A Rosie Christmas

~ Release by Rosie O’Donnell (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

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Track 1
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Children's choir arrangement: Rob Mathes
Track engineers: Bob Cadway, Dan Hetzel, Rick Kerr, Gustavo Celis, Thomas R. Yezzi
Mixed at Barking Doctor Studios, Mount Kisco, New York
Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York; Avatar Recording Studios and Clinton Street Recording, New York, New York; Criteria Studios and Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida
Production coordination: David Barratt

Track 2
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Track engineer: "Young" Dave Scheuer
Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York and The Dream Factory, New York, New York
Vocals recorded at Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Production coordination: David Barratt

Track 3
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Recorded at Studio 19 and House of David, Nashville, Tennessee; Sony Music Studios and The Dream Factory, New York, New York; and Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Track engineers: Dave Matthews at House of David, Thomas R. Yezzi at House of David and Cove City Sound Studios, "Young" David Scheuer and Jim Annunziatto at Cove City Sound Studios, Gustavo Celis at The Dream Factory
Vocals recorded by Thomas R. Yezzi at Sony Music Studios, New York, New York; assisted by Jim Caruana
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Production coordinator: Marc Russell

Track 4
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Band leader: Richie Cannata
Track engineer: Dan Hetzel
Recorded and mized at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Production coordinator: David Barratt

Track 5
Produced by Veit Renn and Ric Wake for W&R Group
Track and 'NSYNC vocals engineered by Adam Barber
Recorded at Trans Continental Studios, Orlando, Florida
Rosie O'Donnell's vocals recorded at Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Production coordination: David Barratt and Marc Russell

Track 6
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Elmo's vocal production by David Barratt
Track engineers: Dan Hetzel and Gustavo Celis
Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York and The Dream Factory, New York, New York
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios
Production coordination: David Barratt

Track 7
Produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr., Robert Blades and George Noriega for Estefan Enterprises, Inc.
Recorded and mixed at Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida
Production coordination: David Barratt, Marc Russell

Track 8
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York and The Dream Factory, New York, New York
Elton John's vocals recorded at The Townhouse Studios, London
Assistant engineers: Tom Stanley at The Townhouse, Larry Phillabaum and Ryan Hewitt at Sony Music Studios, New York, New York
Rosie O'Donnell's vocals recorded at Sony Music Studios
Pro-Tools assisted by "Young" Dave Scheuer
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Production coordination: Marc Russell and David Barratt

Track 9
Produced by Greg Bieck and Ric Wake for W&R Group
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Production coordinator: Marc Russell

Track 10
Arranged and produced by Lauryn Hill for Obverse Creations, Inc.
Intro and additional background vocals by Rosie O'Donnell
Copyist: Katharine L. Edmonds
Track engineers: Tony Prendatt, Brother Gordon
Recorded at Studio 22
Rosie O'Donnell's vocals recorded at Sony Music Studios, New York, New York
Mixed by Brother Gordon for "Songs of David" Inc.
Mixed at Quad Studios, New York, New York

Track 11
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Angelica Pickles' vocal production by David Barratt
Track engineers: Bob Cadway, Gustavo Celis, Adam Olmsted
Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York and The Dream Factory, New York, New York
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios
Production coordination: David Barratt

Track 12
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Lead and rhythm guitars: Chieli Minucci
Recorded at Nervous Music, New York, New York and The Dream Factory, New York, New York
Rosie O'Donnell's vocals recorded by Thomas R. Yezzi at Sony Music Studios, New York, New York
Pro-Tools assisted by "Young" Dave Scheuer
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Production coordinator: David Barratt

Track 13
Produced by Allen J. Sviridoff and Ric Wake for W&R Group
Band Leader: Matt Catingub
Contractor: Bill Hughes
Track engineers: Leslie Ann Jones, Gustavo Celis
Recorded at Capitol Studios A, Los Angeles, California; Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York and Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, Florida
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios
Production coordinator: David Barratt

Track 14
Produced by Ric Wake for W&R Group
Recorded at Nervous Music, New York, New York
Vocals recorded by Thomas R. Yezzi at Sony Music Studios and The Dream Factory, New York, New York
Mixed at Cove City Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Production coordination: David Barratt

Project assistant coordinator: Jennifer Patierno
Production coordinators: David Barratt, Marc Russell
Mastered at Sony Music Studios, New York, New York

