Alabama Christmas

Alabama Christmas
Studio album by Alabama
Released	September 1985 (1985-09)
Recorded	1982 (Track 10), 1985 (Other Tracks)
Genre	Country
Length	37:09
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Harold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama chronology
40-Hour Week (1985)40-Hour Week1985 Alabama Christmas (1985) Greatest HIts (1985)Greatest HIts1985
Singles from Mountain Music
"Christmas in Dixie" Released: December 6, 1982

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Alabama Christmas is the first Christmas album by country band Alabama. The album was released on RCA Nashville in 1985, and has since been certified platinum for sales of 2 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The album is Alabama's first Christmas album and includes one of their more popular holiday songs, 1982's "Christmas in Dixie," which charted on two of Billboard magazine's music popularity charts in six different calendar years. "Christmas in Dixie" peaked at # 35 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in January 1983, and also reached # 3 on Billboard's special, year-end, weekly Christmas Singles chart in December 1983.

Track listing

1. "Santa Claus (I Still Believe In You)" (John Jarrard, Teddy Gentry, Randy Owen, Greg Fowler, Linda Gentry) – 4:07
2. "Joseph and Mary's Boy" (Don Cook, Keith Whitley) – 4:06
3. "Happy Holidays" (Ronnie Rogers, Swain Schaefer) – 3:18
4. "Christmas Memories" (Becky Hobbs, John Greenebaum, Randy Albright) – 3:21
5. "Tonight Is Christmas" (Keith Worsham, Stan Munsey, Jr., Don Matthews, Steve Baccus) – 4:19
6. "Thistlehair The Christmas Bear" (Donny Lowery) – 3:04
7. "Tennessee Christmas" (Gary Chapman, Amy Grant) – 3:40
8. "A Candle In The Window" (Susan Longacre, Walt Aldridge, Gary Baker) – 3:51
9. "Homecoming Christmas" (Rogers)– 3:15
10. "Christmas in Dixie" (Mark Herndon, Randy Owen, Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry) – 3:33

Personnel

Alabama

• Jeff Cook- electric guitar, background vocals
• Teddy Gentry- bass guitar, background vocals
• Mark Herndon- drums
• Randy Owen- electric guitar, lead vocals

Additional Musicians

• Eddie Bayers- drums
• Ken Bell- acoustic guitar
• David Briggs- keyboards
• Jack Eubanks- acoustic guitar
• Leo Jackson- acoustic guitar
• Shane Keister- synthesizer
• Farrell Morris- percussion
• Fred Newell- electric guitar
• Larry Paxton- bass guitar
• Willie Rainsford- keyboards
• Brent Rowan- electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
U.S. Billboard 200	75

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)	2× Platinum	2,000,000
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone