Cool Yule
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| Studio album by Bette Midler | ||||
| Released | October 10, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Christmas music | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Robbie Buchanan, Jay Landers (exec.) | |||
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Cool Yule is a holiday album by Bette Midler released on October 10, 2006, through Columbia Records. Midler's first seasonal release, the album features many standard Christmas tunes as well as a reworking of her Grammy-winning hit "From a Distance".
In 2008, the album was nominated for a Grammy nomination in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category.
Track listing
- "Merry Christmas" (Fred Spielman, Janice Torre) – 3:13
- "Cool Yule" (Steve Allen, Eric Kornfeld) – 2:28
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:55
- "Winter Wonderland/Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (duet with Johnny Mathis) (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith/Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:46
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent) – 3:21
- "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 3:58
- "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin) – 3:25
- "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/Johnny Marks) – 2:47 [bonus track on CDs released at Target]
- "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)" (Traditional) – 3:12
- "Mele Kalikimaka" (Robert Alexander Anderson) – 2:34
- "From a Distance" (Christmas version) (Julie Gold/Special holiday lyrics by Jay Landers) – 5:11
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:20
Personnel
- Christopher Autopchuk – art direction
- Rick Babtist – trumpet
- William Baker – copyist
- Russell Bartmus – copyist
- Leanne Becknell – woodwind
- Steve Becknell – French horn
- Tom Bender – mixing assistant
- Gordon Berg – copyist
- Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
- Charles Bisharat – violin
- David Blumberg – conductor, orchestral arrangements, copyist
- Chandler Bridges – engineer
- Robbie Buchanan – piano, arranger, conductor, keyboards, producer, orchestration, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement
- Caroline Campbell – violin
- Darius Campo – violin
- Dave Carpenter – upright bass
- Lily Chen – violin
- Paul Cohen – cello
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Dennis Collins – background vocals
- Larry Corbett – cello
- Rose Corrigan – woodwind
- Datz Pyle, Debbi – contractor
- Brian Dembow – viola
- Joel Derouin – violin
- Andrew Duckles – viola
- Bruce Dukov – concert master
- Katharine Edmonds – copyist
- Bill Edwards – copyist
- Johnson Enos – background vocals, vocal arrangement
- Tabitha Fair – background vocals
- Alma Fernandez – viola
- Gary Foster – woodwind
- Matt Funes – viola
- Steve Genewick – digital editing
- Mark Graham – copyist
- Alan Grunfeld – violin
- Mick Guzauski – mixing
- Al Hershberger – violin
- Dan Higgins – woodwind
- Sean Holt – background vocals
- Stephen Holtman – trombone
- Greg Huckins – woodwind
- Alexander Iles – trombone
- Bob Jackson – mastering assistant
- Sharon Jerry-Collins – background vocals
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion
- JoAnn Kane – copyist
- Ana Landauer – violin
- Jay Landers – liner notes, executive producer
- Natalie Leggett – violin
- Gayle Levant – harp
- Bill Liston – woodwind
- Dane Little – cello
- Doug Livingston – steel guitar
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Warren Luening – trumpet
- Larry Lunetta – trumpet
- Barry Manilow – producer
- Arif Mardin – orchestral arrangements
- Andy Martin – trombone
- Liane Mautner – violin
- Joe Meyer – French horn
- Jaclyn Morse – production coordination
- Helen Nightengale – violin
- Robin Olson – violin
- Michael O'Neill – photography
- Charles Paakkari – assistant engineer
- Sid Page – violin
- Alyssa Park – violin
- Searmi Park – violin
- Sara Parkins – violin
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Danny Perito – copyist
- Victor Pesavento – copyist
- Joel Peskin – woodwind
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
- John A. Reynolds – French horn
- Eric Rigler – Uilleann pipes, Irish whistle
- Dennis Rivadeneira – mixing assistant
- William Ross – arranger, conductor, orchestration, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement
- Aaron J. Sala – background vocals, vocal arrangement
- Chris Soper – assistant engineer
- Ken Stacey – background vocals
- Tereza Stanislav – violin
- Beverley Staunton – background vocals
- Bette Sussman – background vocals, associate producer, vocal arrangement, track arrangement
- Phil Teele – trombone
- Fonzi Thornton – background vocals
- Cecilia Tsan – cello
- Jonathan Tunick – arranger, conductor, orchestration
- Karen Van Sant – viola
- Josephina Vergara – violin
- Shalini Vijayan – violin
- Windy Wagner – background vocals
- Randy Waldman – Piano, keyboards
- Helen Barbara Werling – copyist
- Patrick Williams – arranger, conductor, orchestration, vocal arrangement, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement
- Frank Wolf – track engineer
- Terry Woodson – librarian, copyist
- Phil Yao – French horn
- Gina Zimmitti – contractor
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Top Holiday Albums | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Digital Albums | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 33 |
