A Christmas Song

1992 studio album by Russ Taff

A Christmas Song

Studio album by

Russ Taff

Released

1992

Studio

Interociter Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

Genre

CCM, Christmas music, jazz, big band

Length

33:37

Label

Sparrow Records

Producer

James Hollihan, Jr.

Russ Taff chronology

Under Their Influence
(1991)

A Christmas Song
(1992)

We Will Stand/Yesterday and Today
(1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

A Christmas Song is the first Christmas album by singer-songwriter Russ Taff. It is his one and only album released in 1992 on the Sparrow label.^[2] Taff and his wife Tori dedicated the song "What a Wonderful World" to their newborn daughter Madeleine Rose Taff who was born in the summer of 1992 while making this album. The album is produced by Taff's guitarist James Hollihan, Jr. A concert video was also released of the same name featuring Taff and his band performing at a nightclub. A Christmas Song peaked at number six on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin	4:34
2.	"Angels We Have Heard on High"	Traditional, arranged by Russ Taff, James Hollihan, Jr.	2:57
3.	"The Christmas Song"	Robert Wells, Mel Tormé	2:19
4.	"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"	Traditional, arranged by R. Taff, J. Hollihan, Jr.	4:01
5.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon, Walter Kent	4:01
6.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn	2:39
7.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	3:51
8.	"What Child is This?"	Tradition, arranged by R. Taff, J. Hollihan, Jr.	2:41
9.	"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"	Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis	4:07
10.	"What a Wonderful World"	George Douglas, George David Weiss	2:27

Personnel

Russ Taff – vocals
Matt Rollings – grand piano, vibraphone
James Hollihan Jr. – guitars, backing vocals, all arrangements
Byron House – bass
John Hammond – drums, sleigh bells
Mark Douthit – saxophones
Mike Haynes – trumpets
John Darnall – string conductor
Nashville String Machine – strings

Production

John Huie – executive producer
James Hollihan Jr. – producer, recording, mixing
Lynn Fuston – string recording
Hank Williams – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
Simon Levy – art direction
Garrett Rittenberry – design
David Roth – photography
Jeffrey Tay – stylist
Robyn Lynch – hair, make-up
Zack Glickman – management

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Top Christian Albums (Billboard)	6

References

^ Kittle, Ashleigh. Russ Taff – A Christmas Song: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
^ Russ Taff: A Christmas Song. Sparrow Records. 1992.
^ "Top Contemporary Christian Albums" (PDF). Billboard. December 26, 1992. p. 45.