Elton John appears courtesy of Mercury Records
*NSYNC appears courtesy of The BMG Arilo Muenchen Gmbh and The RCA Records label
Céline Dion appears courtesy of 550 Music/Epic
Billy Joel appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Cher appears courtesy of WEA Records
Gloria Estefan appears courtesy of Epic Records
Lauryn Hill appears courtesy of Ruffhouse/Columbia Records
Trisha Yearwood appears courtesy of MCA Records
Darren Hayes appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Kevin Clash's appearance as Elmo on "Do You Hear What I Heat" by permission of Children's Television Workshop and The Jim Henson Company
Billy Porter appears courtesy of DV8 Records
Donny Osmond appears courtesy of River North Records
Rosemary Clooney and Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack appear courtesy of Concord Records
Angelica Pickles appears courtesy of Nickelodeon
Ken Peplowski appears courtesy of Concord Records

Special Thanks
Tommy Mottola, Don Ienner, Will Botwin, John Ingrassia, Chris Apostle, John Doelp, Vito Luprano, Gordon Williams, Nancy Marcus, Andrea Finkelstein, Karen Console, Marcia Edelstein, Laura Klein, Denise Gatto, Joanne Oriti for being so helpful on a day-to-day, Saxon Xavier, Terri Chiazza, Maya Panvell, Bridgett Lindsey, Dennice Brown, Leena Kallash, Kimberley Boley, Scott Pascucci, A.J. Correale, Marc Cimino, Lorena Lopes, Lee Eastman, John Eastman, Rene Angelil, Frank Amedao, Jane Arginteanu, Colin Bell, Roger Davies, Emilio Estefan, Ed London, Derek MacKillop & Siobhann, Nancy Russell, Carolyn Sanders, Lindsay Scott, Allen Sviridoff, Larry Tollin, Jill Willis, Gillian Zali, Vince DeGiorgio, Dave Novik, Dan Posthuma, Jason Reppenhagen, Ann Kearns, Janelle Courts, Suzanne Mielzkowski, Jamie Kiner, Cheryl Chase, Bruce Hinton, Rhonda Johnson, Steve Lazarus, Children's Television Workshop, Nickelodeon, George Cheeks, Paul Doherty, Ed Mitchell, Marty Olinick, Jeff Walker, Tom Leavens, Fran Cotton, Sharon Keable, Cheryl Gold, Risa Shapiro, Vivien Rachles, Paul Faberman, Ian MacKay, Jeanie Mason, Helen Stotler, Donald Passman, Adam Ritholz, Jayson Jackson, Kevon Glickman, Fred Davis, John Woodruff, Susan Genco, Deirdre Dod, Melissa Crow, Merrie Raker, Janet Dearmas, Lindsay Dickson, Jaime Babbitt, Pam Rousakis-Praetorius, David Barratt, Marc Russell, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jayne Young, Susan Henderson, Jennifer Patierno, Marisa Pellicane, Howie Kleinberg, Tom Yezzi, Dan Hetzel, Bob Cadway, Dave Scheuer, Jim Annunziatto, Dug McGuirk, John Pisciotta, Ryan Lord, Lisa Galletti-Triolo, Ethan Mates, Gerard Garone, Tony Druten & Adam at Sony Music Studios, Rebecca at The Townhouse, Joe Smith at Trans-Continental Studios, Kevin Dillon, Steve Menezes, Greg Bieck, Roberto Blades, Steve Danenberg, Russ DeSalvo, Steven Ford, Richie Jones, Shane Keister, Rob Mathes, John Oddo, Veit Renn, Annie Roboff and Steve Skinner

