A Christmas Celebration of Hope

~ Release by B.B. King (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 2001 Geffen Records
℗ 2001 Geffen Records

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-18 14:43 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Please Come Home for Christmas
cover recording of:
Please Come Home for Christmas
writer:
Charles Brown (blues musician) and Gene Redd (senior; vibraphonist & trumpeter, bandleader and A&R man)
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs US, Lark Music Inc., C. Mose Music (in 1960), Fort Knox Music Inc. (in 1960) and Trio Music Company (in 1960)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:51
2Lonesome Christmas
cover recording of:
Lonesome Christmas
writer:
Lowell Fulson and Lloyd Glenn
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Company
3:05
3Back Door Santa
producer:
B.B. King
bass:
Michael Doster (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
drums (drum set):
Calep Emphrey (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
guitar:
B.B. King (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08) and Leon Warren (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
keyboard:
James Toney (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
percussion:
Tony Coleman (drummer) (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
saxophone:
Melvin Jackson (US jazz trumpeter + saxophonist) (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
trumpet:
James Bolden (American trumpeter) (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08) and Stanley Abernathy (Trumpet player) (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
vocals:
B.B. King (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records (in 2001)
recorded at:
Dockside Studios in Maurice, Louisiana, United States (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
cover recording of:
Back Door Santa (from 2001-06-05 until 2001-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Carter and Marcus Daniel
recording of:
Back Door Santa
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Carter and Marcus Daniel
3:25
4Christmas in Heaven
cover recording of:
Christmas in Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
4:48
5I’ll Be Home for Christmas
instrumental cover recording of:
I’ll Be Home for Christmas
lyricist:
James Kimball Gannon
additional writer:
Buck Ram
composer:
Walter Kent
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919), Gannon and Kent Music Co., Piedmont Music Company, Warner Chappell and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:46
6To Someone That I Love
cover recording of:
To Someone That I Love
lyricist and composer:
Charles Brown (blues musician)
5:01
7Christmas Celebration
recording of:
Christmas Celebration
writer:
Lloyd Glenn and Jesse “Babyface” Thomas (male Texas blues guitarist & singer)
3:37
8Merry Christmas Baby
cover recording of:
Merry Christmas Baby
writer:
Lou Baxter and Johnny Moore (US blues guitarist, Three Blazers)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., St. Louis Music Corp., Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
3:55
9Christmas Love
recording of:
Christmas Love
composer:
B.B. King
2:55
10Blue Decorations
cover recording of:
Blue Decorations
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Gillespie (songwriter)
3:27
11Christmas Comes but Once a Year
cover recording of:
Christmas Comes but Once a Year
writer:
Albert Shubert (trumpet, arranger, composer) and Amos Milburn
4:15
12Bringing in a Brand New Year
cover recording of:
Bringing in a Brand New Year
lyricist and composer:
Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
2:41
13Auld Lang Syne
arranger:
B.B. King
recording of:
Auld Lang Syne (original Scots version, lyrics by Robert Burns)
lyricist:
Robert Burns (18th century Scottish poet/lyricist) (in 1788)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6294)
2:21