Billboard Greatest Country Christmas Hits

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Blue Christmas
Ernest Tubb2:48
2Christmas Carols by the Old Corral
recording of:
Christmas Carols by the Old Corral (on 1945-07-27)
lyricist and composer:
Archie Gottler and Johnny Lange
Tex Ritter2:35
3Will Santy Come to Shanty Town
recording of:
Will Santy Come to Shanty Town (on 1949-09-13)
writer:
Eddy Arnold, Ed Nelson, Jr. (songwriter, son of Ed Nelson) and Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”)
Eddy Arnold3:02
4Little Sandy Sleighfoot
Jimmy Dean2:51
5Jingle Bell Rock
guest background vocals:
Anita Kerr Singers (mixed vocal group) (on 1957-10-29)
performer:
Bobby Helms
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1957)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 2), Billboard Hot 100: 2026-01-03 (number: 3), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 4), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 4), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 8), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 14), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-22 (number: 20), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 30), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024 (number: 67), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2023 (number: 68), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2025 (number: 81), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2022 (number: 86) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Jingle Bell Rock (on 1957-10-29)
writer:
Joe Beal and Jim Boothe
publisher:
Anne Rachel Music Corp, Carlin, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd.
Bobby Helms4.22:12
6White Christmas
Ernest Tubb2:50
7The Little Drummer Boy
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1963) and Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1963)
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Johnny Cash52:37
8C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S
recording of:
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (on 1949-04-05)
lyricist:
Jenny Lou Carson (in 1949)
composer:
Eddy Arnold (in 1949)
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1949-10-30)
Eddy Arnold2:31
9I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Jimmy Boyd2:33
10Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
recording of:
Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
composer:
Buck Owens and Don Rich
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos2:14