"Christmas Time's A-Comin'" is a popular bluegrass

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standard song written by

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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 ''

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'' country charts, respectively reaching #50 and #53 those years.

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''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' "Christmas Time's A-Comin'" is a popular Bluegrass music, bluegrass Christmas music, Christmas standard song written by Bell Labs engineer Benjamin F. Logan, Benjamin "Tex" Logan. Originally recorded by Bill Monroe in 1951, the song was covered in ...

'', 1994 *

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, '' A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines'', 2007 * Charlie Daniels with

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, '' Joy to the World: A Bluegrass Christmas'', 2009 *

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, '' Christmas Time's A-Coming'', 2012 * The Waltons cast, ''A Walton's Christmas: Together Again'', 1999

References

1951 songs American Christmas songs Bluegrass songs Bill Monroe songs {{1950s-song-stub