''Merry Christmas to You'' is the thirteenth studio album and first Christmas album by American country music singer

Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country music singer and actress. Dubbed " the Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Since the 1970s, McEntire has placed over 100 single ...

, with most of the tunes being McEntire's renditions of very familiar traditional Christmas fare. It was released on November 27, 1987, by

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. It is her last albums to bear her surname on the front cover. Songs from the album would not chart until ten and twelve years after its release.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

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– keyboards (1, 2) * Matt Betton – drums (1, 2) *

Tom Brumley Thomas Rexton Brumley (December 11, 1935 – February 3, 2009) was an American pedal steel guitarist and steel guitar manufacturer. In the 1960s, Brumley was a part of the sub-genre of country music known as the " Bakersfield sound". He performed ...

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(1, 2) *

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– electric guitar (1, 2) * Bill Cooley – acoustic guitar (3-10), electric guitar (3-10) *

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist b ...

– backing vocals (2) *

Emory Gordy Jr. Emory Lee Gordy Jr. (born December 25, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter and music producer. A former member of Emmylou Harris' backing band The Hot Band, he is best known for his association with country singer Patty Loveless, to whom ...

– bass (1, 2) * Suzy Hoskins – backing vocals (3-10) * Donny Howard – acoustic piano (3-10) * Donnie LaValley – steel guitar (3-10) *

Mac McAnally Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. (; born July 15, 1957), known professionally as Mac McAnally, is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician, and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. ...

– acoustic guitar (1, 2) *

– lead vocals, arrangements (1, 3, 5, 6), backing vocals (3-10) * Farrell Morris –

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(1, 2),

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(1, 2) *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

– fiddle (1, 2) * Leigh Reynolds – acoustic guitar (3-10), backing vocals (3-10) * Steve Short – drums (3-10) * Ricky Solomon – fiddle (3-10) *

Billy Joe Walker Jr. Billy Joe Walker Jr. (February 29, 1952 – July 25, 2017) was an American songwriter, record producer and recording artist. He composed singles for Eddie Rabbitt, including " I Wanna Dance with You", " That's Why I Fell in Love with You" and " ...

– electric guitar (1, 2) * Roger Wills – bass (3-10)

Production

* Chuck Ainlay – mixing (1, 2) * Milan Bogdan – digital editing * Jimmy Bowen – producer (3-10) * Tony Brown – producer (1, 2) * Bob Bullock – overdub recording (3-10), mixing (3-10) * Mark J. Coddington – second engineer (3-10) * Katherine DeVault – design * J. Jacklyn Furriers – fur * Tim Kish – second engineer (3-10) * Simon Levy – art direction * Russ Martin – second engineer (3-10) * Glenn Meadows – mastering * Reba McEntire – producer (3-10) * Jim McGuire – photography * Jesse Noble – project coordinator * Ann Payne – styling * Willie Pevear – overdub recording (3-10) * Steve Tillisch – recording engineer (1, 2), mixing (1, 2), overdub recording (3-10) * Ron Treat – recording engineer (3-10) * Marty Williams – second engineer (3-10) ** Mixed at The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee). ** Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications and sales

References

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