''Merry Christmas from Harmony Ranch'' is a studio recording released by the
Western band
Riders in the Sky in 1992. It is available as a single CD.
Track listing
# "
Here Comes Santa Claus" (
Gene Autry
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, musician, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning s ...
,
Oakley Haldeman
Oakley W. Haldeman (July 17, 1909 – December 17, 1986) was an American songwriter ("Here Comes Santa Claus"), composer, author and the general manager for a music publisher. He joined ASCAP in 1949, and his other popular-song compositions includ ...
) – 1:38
# "
Silver Bells" (
Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison, March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a song-writing duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote music and Evans t ...
,
Ray Evans
Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007) was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and song-writing duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Living ...
) – 2:43
# "
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – 2:16
# "
White Christmas
White Christmas most commonly refers to:
* White Christmas (weather), snowfall or snow-covered ground on Christmas Day
* "White Christmas" (song), a 1942 song written by Irving Berlin
White Christmas may also refer to:
Film, television, and the ...
" (
Irving Berlin) – 3:18
# "Navidad y Año Nuevo" (Navarro) – 2:49
# "Christmas Time's A-Coming" (Logan) – 2:11
# "Deck the Bunkhouse Walls" – 0:32
# "Sidemeat's Christmas Goose" (Douglas Green) – 2:44
# "Riding Home on Christmas Eve" (Green) – 2:44
# "Merry Christmas from Harmony Ranch/
Jingle Bells" – 2:10
# "Christmas Carol Medley/Greatest Gifts" – 7:17
Personnel
*
Douglas B. Green
Douglas Bruce Green (born March 20, 1946), better known by his stage name Ranger Doug, is an American musician, arranger, award-winning Western music songwriter, and Grand Ole Opry member best known for his work with Western music and the grou ...
(a.k.a. Ranger Doug) – vocals, guitar
*
Paul Chrisman (a.k.a. Woody Paul) – vocals, fiddle
*
Fred LaBour (a.k.a. Too Slim) – vocals, string bass
References / Sources
Riders in the Sky Official Website
1992 Christmas albums
Christmas albums by American artists
Country Christmas albums
Riders in the Sky (band) albums
MCA Records albums
Folk Christmas albums
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