Mr. Christmas (album)
Mr. Christmas is the first Christmas album, released in 1995, by country music artist Joe Diffie. The song "Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" was released as a single, peaking at #33 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts that year. Otherwise, the album features a mix of traditional Christmas music and newly penned songs.
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| Released | September 19, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Joe Diffie, Johnny Slate | |||
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Track listing
- "Mr. Christmas" (Joe Diffie, Lee Bogan) – 3:14
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:23
- "Leroy the Redneck Reindeer" (Stacey Slate, Diffie, Steve Pippin) – 3:17
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) – 3:51
- "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:46
- "Wrap Me in Your Love" (Slate, Wyatt Easterling) – 3:14
- "All Because of a Baby Boy" (Slate, Easterling) – 3:27
- "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:58
- "Praise and Alleluia to the Savior" (Diffie, Bogan) – 3:47
- "Magazine Angels" (Raymond C. Davis Jr., Gene Pistilli) – 4:01
- "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 4:58
Personnel
- Danny Bailey - background vocals
- Lea Jane Berinati - background vocals
- Lee Bogan - background vocals
- Joe Diffie - lead vocals, background vocals
- Stuart Duncan - fiddle
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Janie Fricke - background vocals
- Carl Gorodetzky - string contractor
- Larry Keith - background vocals
- Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- The Nashville String Machine - strings
- Matt Rollings - keyboards
- Ricky Skaggs - background vocals
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar
- Bergen White - string arrangements
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
Chart performance
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 24 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 129 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums | 32 |
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