08/12/2025

Aretha Franklin "This Christmas Aretha" (2008) -Christmas Music / Soul-



Label : DMI Records


États-Unis 01 - Angels We Have Heard On High (James Chadwick)
02 - This Christmas (Donny Hathaway & Nadine McKinnor)
03 - My Grown-Up Christmas List (David Foster & Linda Thompson-Jenner)
04 - The Lord Will Make A Way (Traditional)
05 - Silent Night (Franz Gruber & Josef Mohr)
06 - Ave Maria (Johann Sebastian Bach & Charles Gounod)
07 - Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love) (Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff)
08 - 14 Angels (Engelbert Humperdinck)
09 - One Night With The King (Jeannie Tenney)
10 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Charles Wesley & Felix Mendelssohn)
11 - 'Twas The Night Before Christmas (Clement C. Moore)


Recorded by Les Cooper
Strings Recorded by Al Schmitt
Mixed by Al Schmitt
Tracks 04, 08 & 09 Recorded by Todd Fairall
Tracks 04, 08 & 09 Engineer / Consultant : Michael Powell
Pro-Tools Editing : Steve Genewick
Assistant Engineers : Ed Wooley, George Gumbs, Tony Rizzo, Don Goodrick
Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Inc., Ojai, CA
Recorded at :
Firehouse Recording Studios, Pasadena, CA
Studios A Recording, Dearborn, MI
Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA
Legacy Studios, New York, NY
Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA
Mixed at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA
Orchestra Arranged & Conducted by Bill Meyers
Orchestra Contractor : Suzie Katayama
Rhythm Arrangements on "Ave Maria", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Angels We Have Heard On High" by Tim Heintz
Rhythm Arrangements on "This Christmas", "My Grown-Up Christmas List", "Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love)" by James Wright
The Fire Choir Vocals on "Ave Maria", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", "Angels We Have Heard On High", "Silent Night" Arranged & Conducted by Carmen Twillie
Contracted by Terry Wood
Background vocals on "Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love)" Contracted by Fonzi Thornton
The Fire Choir : Bridgette Bryant, Alvin Chea, Lynne Fiddmont, Wendy Fraser, Dorian Holly, Clydene Jackson, Susie Stevens Logan, Carmen Twillie, Oren Waters, Gerald White, Terry Wood


01 - Angels We Have Heard On High

Produced by Tena Clark
Recorded by Les Cooper
Keyboards : Tim Heintz
Drums Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr.
Background vocals : The Fire Choir

02 - This Christmas

With Edward Franklin
Produced by Tena Clark
Recorded by Les Cooper
Keyboards : James Wright
Drums Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Luis Conte

03 - My Grown-Up Christmas List

Produced by Tena Clark
Recorded by Les Cooper
Keyboards : James Wright
Drums Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Luis Conte

04 - The Lord Will Make A Way

Arranged & Produced by Aretha Franklin
Engineer / Consultant : Michael Powell
Recorded by Todd Fairall
Conductor : H.B. Barnum
Organ : Darryl Houston
Piano : Richard Gibbs
Guitar : Teddy Richard White
Guitar : Matt Dahlgren
Bass : Charles Craig
Drums : Arthur Marbury
Background vocals : Fonzi Thornton, Tawatha Agee, Brenda White-King, Shellyn Ponder

05 - Silent Night

Produced by Tena Clark
Recorded by Les Cooper
Acoustic Piano : Aretha Franklin
Background vocals : The Fire Choir

06 - Ave Maria

Produced by Tena Clark
Recorded by Les Cooper
Keyboards : Tim Heintz
Drums : Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Background vocals : The Fire Choir

07 - Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love)

Produced by Tena Clark
Recorded by Les Cooper
Keyboards : James Wright
Drums Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr.
Percussion : Luis Conte, Michito Sanchez
Saxophone : Brandon Fields
Background vocals : Fonzi Thornton, Lisa Fischer, Brenda White-King, Vanesse Thomas

08 - 14 Angels

Arranged & Produced by Aretha Franklin
Engineer / Consultant Michael Powell
Recorded by Todd Fairall
Conductor : H.B. Barnum
Piano : Aretha Franklin
Drums : Arthur Marbury
Bass : Charles Craig
Harp : Onita Sanders

09 - One Night With The King

Produced by Aretha Franklin
Engineer / Consultant : Michael Powell
Recorded by Todd Fairall
Conductor : H.B. Barnum
Organ : Darryl Houston
Piano : Richard Gibbs
Bass : Charles Craig
Guitar : Matt Dahlgren
Drums : Arthur Marbury

10 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Produced by Tena Clark
Recorded by Les Cooper
Keyboards : Tim Heintz
Drums Ricky Lawson
Bass : Nathan East
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr.
Background vocals : The Fire Choir

11 - 'Twas The Night Before Christmas

Recorded by Les Cooper