We Need a Little Christmas (Andy Williams album)

• "Mary's Little Boy Child" (Jester Hairston) – 4:14 • "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) – 3:21 • "Up on the House Top" (Benjamin Hanby) – 3:08 • "Away in a Manger" (traditional) – 3:01 • "We Need a Little Christmas" (Jerry Herman) – 3:33 • Angel Medley – 4:40 a. "Angels We Have Heard On High" (traditional) b. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) • "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 4:02 • "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (Edward Pola, George Wyle) – 3:34 • "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" (traditional) – 2:33 • "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" (John Baptiste Calkin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) – 3:08 • "What Child Is This" (William Chatterton Dix) – 4:10 • "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber; Joseph Mohr) – 5:29 ==Personnel==

From the liner notes for the original album: ; Production • Don Boyer - producer; background vocal arrangement/children's vocal arrangement (track 6) • Pat Coil - arranger (tracks 5, 7, 9, 10) • John Darnall - lead vocal engineer (except as noted) • Jim Falzone - editor • Mike Frazier - lead vocal engineer (tracks 1, 5, 9); additional engineering • Tommy Greer - arranger (track 12) • Don Hart - string arrangement/conductor (tracks 5, 7, 11, 12), brass arrangement/conductor (tracks 1, 5, 10), string conductor (tracks 1, 4, 10) • Peter Jacobs - children's vocal arrangement/conductor (tracks 5, 6, 8) • David Jahnsen - additional engineering • John Jaszcz - mixing (tracks 5, 6, 8) • Sandy Jenkins - additional engineering • Pete Martinez - additional engineering • Blair Masters - arranger (tracks 2, 8, 11) • John Mayfield - string engineer (except as noted) • Gary Oldenbroek - associate producer • Dennis Patton - arranger (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6) • Daryl Roudebush - additional engineering • Dan Rudin - mixing (except as noted) • Roger Ryan - adult choir contractor/conductor (track 6) • Chris Sabold - string engineer (tracks 2, 6, 8) • Rich Schirmer - additional engineering • David Schober - additional engineering • Shaun Shankel - additional engineering • J. Daniel Smith - background vocal arrangement (track 6), string arrangement/conductor (tracks 2, 6, 8) • Bert Stevens - additional engineering • Hank Williams - mastering • Dave Williamson - background vocal arrangement/conductor (track 3), string arrangement (track 1) • Don Wyrtzen - string arrangement (tracks 4, 10) ; Musicians • Mark Baldwin - guitar (track 11) • Eric Darken - percussion (tracks 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12); snare (track 2) • Gota Yashiki's Groove Activator - drum loop (track 3) • Barry Green - trombone • Mike Haynes - trumpet and flugelhorn • Tom Hemby - guitar (track 10) • Jim Hoke - harmonica (track 2) • Sam Levine - alto saxophone (track 3), saxophone • Carol McClure - harp (except tracks 2, 6, 8) • Craig Nelson - bass (tracks 6, 8); acoustic bass (tracks 2, 9) • Dan Rudin - additional percussion (track 7) • Pam Sixfin - violin solo (tracks 7, 11) • Chester Thompson - drums (tracks 5, 7, 8) ; Design • Kevin Majeski - art direction • Jim Lersch - photography • Susan Hulme, Barnes & Co. - graphic design ; Vocalists • Andy Williams - lead vocal • William Cannon - adult choir • Da'dra Crawford - background vocals (track 6) • Steve Crawford - background vocals (track 6) • Laurie Eason - children's choir • Christi Ebenhock - children's choir • Juanita Edwards - adult choir • Gail Farrell - background vocals (track 3) • Elaina Foley - children's choir • Kara Foley - children's choir • Richard Forde - adult choir • Son Jones - adult choir • Bonnie Keen - background vocals (track 3) • Jason Laudadio - children's choir • Melissa Laudadio - children's choir • Marty McCall - background vocals (track 3) • Mindy Metzger - children's choir • Shandra Penix - adult choir • Tiffani Ransom - adult choir • Terita Redd - adult choir • Fatima Richardson - adult choir • Cindy Stuck - children's choir • Katie Stuck - children's choir • Randy Stuck - children's choir • Nee-C Walls - background vocals (track 6) • Dave Williamson - background vocals (track 3) • Christopher Willis - adult choir ; Strings (except tracks 2, 6, 8): • David Angell - violin • Monisa Angell - viola • John Catchings - cello • Bruce Christensen - viola • Joann Cruthirds - violin • David Davidson - violin • Carl Gorodetzky - violin, contractor • Jim Grosjean - viola • Anthony Lamarchina - cello • Lee Larrison - violin • Bob Mason - cello • Cate Myer - violin • Craig Nelson - bass • Randy Olson - violin • Pam Sixfin - violin • Elizabeth Stewart - bass • Julie Tanner - cello • Alan Umstead - violin • Catherine Umstead - violin • Gary Vanosdale - viola • Mary Kathryn Vanosdale - violin • Karen Winklemann - violin ; Strings and harp (tracks 2, 6, 8): • AWR Music, Chicago - contractor • Strings recorded at Woodland Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, and Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois • Andy Williams's vocals recorded at Caravell Recording Studio, Branson, Missouri • Mixed at Quad Studios, Recording Arts and 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee • Edited at Open Door Productions, Old Hickory, Tennessee • Mastered at MasterMix, Nashville, Tennessee ==References==