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''What a Night! A Christmas Album'', by American singer, pianist and bandleader Harry Connick, Jr., was released on November 4, 2008.,〔(What a Night! A Christmas Album ), Amazon.com〕 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.〔(Harry Connick, Jr/What a Night! A Christmas Album ), elusivedisc.com〕 The first public mentioning of recording the album, came in an interview in The Times-Picayune in June 2008.〔(Harry Connick Jr.'s new Lifetime movie raises money for breast cancer research ), The Times-Picayune, June 22, 2008〕 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''.〔(What a Night! A Christmas Album ), Barnes & Noble〕 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".〔(Harry Connick, Jr. Celebrates the Holidays With Seasonal Favorites and New Songs on 'What A Night! - A Christmas Album' ), The Earth Times, October 6, 2008〕 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".〔 ==Track listing== #"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) - 3:28 #"What a Night!" (Harry Connick, Jr.) - 3:24 #"Christmas Day" (Connick) - 3:24 #"Holly Jolly Christmas" (Johnny Marks) - 4:05 #"Please Come Home for Christmas" (Charles Brown, Gene Redd) - 4:26 #"O Come All Ye Faithful" (traditional) - 4:15 #"Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairies" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) - 2:46 #"Let There Be Peace On Earth" (Sy Miller, Jill Jackson) - 3:30 – feat. Kim Burrell #"Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 3:50 – feat. Sarah Kate Connick #"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (Meredith Willson) - 3:30 #"Santariffic" (Connick) - 3:58 – feat. Lucien Barbarin #"Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) - 5:28 #"Zat You Santa Claus" (Jack Fox) - 3:40 #"We Three Kings" (Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr.) - 4:45 #"Song for the Hopeful" (Connick) - 4:35 – feat. Kim Burrell 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「What a Night! A Christmas Album」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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