Contemporary Christmas

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Angels We Have Heard on High
recording engineer:
Ron Fair (veteran A&R executive, record producer arranger, recording engineer and songwriter), Brad Haehnel, Michael C. Ross (US engineer, active 1980s–present) and Sol Survivor
miscellaneous support:
Greg “Bongo” Cham (task: session coordinator)
drum machine [drum] programming:
ChakDaddy
programming:
Tal Herzberg and Sol Survivor
assistant engineer:
Chris Wonzer
producer:
ChakDaddy, E. Dawk, Ron Fair (veteran A&R executive, record producer arranger, recording engineer and songwriter) and Sol Survivor
mixer:
Peter Mokran
guitar:
Ashley Ingram
keyboard [keyboards]:
E. Dawk
organ:
Myron McKinley
percussion:
Sol Survivor
strings:
Ron Fair (veteran A&R executive, record producer arranger, recording engineer and songwriter)
choir vocals:
Celebrity Voices Choir and LA Mass Choir
guest vocals:
Eric Dawkins
lead vocals:
Christina Aguilera
conductor:
E. Dawk and Kim Johnson
arranger:
ChakDaddy, E. Dawk, Ron Fair (veteran A&R executive, record producer arranger, recording engineer and songwriter) and Sol Survivor
produced for:
Celebrity Status Entertainment, Inc.
recording of:
Angels We Have Heard on High (Christina Aguilera arrangement)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Christina Aguilera, ChakDaddy, E. Dawk, Ron Fair (veteran A&R executive, record producer arranger, recording engineer and songwriter) and Sol Survivor
publisher:
Celebrity Status Entertainment, Christina Aguilera Music, E.D. Duz It, Faircraft Music and Vibe Like That Music
arrangement of:
Angels We Have Heard on High
Christina Aguilera34:09
2Ay, Ay, Ay It's Christmas
recording of:
Ay, Ay, Ay It's Christmas
writer:
Desmond Child and Draco Rosa (Robert Edward Rosa Suárez aka Robi Draco Rosa)
Ricky Martin43:03
3Christmas Through Your Eyes
recording of:
Christmas Through Your Eyes
writer:
Gloria Estefan and Diane Warren (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Gloria Estefan4:52
4Feels Like Christmas
recording of:
Feels Like Christmas
writer:
Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman and Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper34:35
5Feliz Navidad (acoustic version)
Los Lonely Boys2:40
6Frosty the Snowman
engineer:
Tom Biller (LA-based engineer, producer & musician)
producer:
Jon Brion
vocals:
Fiona Apple
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc., Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 2008)
recorded at and mixed at:
Cello Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Frosty the Snow Man
writer:
Steve Nelson (US songwriter who co-wrote “Frosty the Snowman”) and Walter E. Rollins
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Chappell & Co. (in 1950) and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (on 1950-06-02)
Fiona Apple42:10
7Grown-up Christmas List
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
performer:
Monica (US R&B singer)
arranger:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
2000 Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here)
arranged for and produced for:
Chartmaker, Inc.
cover recording of:
Grown‐Up Christmas List (original version)
lyricist:
Linda Thompson (American actress, lyricist)
composer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
publisher:
Air Bear Music (ended), Linda’s Boys Music, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Monica4:18
8Joy to the World
arranger:
John Andrew Schreiner
cover recording of:
Joy to the World (Christmas carol)
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
additional composer:
Lowell Mason (in 1839)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer)
Aretha Franklin33:03
9Little Drummer Girl
Alicia Keys4:32
10Mary, Did You Know
miscellaneous support:
Rich Davis (producer / engineer) (task: production coordination), David Lowe (aka Dreamcatcher) (task: orchestra contractor) and Sandy Decrescent (task: orchestra contractor)
programming:
Walter Afanasieff and Emanuel Kiriakou
additional engineer:
Joe Wohlmuth
assistant engineer:
Mike Schroffel
engineer:
Humberto Gatica (task: orchestra), Emanuel Kiriakou (lead vocals [vocals]) and Emanuel Kiriakou
producer:
Walter Afanasieff
mixer:
Andy Zulla
editor:
Emanuel Kiriakou
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Emanuel Kiriakou
keyboard:
Walter Afanasieff
background vocals:
Conesha Mone’t, Angela Fisher, Jacob Luttrell and Quiana Parler
conductor:
William Ross (composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor)
arranger:
Walter Afanasieff
orchestrator:
William Ross (composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor)
mixed at:
Sound Decision in New York, New York, United States
additionally engineered at:
Paramount in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
engineered at:
Chalice Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Mary, Did You Know?
lyricist:
Mark Alan Lowry (comedian, southern gospel music)
composer:
Lee Rufus Greene III
publisher:
Gaither Music Co. (publishing company associated with Bill & Gloria Gaither), Rufus Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Word Music, Inc. and Word Music, LLC
Clay Aiken23:20
11My Only Wish (This Year)
producer:
Brian Kierulf (American songwriter, producer, and bassist) and Josh Schwartz
performer:
Britney Spears
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
2000 Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here)
produced for:
KNS Productions, Inc.
recording of:
My Only Wish (This Year)
writer:
Brian Kierulf (American songwriter, producer, and bassist) and Josh Schwartz
publisher:
Kierulf Songs, Mugsy Boy Publishing (BMI-affiliated), Universal Music–Z Songs and Zomba Songs Inc.
Britney Spears44:15
12O Come All Ye Faithful
additional recording engineer:
David I. Ward, III (American R&B/soul engineer and producer)
recording engineer:
Ray Bardani (lead vocals), Dann Wojnar (Engineer) and Joe Ferla
executive producer:
Luther Vandross
producer:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
mixer:
Ray Bardani
editor:
Max Risenhoover
bass, Hammond organ [Hammond B-3 organ] and keyboard:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
drums (drum set):
Ivan Hampden
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr. (fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist)
piano:
Nat Adderley, Jr.
choir vocals:
Tawatha Agee, Vivian Cherry, Robin Clark (soul vocalist), Ada Dyer (American soul singer), Genobia Jeter, Katreese Barns, Yvonne Lewis, Paulette McWilliams, Kevin Owens, Valerie Simpson, Tamira Sanders and Fonzi Thornton
lead vocals:
Luther Vandross
conductor:
John Clayton (US jazz and classical double bassist) (strings) and Marcus Miller (jazz musician) (choir vocals)
strings arranger:
John Clayton (US jazz and classical double bassist)
arranger:
Marcus Miller (jazz musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (Sony Music Entertainment, Inc., NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1995)
mixed at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Luther Vandross4:18
13O Holy Night
performer:
Chantal Kreviazuk
cover recording of:
O Holy Night
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight (in 1855)
composer:
Adolphe Adam (composer) (in 1847)
translated version of:
Cantique de Noël “Minuit chrétiens” (French original of “O Holy Night”)
Avril Lavigne4:21
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1O Little Town of Bethlehem (single version)
producer:
Billy Straus and T‐Bone Wolk
arranger:
Billy Straus and T‐Bone Wolk
Shawn Colvin3:25
2Panis angelicus
programming and editor:
Chris Laws (engineer, keyboardist & songwriter)
engineer:
Chris Laws (engineer, keyboardist & songwriter) and Daniel Pursey (engineer)
producer:
Steve Mac (British pop producer/songwriter Steve McCutcheon)
mixer:
Ren Swan
orchestrator:
Dave Arch (pianist, conductor, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Simco Limited (not for release label use, for copyright/licensor use only) (in 2005)
additionally recorded at:
Whitfield Studios (operating under this name only since 2004, see annotation for history) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recorded at and mixed at:
Rokstone Studios in Parsons Green, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12 : V. Panis Angelicus
lyricist:
St. Thomas Aquinas
composer:
César Franck (Belgian-born French composer) (in 1860)
part of:
Messe solennelle en la majeur, op. 12
Il Divo3:44
3River
Rachael Yamagata4:25
4Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Babyface4:03
5Silent Night (edit)
Five for Fighting3:42
6Silver Bells
Gavin DeGraw3:08
7The Christmas Song
cover recording of:
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
lyricist:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) and Robert Wells (songwriter) (from 1944 until 1945)
composer:
Mel Tormé (“The Velvet Fog”) (from 1944 until 1945)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., MPL Music Publishing Inc., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), Warner Chappell Ltd. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (from 1946 to present)
Toni Braxton3:26
8The Christmas Song
The Raveonettes42:12
9This Christmas
producer:
Joe (American R&B singer)
performer:
Joe (American R&B singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
2000 Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here)
cover recording of:
This Christmas
writer:
Donny Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Crystal Raisin Music, Kuumba Music, Microhits Music Corp., The Estate of Donny Hathaway, Universal Music–MGB Songs, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
Joe3:06
10What Child Is This? (single version)
Train3:29
11Winter Wonderland
producer:
Phantom Planet and Tom Weir
accordion:
Matt Hensley (member of Flogging Molly)
cover recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Francis, Day & Hunter, Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Warner Chappell Music Inc., WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Phantom Planet2:40
12World Christmas
producer:
R. Kelly
performer:
R. Kelly
arranger:
R. Kelly
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
2000 Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here)
recording of:
World Christmas
lyricist and composer:
R. Kelly
publisher:
R. Kelly Publishing Inc., Universal Music–Z Songs and Zomba Songs Inc.
R. Kelly4:03