''Mr. Christmas'' is the first Christmas album and fifth studio album by American
country music
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artist
Joe Diffie. It was released on September 19, 1995, through
Epic Records
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. The song "Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" was released as a
single
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, peaking at #33 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs
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) charts that year. Otherwise, the album features a mix of traditional Christmas music and newly penned songs.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits listed from AllMusic.
;Vocals
*Danny Bailey – background vocals
*Lea Jane Berinati — background vocals
*Lee Bogan – background vocals
*Joe Diffie – lead vocals, background vocalist
*
Janie Fricke – background vocals
*
Ricky Skaggs – guest vocals
*Larry Keith – background vocals
;Musicians
*
Stuart Duncan
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Life
Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...
- fiddle
*
Paul Franklin –
steel guitar
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*Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
*
Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
*
Brent Mason – electric guitar
*The
Nashville String Machine – strings
*
Matt Rollings
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Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voca ...
– keyboards
*
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
*Bergen White – string arrangements
*
Lonnie Wilson – drums
*
Glenn Worf
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Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...
– bass guitar
;Production
*Mike Bradley –
engineer
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,
mixing
*Madeline Bridges – director
*Mark Capps – engineer
*Joe Diffie – arranger, audio production,
producer
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*Caroline Greyshock – photography
*Marilyn Shadinger — director
*Johnny Slate – arranger, audio production, producer
Chart performance
References
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1995 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Country Christmas albums
Joe Diffie albums
Epic Records albums