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A Very Special Christmas

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Listal's Best Christmas Songs 2012 - Result (75 items)
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Christmas music I have (361 items)
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Top 10 of 10: 1987 (95 items)
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The 25 Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time (25 items)
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Description: When was the last time you heard collard greens being sung about in a Christmas song? Probably never, unless you're a Run DMC fan, or were wise enough to hop on the Very Special Christmas tip. The rappers' contribution to this benefit collection is probably the highlight, although traditional songs covered by now-traditional artists like the Pretenders ("Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas") provide the majority of the material here. Eurythmics turn in a suitably chilly "Winter Wonderland," Stevie Nicks sings a beautifully haunting "Silent Night," and Whitney Houston proves again that she's every ... (more)
Manufacturer: A&M
Release date: 25 October 1990
EAN: 0075021391123 UPC: 075021391123
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Agent Kermit D. Fonz added this to a list 5 years, 4 months ago
Top 10 of 10: 1987 (95 movies items)

"Christmas in Hollis"


JxSxPx added this to a list 5 years, 4 months ago
The 25 Greatest Christmas Albums of All Time (25 music items)

"Record industry titan Jimmy Iovine organized this all-star benefit album for the Special Olympics in 1987. Suffice it to say the guy had some pull; it's a veritable yuletide Yalta of Eighties greats: U2's version of "Christmas Baby, Please Come Home" has real R&B swing, Bruce Springsteen's live version of "Merry Christmas Baby" is peak E Street cut with eggnog-y looseness, the Pretenders do a moving version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and John Mellencamp knocks out a roots-rockin"


psychofaerie added this to list 5 years, 4 months ago