[1] I Saw Three Ships performed by Sting - 1:41
[2] Christmas Time performed by Smashing Pumpkins - 3:16
[3] Children Go Where I Send Thee performed by Merchant, Natalie - 5:12
[4] Santa Baby performed by Rev Run & The Christmas All Stars / Mase / Onyx - 4:00
[5] Oi to the World! performed by No Doubt - 2:40
[6] Blue Christmas performed by Crow, Sheryl - 3:30
[7] Christmas performed by Blues Traveler - 5:42
[8] Oíche Chiún (Silent Night) performed by Enya - 3:46
[9] The Christmas Song performed by Hootie & The Blowfish - 3:12
[10] Ave Maria performed by Cornell, Chris / Eleven - 6:10
[11] Christmas in the City performed by Blige, Mary J. / Martinez, Angie - 4:34
[12] Santa Claus Is Back in Town performed by Lang, Jonny - 4:22
[13] Christmas Song performed by Matthews, Dave / Reynolds, Tim - 5:09
[14] Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand performed by Winwood, Steve - 2:25
[15] O Holy Night performed by Chapman, Tracy - 4:31
[16] We Three Kings performed by Smith, Patti - 5:47
SALT-N-PEPA - Performer
BLUES TRAVELER - Performer
TRACY CHAPMAN - Clarinet, Percussion, Arranger, Vocals, Background Vocals, Producer, Performer
DON DIXON - Producer, Mixing
ENYA - Arranger, Producer, Performer
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - Performer
STING - Arranger, Vocals, Performer
STEVE WINWOOD - Arranger, Vocals, Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer, Performer, Mixing
ELEVEN - Performer
DAVE MATTHEWS - Guitar, Vocals, Performer
NO DOUBT - Producer, Performer, Mixing
JOHN CLARK - French Horn
SHERYL CROW - Vocals, Producer, Harmony Vocals, Performer
ONYX - Performer
SNOOP DOGG - Performer
JEFF GOLD - Art Direction, Design
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH - Performer
JILL DELL'ABATE - Production Coordination
DAVID ANDERLE - Producer
TOM BAKER - Mastering
TCHAD BLAKE - Mixing
MARY J. BLIGE - Vocals, Producer, Performer
JIM BOGIOS - Drums
STEPHEN BRADLEY - Trumpet
MARK BRYAN - Acoustic & Electric Guitar
ROY CICALA - Engineer, Mixing
CHRIS CORNELL - Vocals, Performer
JAY DEE DAUGHERTY - Percussion, Keyboards
FRANK FILIPETTI - Engineer, Mixing
WARREN FITZGERALD - Producer, Mixing
DAVID FRAZIER - Keyboards
MITCHELL FROOM - Celeste
BRENDAN HILL - Percussion, Drums
LENNY KAYE - Guitar (Electric)
CHAN KINCHLA - Guitar
STEVE LILLYWHITE - Mixing
BOB LUDWIG - Mastering
GRAHAM MABY - Bass
ARIF MARDIN - Producer, Orchestration
JOE MARDIN - Producer
BRUCE MCCABE - Keyboards
VAL MCCALLUM - Guitar
NATALIE MERCHANT - Vocals, Performer
MICHAEL O'REILLY - Engineer, Mixing
GENE ORLOFF - Concert Master
JOHN POPPER - Vocals, Harmony Vocals
NICKY RYAN - Producer
NATASHA SHNEIDER - Arranger, Keyboards, Vocals
BOB SHEEHAN - Bass Guitar
JOHN SIKET - Mixing
JOE "RUN" SIMMONS - Producer
RUSSELL SIMMONS - Producer, Executive Producer
PATTI SMITH - Vocals, Performer
JEFF THOMAS - Engineer
STEVE THOMPSON - Producer, Mixing
JEFF TROTT - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
HOWIE WEINBERG - Mastering
RICK "SOLDIER" WILL - Engineer, Mixing
PETER YANOWITZ - Drums
JASON YATES - Hammond Organ
KEITH MURRAY - Performer
JASON MIZELL - Producer
SIMON OSBORNE - Producer, Engineer, Mixing
FRANK PAGANO - Percussion
TIM REYNOLDS - Guitar, Performer
KEN LEWIS - Engineer, Mixing
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - Performer
JONNY LANG - Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Performer
DAVE COLLINS - Mastering
PUFF DADDY - Performer
MALIK PENDLETON - Multi Instruments, Producer, Mixing
GLENN SPINNER - Engineer
DAVID HARTLEY - Arranger, Keyboards
KYLE SMITH - Keyboards
HERB RITTS - Producer
FRANK OLINSKY - Art Direction, Design
BRIAN SPERBER - Mixing Assistant
SCHIAVONE MCGEE - Vocals
PAUL FALCONE - Assistant Engineer
DARIUS RUCKER - Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
DAVID STREEBY - Engineer, Mixing
TOM DUMONT - Guitar
GABRIEL MCNAIR - Trombone, Chimes
BOBBY SHRIVER - Executive Producer
JIM SONEFELD - Drums
GWEN STEFANI - Vocals
MASE - Performer
JIM ALBERT - Assistant Engineer
DEAN FELBER - Bass
OLIVER RAY - Guitar (Electric)
TODD VOS - Engineer, Mixing
SHANE WASHINGTON - Assistant Engineer
ADRIAN YOUNG - Drums, Sleigh Bells
ANDY STOLLER - Dulcimer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass
SHARON TOOMEY - Production Coordination
AL CAFARO - Executive Producer
TONY KANAL - Bass
MICHAEL REY LARSEN - Drums
TED LARSEN - Guitar
ANGIE MARTINEZ - Rap, Performer
BRIAN GARTEN - Assistant Engineer
OMMAS KEITH - Programming
MILT OLIN - Producer
PEARL MAN - Drums
METROPOLITAN NEW TESTAMENT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH CHOIR - Choir, Chorus
REVEREND RUN & THE CHRISTMAS ALL STARS
DAVE RAICKE - Horn
KEITH HARING - Artwork
JEFF HAYENGA - Bass
TONY SHANDHAN - Background Vocals, Fretless Bass
JUSTINE SIMMONS - Vocals
MICKEY SUMNER - Flute
MASATO TACHIKAWA - Engineer
MIKE TOCCI - Mixing Assistant
CHRISTMAS ALL STARS - Performer
ILL BADLER - Executive Producer
LINDA FEDER - Executive Producer
GREG UPCHURCH - Drums
JOHN GOODMANSON - Engineer
TIM SMITH - Bass
Like its two predecessors, A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3 is a
charity album featuring new recordings by superstars. Like Vol. 2, Vol.
3 is a little weaker than the first collection, but there are still a
number of fun holiday songs on the record, including cuts by Sheryl
Crow, Chris Cornell, Smashing Pumpkins, Tracy Chapman, Hootie & the
Blowfish, Patti Smith, Sting and Steve Winwood.
Part three of a series of records that benefits the Special Olympics, A
Very Special Christmas 3 from 1997 is as excitingly eclectic as its
predecessors. Though it features the likes of R&B chart toppers and
hip-hoppers Mase, Puff Daddy, and Snoop Doggy Dogg and alt-rockers No
Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, , Blues Traveler, and others, the real
standout performances belong to Jonny Lang, with his bawdy, barroom
version of "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" and Sting, who delivers a
proper reading of that old English carol "I Saw Three Ships." The
showstopper, though, is Natalie Merchant's "Children, Go Where I Send
Thee" in an arrangement so rich and compelling it may top even the many
five-star versions of this African-American hymn that have come before
it.
