Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1951
Christmas Time's A-Comin'
Buy Christmas Time's A-Comin' now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
"'Christmas Time's A-Comin'" is a popular bluegrass Christmas standard song written by Bell Labs engineer Benjamin "Tex" Logan.
Originally recorded by Bill Monroe in 1951, the song was covered in 1994 by American country music singer Sammy Kershaw on his album of the same name, charting in 1995 and 1998 on the 'Billboard' country charts, respectively reaching #50 and #53 those years.
Covers
The song has also been recorded by (among others):
* Johnny Cash, 'The Johnny Cash Family Christmas', 1972
* Emmylou Harris, 'Light of the Stable', 1979
* Raffi (musician) 'Raffi's Christmas Album', 1983
* Patty Loveless, 'Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas', 2002
* Rhonda Vincent, 'Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection', 2006
* Peter Rowan, 'Sugar Plums: Holiday Treats From Sugar Hill', 1993 (compilation album only?)
* Sammy Kershaw, 'Christmas Time's A-Comin', 1994
* Diamond Rio, 'A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines', 2007
* Charlie Daniels with The Grascals, 'Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas', 2009
* The Oak Ridge Boys, 'Christmas Time's A-Coming', 2012
* The Waltons cast, 'A Walton's Christmas: Together Again', 1999
References
Category:1951 songs
Category:American Christmas songs
Category:Bluegrass songs
Category:Bill Monroe songs
Buy Christmas Time's A-Comin' now from Amazon
<-- Return to songs from 1951