Buck Owens - A Merry "Hee Haw" Christmas (2020)

Buck Owens And His Buckaroos were untouchable in the 1960s. Their classic Bakersfield brand of country sent hit after hit up the charts, even Christmas tunes weren't safe from the Buckaroos magic. Buck and His Buckaroos recorded two classic Christmas albums for Capitol, First Christmas With Buck Owens And His Buckaroos in 1965 and three years later, Christmas Shopping in 1968. Not only did both albums make the Billboard Christmas Album Chart (Christmas With charted multiple times-#12 in 1965, and #23 in both 1966 and 1967, and #31 for Christmas Shopping on), but they both threw off charting singles as well. "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Daddy Looked A Lot Like Him)" drawn from Christmas With Buck Owens And His Buckaroos proved to be so popular a holiday favorite, it charted twice hitting #2 in 1965 and two years later in December '67 revisiting the charts and making it to #18. In 1968, it was the title track of the second classic Christmas Offering, Christmas Shopping that made it to #5. Going back to the holiday well in 1970, Capitol cashed in again with a double LP distillation of the two albums called A Merry "Hee Haw" Christmas. The album charted in 1970 at #34. For this compilation, two songs were omitted, one from each original album. "All I Want For Christmas Is My Daddy" was left off the Christmas Shopping disc, while "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Daddy Looked A Lot Like Him)" was lost from the Christmas With album. A curious choice since it was the most successful Christmas single ever offered by Buck. Making its CD and digital debut, A Merry "Hee Haw" Christmas is now augmented with four bonus tracks. "All I Want For Christmas Is My Daddy," "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Daddy Looked A Lot Like Him)" and two Toys For Tots public service announcements originally issued on a 1972 Capitol promotional single now round out the program. Newly remastered from the original analog master tapes by Grammy Award-winning engineer...