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A Very Special Christmas (album)

A Very Special Christmas is the first in the A Very Special Christmas series of Christmas-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released on October 12, 1987, and production was overseen by Jimmy Iovine for A&M Records. A Very Special Christmas has raised millions of dollars for the Special Olympics. The cover artwork was designed by Keith Haring.

Track listing
• First pressings of the album contain a spoken introduction on The Pretenders' "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", presumably by a child. This introduction was later omitted, shortening the track by about 13 seconds. • Starting in 1992, "Back Door Santa" was replaced by another Bon Jovi song, "I Wish Everyday Could Be Like Christmas", which originally appeared as a B-side on their single "Keep the Faith". ==Personnel==
Personnel
According to the liner notes: MusiciansBryan Adams – guitar (12) • Kenny Aronoff – drums (6) • Roy Bittan – piano (1, 15) • Rupert Black – keyboards (5) • Johnny Blitz – keyboards (12) • Don Brewer – drums (11) • Rosemary Butler – backing vocals (11) • Chris Campbell – bass guitar (11) • John Cascella – accordion (6) • Sharon Celani – backing vocals (15) • Clarence Clemons – saxophone (1) • Larry Crane – guitar (6) • Laura Creamer – backing vocals (11) • Blair Cunningham – drums (5) • Mickey Curry – drums (12) • David Ervin – keyboards (11) • Richard Feldman – drum programming and keyboards (2) • David Freeman – guitar (1) • Craig Frost – piano (11) • Lisa Germano – fiddle (6) • Donny Gerrard – backing vocals (11) • Ms. Bobbye Hall – percussion (3) • Richie Hayward – drums (3) • Dorian Holley – backing vocals (11) • Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar (3) • Steve Jordan – drums (1) • Charles Judge – synthesizer and string arrangements (3) • Michael Landau – guitar (1) • Annie Lennox – keyboards (2) • Nils Lofgren – guitar (11) • Darlene Love – backing vocals (3, 9) • Steve Lukather – guitar (3) • Robbie McIntosh – guitar (5) • Coby Myers – bass guitar (6) • Robbie Nevil – backing vocals (15) • Pat Peterson – backing vocals (6) • Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (11) • Alto Reed – saxophone (11) • Andrea Robinson – backing vocals (11) • Keith Scott – additional guitar and backing vocal (12) • T. M. Stevens – bass guitar (1, 5) • Dave Stewart – drum programming (2) • Crystal Taliefero – backing vocals (6), percussion (11) • Dave Taylor – bass guitar (12) • John Townsend – backing vocals (11) • John Van Tongeren – keyboards (2) • Rick Vito – guitar (11) • Mike Wanchic – guitar (6) • Waddy Wachtel – guitar (15) • Jai Winding – piano (3) • Edna Wright Perry – backing vocals (3) Technical personnel • Tom Banghart – assistant engineer (2) • Jon Bon Jovi – arranger (13) • Steve Boyer – assistant engineer (5) • Joe Chiccarelli – mixing (11) • Bob Clearmountain – mixing (1, 3–6, 9, 12, 13) • Mark DeSisto – assistant engineer (11), additional engineering • Peter Droll – assistant engineer (10) • Steve Ett – engineer and mixing (8) • Richard Feldman – engineer (2) • John Fryer – engineer (14) • Humberto Gatica – mixing (2, 15) • Danny Grisgby – additional engineering • Rob Jacobs – assistant engineer (1, 10), additional engineering • Bruce Lampcov – engineer (5), mixing (5) • David Leonard – engineer (6) • Scott Litt – engineer (3, 5, 9) • Jeremy Lubbock – arranger (10) • Bob Ludwig – original mastering (4) • Stephen Marcussen – mastering • Kooster McAllister – engineer (13) • Mark McKenna – assistant engineer (1, 3, 11), additional engineering • Michael Morongell – assistant engineer (1) • Alison Moyet – arranger and mixing (14) • Dan Nash – assistant engineer (1, 15), additional engineering • Peter Oxendale – arranger and mixing (14) • Thom Panunzio – engineer (3, 9, 15) • Toby Scott – engineer (4) • Don Smith – engineer (1, 11) • Pete Smith – engineer and mixing (7) • Smudger – engineer (12) • Roger Talkov – engineer (13) • Richard Warren – arranger (15) • Shelly Yakus – engineer (1, 10, 11, 15), mixing (10) • Michael Young – engineer (13) ==Sales==
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