A Motown Christmas

by Motown Xmas / Various

Overview

A Motown Christmas is an outstanding 12-track sampler of highlights from holiday efforts like the Jackson 5's Christmas Album, Stevie Wonder's Someday at Christmas, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' The Season of Miracles, all recorded during the label's late-'60s peak and infused with the same beautifully soulful vibe which defined the Sound of Young America at its best. Although the set leans primarily on seasonal chestnuts like "Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer," "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," and "Silver Bells." ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	10/12/1999
Label:	Universal Distribution / Uptown/Universal
UPC:	0601215335422

Tracks

1. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town  - J. Fred Coots  - Haven Gillespie  -  Jackson 5
2. What Christmas Means to Me  - Anna Gordy Gaye  - George Gordy  - Allen Story  - Stevie Wonder
3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer  - Johnny Marks  -  Temptations
4. My Favorite Things  - Oscar II Hammerstein  - Richard Rodgers  -  Ross
5. Deck the Halls/Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella  -  Robinson  -  Traditional
6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus  - Tommie Connor  -  Jackson 5
7. Ave Maria  - Franz Schubert  - Stevie Wonder
8. Silent Night  - Franz Gruber  - Joseph Mohr  -  Temptations
9. Little Christmas Tree  - George Clinton  - Michael Jackson  - Artie Wayne
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen  -  Robinson  -  Traditional
11. The Christmas Song  - Mel Torme  - Robert Wells  -  Jackson 5
12. Joy to the World  - Hoyt Axton  - Lowell Mason  -  Ross  - Isaac Watts
13. The Little Drummer Boy  - Katherine K. Davis  - Henry Onorati  - Harry Simeone  -  Temptations
14. Silver Bells  - Ray Evans  - Jay Livingston  -  Ross
15. Someday at Christmas  - Ron Miller  - Bryan Wells  - Stevie Wonder
16. Frosty the Snowman  -  Jackson 5  - Steve Nelson  - Jack Rollins
17. Jingle Bells  - James Pierpont  -  Robinson
18. My Christmas Tree  -  Temptations  - Jimmy Webb
19. White Christmas  - Irving Berlin  -  Ross
20. One Little Christmas Tree  - Ron Miller  - Bryan Wells  - Stevie Wonder
21. Give Love on Christmas Day  - Berry Jr. Gordy  -  Jackson 5  - Fonce Mizell  - Freddie Perren  - Deke Richards
22. It's Christmas Time  - Clifton Chenier  -  Five Keys  -  Robinson  - Stevie Wonder
23. The Children's Christmas Song  - Isabelle Freeman  - Harvey Fuqua  -  Ross
24. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas  - Ralph Blane  -  Jackson 5  - Hugh Martin
25. I Want to Come Home for Christmas  - Marvin Gaye  - Forrest Hairston

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Temptations   Primary Artist
Michael Jackson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Stevie Wonder   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Jackson 5   Primary Artist
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles   Primary Artist
Diana Ross & the Supremes   Primary Artist
The Four Tops   Primary Artist
The Supremes   Primary Artist
The Funk Brothers   Primary Artist
Commodores   Primary Artist
Diana Ross   Primary Artist
Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist
Kim Weston   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Miracles   Primary Artist
Boyz II Men   Primary Artist
Jackie Jackson   Vocals
Marlon Jackson   Vocals
Jermaine Jackson   Vocals
Brian McKnight   Featured Artist
Tito Jackson   Vocals
Jackie Johnson   Vocals
Smokey Robinson   Vocals
The Ridgeway Sisters   Vocals (Background)
Aretha Franklin   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Allen Story   Composer
Traditional   Composer
The Jackson 5   Musician,Performer
Jimmy Roach   Arranger
J. Fred Coots   Composer
Boyz II Men   Musician,Producer
Isaac Watts   Composer
Kim Weston   Musician
Irving Berlin   Composer
Clarence Paul   Composer,Producer
Barrett Strong   Producer
Jack Rollins   Composer
Christine Yarian   Composer
Jimmy Webb   Composer
Alphonso Mizell   Composer
Clay McMurray   Producer
Fonce Mizell   Composer
Levi Stubbs   Recording Arranger,Producer
Ronnie McNeir   Composer,Producer
Hoyt Axton   Composer
Marvin Gaye   Composer,Musician,Producer,Performer
Nadine McKinnor   Composer
Jerry Marcellino   Producer
Mel Torme   Composer
Mel Larson   Producer
Ray Evans   Composer
Renaldo Benson   Composer
Michael Jackson   Musician,Performer
My Morning Jacket   Arranger
Bryan Wells   Composer
George Clinton   Composer
Buck Ram   Composer
Hal Davis   Composer,Producer
The Temptations   Musician,Performer
Henry Onorati   Composer
Anna Gordy Gaye   Composer
Dave Hamilton   Composer
Diana Ross   Musician,Producer
Tommie Connor   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer,Musician,Performer
Commodores   Producer,Recording Arranger,Musician
Isabelle Freeman   Composer
Felix Bernard   Composer
Freddie Perren   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Deke Richards   Composer
Johnny Bristol   Producer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer,Producer
Diana Ross & the Supremes   Performer
Ron Miller   Composer
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles   Musician,Performer
Lowell Mason   Composer
Johnny Marks   Composer
Hugh Martin   Composer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer
The Five Keys   Composer
The Funk Brothers   Musician
The Four Tops   Musician
George Rountree, Jr.   Recording Arranger
Obie Benson   Producer
Forrest Hairston   Composer
Corporation TM   Producer
Steve Nelson   Composer
Robert Wells   Composer,Composer
Abdul Fakir   Producer,Recording Arranger
Willie Shorter   Recording Arranger
Katherine Davis   Composer
William Stevenson   Producer
Jimmie Thomas   Composer
Marc Gordon   Composer,Producer
Harold Johnson   Producer,Recording Arranger
Anna Gaye   Composer
Kim Gannon   Composer
Clifton Chenier   Composer
Donny Hathaway   Composer
Wanya Morris   Composer
Franz Gruber   Composer
James Pierpont   Composer
Joseph Mohr   Composer
Ronald White   Producer
Lionel Richie   Composer
James Anthony Carmichael   Producer,Recording Arranger
The Supremes   Musician
Michael Iacopelli   Recording
Artie Wayne   Composer
The Miracles   Musician
Brian McKnight   Composer,Producer
Harvey Fuqua   Composer,Producer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Henry Cosby   Producer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
William Robinson   Composer
Franz Schubert   Composer
Syreeta Wright   Composer
Walter Kent   Composer
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Katherine K. Davis   Composer
Ralph Blane   Composer
George S. Clinton   Composer
George Gordy   Composer
Gil Askey   Producer,Recording Arranger
Harry Simeone   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Producer
Art Wayne   Composer