Rocky Mountain Christmas
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Rocky Mountain Christmas is the tenth album by American
singer-songwriter
John Denver
released in 1975. It was his first Christmas
-themed release.
The current CD
reissue of the album includes 2 bonus tracks: "Jingle Bells
" (from Denver's 1970 album Whose Garden Was This) and "White Christmas
" (an outtake from the 1975 album sessions).
United States
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
John Denver
John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...
released in 1975. It was his first Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
-themed release.
Side 1
- "Aspenglow"
- "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)"The Christmas Song" is a classic Christmas song written in 1944 by musician, composer, and vocalist Mel Tormé and Bob Wells. According to Tormé, the song was written during a blistering hot summer...
" - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerRudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerRudolph 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...
" - "Silver Bells"
- "Please, Daddy (Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas)"
- "Christmas for Cowboys"
Side 2
- "Away in a MangerAway in a Manger"Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in 1885 in Philadelphia and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, a 1996 Gallup Poll ranking it joint second.-History of the lyrics:...
" - "What Child Is This"
- "Coventry CarolCoventry CarolThe "Coventry Carol" is a Christmas carol dating from the 16th century. The carol was performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from chapter two in the Gospel of Matthew...
" - "Oh Holy NightO Holy Night"O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
" - "Silent Night, Holy Night"
- "A Baby Just Like You"
The current CD
Compact Disc
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reissue of the album includes 2 bonus tracks: "Jingle Bells
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
" (from Denver's 1970 album Whose Garden Was This) and "White Christmas
White Christmas
A white Christmas refers to the presence of snow on Christmas Day. This phenomenon is most common in the northern countries of the Northern Hemisphere...
" (an outtake from the 1975 album sessions).
Personnel
- John Denver - vocals, 6- and 12-string guitars
- Dick Kniss - bass
- Lee HoldridgeLee HoldridgeLee Holdridge is a Haitian-born American television composer and orchestrator.-Biography:He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, of a Puerto-Rican mother and an American father, the botanist an climatologist Leslie Holdridge...
- piano, celeste, harpsichord, and tack piano - Steve Weisberg - guitar
- John Sommers - guitar, mandolin
- Hal BlaineHal BlaineHal Blaine is an American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by popular groups, including Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and...
- drums, percussion - Herb Lovelle - drums
- George Marge - English horn, oboe
- Harvey Estrin - flute
- Sid Sharp - violin
- William Kurasch - violin
- Samuel Boghossian - viola
- Jesse Erhlich - cello
- Pearl Kaufman - piano and harpsichord
- Chuck Collazzi - guitar