various artists - Christmas on the Range: 26 Festive And Swingin' Country Tunes

Great compilation of traditional country music, western swing and hillbilly. A well-balanced blend of well-known bigger names and rather unknown but nevertheless great musicians. Bear Family's little sleigh stopper is not your average middle-of-the road cash in: Bear Family's 'Christmas On The Range' brings you vintage country music, western swing, and hillbilly from the 1940s and '50s. The stories are heartfelt and funny with just the right dose of Christmas corniness. The CD showcases well-known artists like Bill Monroe and Kitty Wells alongside obscurer colleagues such as Billy Briggs and Ray Salter & the Twin City Playboys. Also, three of the tracks included have never been available on CD.

    1 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - When It's Christmas on the Range
    2 Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) - Jolly Old St. Nicholas
    3 Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus
    4 Bill Monroe - Christmas Time's A-Coming
    5 The Louvin Brothers - It's Christmas Time
    6 Ray Salter & the Twin City Playboys - Christmas Decoration
    7 Little Jimmy Dickens - No Place Like Home on Christmas
    8 Tex Ritter - Christmas Carols By the Old Corral
    9 George Morgan - Blue Snowfall
    10 Ernest Tubb - White Christmas
    11 Cliff Bruner & His Texas Wanderers - Snowflakes
    12 Eddy Arnold - Christmas Can't Be Far Away
    13 Kitty Wells - Christmas Ain't Like Christmas Anymore
    14 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Empty Chair at the Christmas Table
    15 Jim Reeves - Blue Christmas
    16 Brenda Lee - I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus
    17 Billy Briggs - North Pole Boogie
    18 Red Foley - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    19 George Jones - New Baby for Christmas
    20 Wilf Carter - the Night Before Christmas in Texas, That Is
    21 Nelson Young - Home at Christmas
    22 Skeeter Davis - Santa Claus Is Coming
    23 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Santa's on His Way
    24 The Prairie Ramblers - Cowboy Santa Claus
    25 Terry Fell - We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo
    26 Ray Salter & the Twin City Playboys - I Wish Every Day Was Christmas