Annotation last modified on 2013-07-03 07:23 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Magic of Christmas Day (God Bless Us Everyone)Céline Dion & Rosie O’Donnell4:20
2Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)Cher & Rosie O’Donnell3:10
3Santa’s on the Rooftop
assistant recording engineer:
Jim Caruana
recording engineer and mixer:
Thomas R. Yezzi
assistant engineer:
Eric Pinson and George Tutko (engineer, producer)
engineer:
Jim Annunziato, Gustavo Celis, Dave Matthews (Recording engineer), “Young” Dave Scheuer and Thomas R. Yezzi
producer:
Ric Wake
assistant mixer:
Jim Annunziato
acoustic guitar:
Billy Panda (US mandolinist, fl. late 20th c. (aka Steve Reinwand))
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
John Willis
bass:
Larry Paxton
electric guitar:
Pat Buchanan
horn:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist)
keyboard:
Barry Walsh
membranophone and percussion:
Brian Barnett
steel guitar:
Sonny Garrish
arranger:
Shane Keister, Annie Roboff (American songwriter, musician and producer) and Ric Wake
recording of:
Santa on the Rooftop
writer:
Annie Roboff (American songwriter, musician and producer) and Arnie Roman
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Annotation Music, Anwa Music, Bughouse, Irving Music, Inc., Romanesque Music, VMG Notation Copyrights and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Trisha Yearwood & Rosie O’Donnell4:13
4Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
assistant engineer:
DUG (engineer)
engineer and mixer:
Dan Hetzel
producer:
Ric Wake
assistant mixer:
Jim Annunziato
bass:
Schuyler Deale
guitar:
Mick Gaffney
keyboard:
Shane Keister
membranophone:
John Michel
solo saxophone:
Richie Cannata
conductor:
Richie Cannata
arranger:
Shane Keister and Ric Wake
cover recording of:
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
writer:
Ralph Blane (in 1943) and Hugh Martin (in 1943)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Publishing, EMI United Partnership Ltd., Loew’s Incorporated (in 1943, in 1944) and Leo Feist, Inc. (in 1971, in 1972)
sub-publisher:
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 (holding company – do not use as release label), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
part of:
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
Billy Joel & Rosie O’Donnell4:55
5Love’s in Our Hearts on Christmas Day*NSYNC & Rosie O’Donnell4:00
6Do You Hear What I Hear
programming:
Rob Mathes
engineer:
Gustavo Celis and Dan Hetzel
additional producer:
David Barratt
producer:
Ric Wake
assistant mixer:
Jim Annunziato
mixer:
Dan Hetzel
guitar and keyboard and background vocals:
Rob Mathes
membranophone:
Jan Folkson
vocals:
Kevin Clash
arranger:
Rob Mathes
cover recording of:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
lyricist:
Noël Regney (in 1962)
composer:
Gloria Shayne Baker (in 1962)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd. and Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Elmo & Rosie O’Donnell4:23
7Gonna Eat for Christmas
recording engineer:
Gustavo Celis and Eric Schilling
additional engineer:
Scott Canto, Alfred Figueroa and Sebastián Krys
assistant engineer:
Gustavo Bonnet, Alex Caballero, Chris Wiggins and Ed Williams (Engineer)
producer:
Roberto Blades, Emilio Estefan, Jr. and George Noriega (American songwriter and record producer)
assistant mixer:
Tony Mardini
mixer:
Javier Garza
bass:
Jorge Casas
guitar:
Tim Mitchell (US producer/songwriter/guitarist (Clinton Studios))
membranophone:
Olbin Burgos
percussion:
Daniel Lopez (US spanish language songwriter)
piano:
Clay Ostwald
saxophone:
Ed Calle
trombone:
Dana Teboe
trumpet:
Hernan Teodoro Mulet
performer:
Gloria Estefan
arranger:
Joseph Baker
recording of:
Gonna Eat for Christmas
writer:
Roberto Blades, Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Gloria Estefan
publisher:
Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing, Inc.
Gloria Estefan & Rosie O’Donnell2:10
8White Christmas
assistant recording engineer:
“Young” Dave Scheuer
recording engineer:
Andy Green (producer, engineer) and Thomas R. Yezzi
membranophone programming:
Pat Carroll (studio musician)
assistant engineer:
Ryan Hewitt, Larry Phillabaum and Tom Stanley
engineer:
Gustavo Celis, Dan Hetzel and “Young” Dave Scheuer
producer:
Ric Wake
assistant mixer:
Jim Annunziato
mixer:
Bob Cadway
bass guitar:
Pat Carroll (studio musician)
guitar family and keyboard:
Russ DeSalvo
Hammond organ:
Shane Keister
background vocals:
Martin Briley, Dana Calitri, Jennifer Karr and PJ Lequerica
lead vocals:
Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer) and Rosie O’Donnell
arranger:
Russ DeSalvo and Ric Wake
cover recording of:
White Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (from 1938 until 1940)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Irving Berlin Music Corp., Williamson Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Company (from 1940 to present)
sub-publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司 (1995–2019)), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
part of:
The 15th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 15)
Sir Elton John & Rosie O’Donnell3:48
9Last Christmas
programming:
Greg Bieck
producer:
Greg Bieck and Ric Wake
assistant mixer:
Jim Annunziato
mixer:
Dan Hetzel
keyboard and background vocals and lead vocals:
Greg Bieck
arranger:
Greg Bieck
cover recording of:
Last Christmas
lyricist and composer:
George Michael
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019), Wham! Music Ltd., ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), Morrison Leahy Music Ltd. (from 1984 to present) and 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 (holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
Darren Hayes (from Savage Garden)4:49
10Little Drummer Boy
assistant recording engineer:
Larry Phillabaum
recording engineer and mixer:
Commissioner Gordon (US hip hop producer Gordon Williams)
membranophone programming:
Kobie Brown
assistant engineer:
Bill Importico
engineer:
Commissioner Gordon (US hip hop producer Gordon Williams) and Tony Prendatt
producer:
Lauryn Hill
assistant mixer:
Dave Swope
bass:
Tom Barney (bassist)
guitar:
Tristan Avakian
keyboard:
Joe Scott (keyboardist)
membranophone:
Tommy Igoe
membranophone and percussion:
Rudy Bird
strings:
Heather Bixler, Avril Brown (Violinist), Akua Dixon, Eileen Folson, Cecelia Hobbs-Gardner, Karen Karlsrud, Jesse Levy, Paul Peabody (violinist), Laura Seaton, Richard Sortomme (violinist/composer) and Belinda Whitney-Barratt
additional background vocals:
Rosie O’Donnell
background vocals:
Candice Anderson, Fundisha and Lenesha Randolph
background vocals and lead vocals:
Lauryn Hill
performer:
Lauryn Hill
strings arranger:
Leon Pendarvis
arranger:
Lauryn Hill
cover recording of:
Carol of the Drum (aka “The Little Drummer Boy”)
lyricist and composer:
Katherine K. Davis (in 1941)
additional composer:
Henry Onorati (in 1958) and Harry Simeone (in 1958)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated), International Korwin Corp., Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp. (in 1955) and Mills Music, Inc. (in 1964)
is based on:
Trad. (traditional Czech carol, became “Carol of the Drums”)
part of:
Psalty's Family Christmas Sing-A-Long
Lauryn Hill & Rosie O’Donnell5:33
11I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
assistant engineer:
Jim Annunziato, Elliott Blakey and Chris Wiggins
engineer:
Bob Cadway, Gustavo Celis and Adam Olmsted
additional producer:
David Barratt
producer:
Ric Wake
assistant mixer:
Jim Annunziato
mixer:
Dan Hetzel
banjo:
Jay Berliner
clarinet:
Ken Peplowski
membranophone:
Ronnie Zito
trombone:
Jack Gale (US jazz trombone player)
trumpet:
Byron Stripling
tuba:
Marcus Rojas
vocals:
Cheryl Chase
arranger:
Shane Keister
cover recording of:
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
lyricist and composer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter)
publisher:
Blue Ribbon Music Ltd., Herman Music, Inc., Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Regent Music (BMI)
Angelica Pickles & Rosie O’Donnell3:25
12Winter Wonderland
assistant recording engineer:
“Young” Dave Scheuer
recording engineer:
Dug McGuirk, Steve Skinner and Thomas R. Yezzi
membranophone programming:
Steve Skinner
assistant engineer:
Ryan Hewitt
producer:
Ric Wake
assistant mixer:
Jim Annunziato
mixer:
Dan Hetzel
guitar family:
Chieli Minucci
keyboard:
Steve Skinner
background vocals:
Janie Barnett, Margaret Dorn and Jackie Presti
arranger:
Steve Skinner
background vocals arranger:
Margaret Dorn
cover recording of:
Winter Wonderland
lyricist:
Richard B. Smith (wrote lyrics to “Winter Wonderland”)
composer:
Felix Bernard
publisher:
Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc., EMI 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)
Donny Osmond & Rosie O’Donnell3:36
13Santa Claus Is Comin’ to TownRosemary Clooney & Rosie O’Donnell1:58
14O Holy Night
recording engineer:
Steve Skinner and Thomas R. Yezzi
membranophone programming:
Steve Skinner
producer:
Ric Wake
assistant mixer:
Jim Annunziato
mixer:
Bob Cadway
Hammond organ and piano:
Joseph Joubert
keyboard:
Steve Skinner
background vocals:
Tawatha Agee, Shelton Becton, Angela Clemmons, Victor Trent Cook, Paulette McWilliams, Fonzi Thornton and Virginia Woodruff
arranger:
Michael McElroy, Billy Porter and Steve Skinner
background vocals arranger:
Michael McElroy and Billy Porter
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”)
Billy Porter4:59