Christmas Time's A-Comin' is the title of an album of Christmas music

Christmas music

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 released in late 1994 by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Sammy Kershaw

Sammy Kershaw

Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw is an American country music artist. A third cousin of Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw and ex-husband of Lorrie Morgan, he has been active in country music since 1991. He has released ten studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications...

. His first seasonal project, it comprises a mix of traditional songs and newly-recorded material. The title track, a bluegrass

Bluegrass music

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 holiday standard authored by Bell Labs

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 engineer Benjamin "Tex" Logan

Benjamin F. Logan

Benjamin F. "Tex" Logan, Jr. is an American electrical engineer and bluegrass music fiddler.Born in Coahoma, Texas, Logan earned a B.Sc. in electrical engineering at Texas Tech University, then Texas Technological College, in Lubbock, Texas, studied for a B.Sc. in engineering at Massachusetts...

, charted in 1995 and 1998 on the Billboard

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country charts, respectively reaching #50 and #53 those years. The song has also been recorded by Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

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, Emmylou Harris

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, and Patty Loveless

Patty Loveless

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, among others.

Track listing

1. "We Three Kings
   We Three Kings
   "We Three Kings", also known as "We Three Kings of Orient Are" or "The Quest of the Magi", is a Christmas carol written by the Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr., who wrote both the lyrics and the music. It is suggested to have been written in 1857 but did not appear in print until his Carols, Hymns...
   
    (Part 1)" (John Henry Hopkins
   John Henry Hopkins
   John Henry Hopkins was the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont and was the eighth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.-Early life and career:...
   
   ) – 0:53
2. "Christmas Time's A-Comin'" (Tex Logan) – 3:17
3. "White Christmas
   White Christmas (song)
   "White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.Accounts vary as...
   
   " (Irving Berlin
   Irving Berlin
   Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
   
   ) – 4:23
4. "Please Come Home for Christmas
   Please Come Home for Christmas
   "Please Come Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song, released in 1960, by the American blues singer and pianist Charles Brown. Hitting Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in December 1961, the tune Brown co-wrote with Gene Redd peaked at position #76. It appeared on the Christmas Singles chart for nine...
   
   " (Charles Brown
   Charles Brown (musician)
   Charles Brown , born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s...
   
   , Gene Redd) – 2:50
5. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer is a fictional reindeer with a glowing red nose. He is popularly known as "Santa's 9th Reindeer" and, when depicted, is the lead reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. The luminosity of his nose is so great that it illuminates the team's path through...
   
   " (Johnny Marks
   Johnny Marks
   Johnny Marks was an American songwriter. Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many standards, including "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" , "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" , "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" , and "A Holly...
   
   ) – 2:35
6. "Frosty the Snowman
   Frosty the Snowman
   "Frosty the Snowman" is a popular song written by Walter "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson, and first recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. It was written after the success of Autry's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" the previous year; Rollins and Nelson shipped the...
   
   " (Walter Rollins, Steve Nelson) – 2:47
7. "Daddy Stuff" (Rock Killough) – 3:59
8. "Winter Wonderland
   Winter Wonderland
   "Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmastime pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith . Through the decades it has been recorded by over 150 different artists.-History:...
   
   " (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) – 2:01
9. "All I Want for Christmas Is You
   All I Want for Christmas Is You (Vince Vance & the Valiants song)
   "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the title of a Christmas song recorded by the American novelty act Vince Vance & the Valiants. Initially released as a single in 1989, Vince Vance's version of the song has charted several times on the Billboard country singles charts...
   
   " (Troy Powers, Andy Stone) – 3:37
10. "Christmas Won't Be Christmas (Without You Here)" (Steven D. Cohen, Rick Lagneaux) – 3:36
11. "Up on the House Top
    Up on the House Top
    "Up on the House Top" is a Christmas song written by Benjamin Hanby in 1864 in the town of New Paris, Ohio.. It has been recorded by a multitude of singers, among the most notable Gene Autry, who is also known for his version of the classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".-History:According to...
    
    " (Benjamin Hanby
    Benjamin Hanby
    Benjamin Russell Hanby , also given as Benjamin Russel Hanby, was an American composer who wrote approximately 80 songs, the most famous of which are "Darling Nelly Gray", the Christmas song "Up on the House Top", and the hymn "Who Is He In Yonder Stall?".Hanby was born near Rushville, Ohio...
    
    ) - 2:26
    • duet with daughter Erin
12. "We Three Kings (Part 2)" (Hopkins) – 0:57

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	52