STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - THE STATLER BROTHERS - CHRISTMAS CARD

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Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again's 12 Days Of Christmas Countdown . With 5 more spots on our holiday hit list, we bring you the first Christmas album (and their overall  nineteenth studio album) by country , gospel, and vocal group, The STatler Brothers. Christmas Card was released on Mercury Records in 1978 and produced by Jerry Kennedy. It peaked at #183 on the Billboard 200 and #17 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Speaking of Christmas cards, let's face it folks, if you haven't sent any by now, you probably won't.

"I Believe in Santa's Cause" (Lew DeWitt, Buddy Church) – 2:50

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram) – 3:47

"Jingle Bells" (Traditional, arr. by Phil Balsley, Lew DeWitt, Don Reid, Harold Reid) – 2:54

"I Never Spend a Christmas That I Don't Think of You" (D. Reid) – 2:35

"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:19

"Christmas to Me" (D. Reid, H. Reid) – 4:08

"Who Do You Think?" (D. Reid, H. Reid) – 2:52

"Away in a Manger" (Traditional, arr. by Balsley, DeWitt, D. Reid, H. Reid) – 2:45

"Something You Can't Buy" (D. Reid, H. Reid) – 3:17

"The Carols Those Kids Used to Sing" (H. Reid, D. Reid) – 2:41

"Medley: Silent Night/O Holy Night/The First Noel/It Came Upon the Midnight Clear/Silent Night" (Traditional, arr. by Balsley, DeWitt, D. Reid, H. Reid) – 7:03

Lew DeWitt – tenor, guitar 
Phil Balsley – baritone 
Harold Reid – bass 
Don Reid – lead 

Interesting bit of trivia about the group, there is no one named Statler in the group, and the only brothers that were in it  were Harold and Don Reid. Instead, the Brothers took their name from a box of tissue they found in a hotel room ...