Cozy Country Christmas 2023

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Copyright: ℗ 2023 Sony Music Entertainment

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-25 02:43 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Christmas in Dixie
engineer:
Gene Rice
recorded at and mixed at:
Music Mill in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Christmas in Dixie (in 1982-07)
writer:
Jeff Cook (US country vocalist/guitarist/fiddler, member of Alabama), Teddy Gentry, Mark Herndon and Randy Owen
publisher:
Maypop Music (in 1982)
Alabama33:35
2Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
recording of:
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell, D. Davis & Co. Pty Ltd, EMI Davis Music Australia Pty Limited and St. Nicholas Music
Miley Cyrus1:57
3Hard Candy Christmas
vocals:
Dolly Parton
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1982)
cover recording of:
Hard Candy Christmas
lyricist, writer and composer:
Carol Hall (musical theatre songwriter)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
Dolly Parton4.53:38
4Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
background vocals:
Wes Hightower
cover recording of:
Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
composer:
Buck Owens and Don Rich
Brad Paisley24:14
5All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
producer:
Buddy Cannon (songwriter and record producer), Kenny Chesney and Norris “Norro” Wilson
recording of:
All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan
lyricist and composer:
Paul Overstreet (country singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Scarlet Moon Music Inc
Kenny Chesney4.54:38
6O Holy Night
producer:
Martina McBride and Paul Worley
editor:
Carlos Grier
acoustic guitar:
Biff Watson (American country producer and guitarist.)
bass guitar:
Joe Chemay
drums (drum set):
Shannon Forrest
percussion:
Sam Bacco
piano:
Jim Medlin and Matt Rollings (American composer, musician and record producer)
synthesizer:
Steve Nathan
background vocals:
James Ferguson (Christian Worship Artist), MaraBeth Jordan, Louis Nunley and Lisa Silver
conductor:
Dennis Burnside
recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Martina McBride43:47
7Santa Baby
producer:
Blake Chancey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 2007)
Kellie Pickler3:26
8Pretty Paper
producer:
Chet Atkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1979)
recording of:
Pretty Paper (on 1964-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Sony ATV Music Publishing (1995–2020) and Tree Publishing Inc.
Willie Nelson3.52:28
9The Little Drummer Boy
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1963) and Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1963)
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (Katherine Kennicott Davis) (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
Johnny Cash52:32
10Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
cover recording of:
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
writer:
Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Malt Shoppe Music, Mother Bertha Music Inc., Steeplechase Music, Trio Music Co., Inc. and Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Chris Young2:42
11Honky Tonk Christmas
recording of:
Honky Tonk Christmas
writer:
Buddy Brock (American songwriter), Zack Turner (American singer / songwriter) and Kim Williams (songwriter)
Alan Jackson3.52:54
12I Hope It Snows
Mitchell Tenpenny & Meghan Patrick3:59
13Mele Kalikimaka
cover recording of:
Mele Kalikimaka
lyricist and composer:
Robert Alex Anderson (in 1949)
publisher:
Lichelle Music Company, Lovely Hula Hands Music LLC, Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Jake Owen2:54
14White Christmas
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers53:04
15Tennessee Christmas
engineer:
Jim Cotton and Joe Scaife
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1985)
recorded at and mixed at:
Music Mill in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
Tennessee Christmas
writer:
Gary Chapman (singer-songwriter & tv presenter) and Amy Grant
publisher:
Bug & Bear Music (in 1983) and Meadowgreen Music Co. (in 1983)
Alabama33:42
16Under the Weather
co-producer:
Corey Crowder and Chris Young (country musician)
acoustic guitar:
Carl Miner
bass:
Tony Lucido
drums (drum set):
Miles McPherson (US drummer)
electric guitar:
Derek Wells (Nashville guitarist)
synthesizer:
Dave Cohen (Nashville-based keyboard player)
background vocals:
Corey Crowder
recording of:
Under the Weather
writer:
Corey Crowder, Josh Hoge and Chris Young (country musician)
Chris Young3:07
17What Child Is This?
cover recording of:
What Child Is This?
lyricist:
William Chatterton Dix
composer:
Thomas Hewitt Jones
Carrie Underwood23:26
18O Come All Ye Faithful
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 2007)
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Martina McBride33:59
19Celebrate Me Home
assistant engineer:
Jim “Skeeter” Boyer (producer/engineer), Frank Jones (engineer) and Andy MacDonald (engineer)
engineer:
Phil Ramone
producer:
Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) and Phil Ramone
bass guitar:
George Hawkins (folk/soft rock bassist)
drums (drum set):
Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
electric guitar:
Eric Gale and Lee Ritenour
keyboard:
Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
organ:
Richard Tee
tambourine:
Ralph MacDonald
background vocals:
George Hawkins (folk/soft rock bassist) and Kenny Loggins
lead vocals:
Kenny Loggins
background vocals [chorus] arranger:
Bill Eaton (US producer & arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California, United States
recording of:
Celebrate Me Home
lyricist:
Kenny Loggins
composer:
Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) and Kenny Loggins
publisher:
Milk Money Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
Kenny Loggins4:44
20The First Noel
Carrie Underwood24:28
21I Believe in Santa Claus
recording of:
I Believe in Santa Claus
writer and composer:
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers43:29
22Angels Among Us
recording of:
Angels Among Us
writer and composer:
Don Goodman and Becky Hobbs (country music singer, pianist and songwriter)
Alabama2.54:09
23Sleigh Ride
recorded at:
Spotify Studios NYC in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Sleigh Ride
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1950)
composer:
Leroy Anderson (until 1948-02-10)
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!) and Woodbury Music (aka Woodbury Music Company)
version of:
Sleigh Ride (original instrumental version)
Miley Cyrus3:05
24Go Tell It on the Mountain
recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain (catch-all for arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Zach Williams3:40
25I Only Want You for Christmas
recording of:
I Only Want You for Christmas
writer:
Tim Nichols and Zach Turner
Alan Jackson3.53:20
26Merry Christmas From the Family
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 2007)
Montgomery Gentry4:03
27Naughty List
Mitchell Tenpenny3:48
28It Must Be Christmas
recording of:
It Must Be Christmas
writer:
Johnny Bulford, Will Doughty and Chris Young (country musician)
Chris Young3:31
29Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
cover recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
lyricist:
Ralph Blane (in 1943)
composer:
Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
Martina McBride44:07
30I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
arranger:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
cover recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
recording of:
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
lyricist:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (American poet)
composer:
John Baptiste Calkin (composer)
is based on:
Christmas Bells
Johnny Cash2:28
31The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Martina McBride33:43
32Leroy the Redneck Reindeer
Joe Diffie43:16
33Joseph and Mary’s Boy
engineer:
Jim Cotton and Joe Scaife
recorded at and mixed at:
Music Mill in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Joseph and Mary’s Boy
writer:
Don Cook (US country producer/songwriter) and Keith Whitley (American country music singer)
publisher:
Cross Keys Publishing Co., Inc. (in 1985) and Tree Publishing Co., Inc. (in 1985)
Alabama4:08
34The Greatest Gift of All
performer:
Dolly Parton
recording of:
The Greatest Gift of All
lyricist and composer:
John Jarvis
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers2.53:43
35Hangin’ ’Round the Mistletoe
producer:
Kix Brooks, Greg Droman (American producer, mixing and audio engineer) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
Hangin' 'Round the Mistletoe
writer:
Kostas (US country songwriter)
Brooks & Dunn2:44
36Jingle Bells
producer:
Buddy Cannon (songwriter and record producer), Kenny Chesney and Norris “Norro” Wilson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 2007)
cover recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
Kenny Chesney22:53
37Winter Wonderland
producer:
Kix Brooks, Greg Droman (American producer, mixing and audio engineer) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
cover recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Brooks & Dunn2:58
38Snow Angels
Mitchell Tenpenny3:06
39Penguin, James Penguin
recording of:
Penguin, James Penguin
composer:
Brad Paisley and Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley23:18
40To Heck With Ole Santa Claus
recording of:
To Heck With Ole Santa Claus
lyricist and composer:
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn2:15
41Merry Christmas to Me
recording of:
Merry Christmas to Me
writer:
Alan Jackson (US country singer/songwriter)
Alan Jackson42:53
42Away in a Manger
recording of:
Away in a Manger (Mueller variation)
additional lyricist:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1892)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Carl Mueller and James Ramsey Murray (in 1885)
Brad Paisley24:47
43The Christmas Song
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Chris Young3:35
44O Come All Ye Faithful
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Sara Evans34:47
45Rockin’ Little Christmas
producer:
Kix Brooks, Greg Droman (American producer, mixing and audio engineer) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
Rockin' Little Christmas
writer:
Deborah Allen (country music singer-songwriter) and Bruce Channel
Brooks & Dunn3:06
46Go Tell It on the Mountain
recording of:
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
lyricist:
John Wesley Work (John Wesley Work, Jr.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
Sara Evans33:49
47Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
recording of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Marks (American songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), St. Nicholas Music Publishing Co. (on 1949-05-09) and St. Nicholas Music Inc. (from 1950 to present)
arrangement of:
Rudolph, the Red‐Nosed Reindeer (for voice, choir and orchestra, Elms)
Alan Jackson2:57
48Santa Train
producer:
Emory Gordy
recording of:
Santa's Train
writer:
Emory Gordy and Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless2:59
49White Christmas Blue
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Allans Music Australia Pty Ltd, Irving Berlin Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1942 winner)
Loretta Lynn2:48
50Bluegrass, White Snow
producer:
Emory Gordy
recording of:
Bluegrass, White Snow
writer:
Emory Gordy and Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless3:21
51Rockin’ Little Christmas
Deborah Allen3:33
52Do You Hear What I Hear?
Jessie James Decker3:21
53Jingle Bell Rock
Mitchell Tenpenny2:34
54Merry Christmas Darling (single version)
Tammy Cochran3:35
55It Won’t Be Christmas Without You
producer:
Kix Brooks, Greg Droman (American producer, mixing and audio engineer) and Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer)
recording of:
It Won’t Be Christmas Without You
writer:
Steve Busch, Ronnie Dunn (American country music singer-songwriter and record producer) and Jerry Williams (country songwriter)
Brooks & Dunn3:42
56All Because of a Baby Boy
Joe Diffie43:27
57’Twas the Night Before Christmas
Loretta Lynn3:06
58The Christmas Guest
Grandpa Jones5:20
59Christmas in Cabo
Jessie James Decker3:47
60Jingle Bell Rock
Sweethearts of the Rodeo2:11