Tennessee, who earned wide acclaim in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, similar to their West Coast counterpart who became known (after the fact) as the Wre ...
- acoustic guitar
* Gene Chrisman - drums
* Ferrell Morris - percussion
*
Steve Nathan
Steven Jay Nathan (born April 20, 1951) is an American keyboardist. He is known for his session work in Muscle Shoals and Nashville studios.
Biography
Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, A ...
- keyboards
* Ron Oates - keyboards
* Cindy Reynolds - harp
* Billy Sanford - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Jack Williams - bass guitar
*
Reggie Young
Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019) was an American musician who was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studio house band, The Memphis Boys, and was a leading session musician.
He played on various recordings with ...
- electric guitar
;Backing vocals
* Dee Allen
* Jamie Allen
* Monica Boulanger
* Jamie Burris
* Melissa Burris
* Julie Horne
* Desiree Ladd
* Teri Martin
* Dale Miller
* Mindy Miller
* Robbie Mitchell
* Ginger Morgan
* Christopher Sterban
* Tara Slate
* Ginna Tarbutton
;Horns
* Billy Puett
* Bobby Taylor
* Don Sheffield
* George Tidwell
* Rex Peer
* Roger Bissell
;Strings
* George Binkley III
* John David Boyle
* Marvin D. Chantry
* Roy Christensen
* Virginia Christensen
* Margaret Estill
* Lawrence Evans Harvin
* Pauli Ewing
* Daniel Furth
* Carl Gorodetzky
* Lennie Haight
* Phyllis E. Hiltz
* Rebecca Lynch
* Dennis W. Malchan
* Craig Nelson
* Walter Schwede
* Harris Shilakowsky
* Garry Vanosdale
* Pamela Vanosdale
Chart performance
Album
Singles
References
The Oak Ridge Boys albums
1982 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Albums produced by Ron Chancey
Country Christmas albums
MCA Records Christmas albums
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