| What a Night! A Christmas Album | ||||
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| Released |  November 4, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | August 21–30, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Christmas | |||
| Label | Sony/Columbia (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Tracey Freeman | |||
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| Singles from What a Night! A Christmas Album | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Metromix |  [2] |
| Windsor Star | [3] |
| Mercury News | (Favorable) [4] |
| Eye Weekly | [5] |
What a Night! A Christmas Album,by American singer,pianist and bandleader Harry Connick Jr.,was released on November 4,2008., [6] being his third Christmas album,since 1993's When My Heart Finds Christmas and 2003's Harry for the Holidays . The album consists of new recordings of Christmas classics,and new songs written by Connick. [7]
Contents
- Track listing
- iTunes bonus track
- Barnes &Noble Exclusive Version
- Charts
- Weekly charts
- Year-end charts
- Personnel
- Tour
- Tour dates
- References
- External links
The first public mentioning of recording the album,came in an interview in The Times-Picayune in June 2008. [8]
The album was first called Christmas Day,but the title was changed in September 2008,to What a Night! A Christmas Album.
The track "Song for the Hopeful",is a duet with Kim Burrell. The song was written by Connick for the 2008 television film Living Proof . [9] Burell is also featured on "Let There Be Peace On Earth".
Connick has three daughters with his wife Jill Goodacre,and their middle daughter Sarah Kate,sings a duet with him on the track "Winter Wonderland". [10]
When the track list was first announced,the songs "Christmas Time is Here" and "Trinity",was part of the album. In early October,those two tracks were replaced with two new tracks:"Christmas Day",and an instrumental version of Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy". [10]
