A Merry Little Christmas

Performer: Linda Ronstadt
Artist: Rosemary Clooney
Producer: George Massenburg; John Boylan
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney (vocals); Peter Matz, Jeffrey Haskell, David Campbell (conductor); Joel Derouin, Murray Adler, Charlie Bisharat, Eve Butler (violin); Andrew Picken, Karen Elaine, Keith Greene (viola); Rudy Stein, Dan Smith (cello); Stephanie Bennett (harp); Gary Foster Dan Higgins, Paul Fried (woodwinds); Warren Luening, Rick Baptist (trumpet). Engineers: George Massenburg, Paul Grupp. Recorded at Jim Brady Studios, Holsclaw Recital Hall, Tucson, Arizona; Ocean Way and Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California. Adapter: Richard White. Personnel: Linda Ronstadt (soprano); Edie Lehmann Boddicker, Teri Koide (soprano); Roger Freeland, Michael Horton, Guy Maeda, Jim Taylor (tenor); Bob Joyce, Kerry Katz, Mike Geiger, David Gardner, Dick Bolks (baritone); Dean Parks, Tim May (guitar); Stephanie Bennett , Marcia Dickstein (harp); Assa Drori, Carolyn Osborn, Irina Voloshina, Anatoly Rosinsky, Harris Goldman, Barbara Porter, Leslie Woodbury, Gary Kuo, Bob Peterson, Jim St�rk, Bob Sanov, Murray Adler, Rachel Purkin, Eve Butler, Norm Hughes, Joel Derouin, Peter Kent, David Stenske, Liane Mautner, Michele Richards, Susan Chatman, Miwako Watanabe, Charlie Bisharat, Mario Diaz de Leon, Endre Granat (violin); Matt Funes, Mimi Granat, John Hayhurst, Keith Greene, Novi Novog, Renita Koven (viola); Rudy Stein (cello); Dan Higgins (alto flute, woodwinds); John Yoakum (English horn); Phil Feather, Jimmy Ercole, Greg Huckins, Valerie DiCarlo, Joe Stone, Paul Fried , Sheridon Stokes, Don Markese (woodwinds); George Graham, Rick Baptist, Warren Luening (trumpet); Paul Klintworth, Jim Thatcher (French horn); Bob Sanders, Chauncey Welsch (trombone); John Gilutin (piano); Jim Cox (celesta); Bob Magnuson (double bass); John Guerin (drums); Dale Anderson, Brian Kilgore (percussion). Audio Mixer: George Massenburg. Recording information: Alice Y Ho.Holsclaw Recital Hall, University Of Arizona; Holsclaw Recital Hall, University Of Arizona; Jim Brady Recording Studio, Tucson, AZ; Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA. Translator: Fermin Herrera. Arrangers: Richard White; Linda Ronstadt; Michael Praetorius. Has the world had enough versions of "The Christmas Song," "White Christmas," and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas?" Not if you're a Linda Ronstadt fan, as the pop siren covers these and other beloved holiday tunes on A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS. While the arrangements are a mix of old-school American pop orchestration and Ronstadt's occasional jazzy flourishes, the singer does mix it up a bit more than someone of a previous generation might. There's a unique rendering of Joni Mitchell's classic "River," dotted with angular cello and staccato bursts of concert harp, which brings things into the present day. For the most part, though, the tradition-minded orchestral arrangements and heavenly choirs show that Ronstadt's rock & roll past hasn't prevented her from taking a reverent approach to these time-tested compositions.

Entertainment Weekly (12/8/00, p.95) - 4 stockings out of 4 - "...Her love for sacred music would trump most believers....lovely..."

Linda Ronstadt began as the clear-voiced, country-influenced singer for '60s folk-rockers the Stone Poneys, where she covered tunes by the likes of Mike Nesmith and Tim Buckley. That knack for choosing material served her well in the second half of the '70s, when she became a pop superstar interpreting songs by everyone from Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello to Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Subsequently, she showed her diversity by cutting albums of jazz standards, traditional Mexican music, and pure country

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