''Christmas Wishes'' is a seasonal studio album by Canadian
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer. Her albums, consisting primarily of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.
Murray was the fir ...
. It was Anne's first Holiday recording, released by
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
in 1981.
The disc peaked at #34 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Top Country Albums
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chart.
It stands as one of Anne's biggest-selling career albums, earning
double platinum certification from the
RIAA
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. At the time of its deletion, it had sold nearly 3 million US copies.
Track listing
Personnel
* Anne Murray – lead vocals, additional backing vocals (3), backing vocals (10)
* Brian Gatto – electric piano
*
Doug Riley
Douglas Brian Riley, CM (April 12, 1945 – August 27, 2007) was a Canadian musician, also known as Dr. Music. He spent two decades with the Famous People Players as its musical director, besides his participation on over 300 album projects ...
– acoustic piano (1-6, 8, 9)
*
Jack Lenz – acoustic piano (7, 10)
*
Bob Mann – acoustic guitars
* Bob Lucier –
steel guitar
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* Tom Szczesniak – bass
* Barry Keane – drums
* Rick Wilkins – arrangements and conductor (1-5)
* Peter Cardinali – arrangements and conductor (6-10)
*
Bill Richards – concertmaster
*
Tommy Ambrose
Thomas Ambrose (born 19 October 1939) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Tommy Ambrose was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At age four he began gospel singing at "Youth for Christ" rallies at Massey Hall, Maple Leaf Gardens, and elsewhere under ...
– backing vocals (1-9)
* Bob Farrar – backing vocals (1-9)
* Debbie Fleming – backing vocals (1-9)
* Bob Hamper – backing vocals (1-9)
* Laurie Hood – backing vocals (1-9)
* Vern Kennedy – backing vocals (1-9)
* Judy Marchak – backing vocals (1-9)
* Colina Phillips – backing vocals (1-9)
* Janie Ray – backing vocals (1-9)
* Debbie Greimann – additional backing vocals (3), backing vocals (10)
* Bruce Murray – backing vocals (10)
Production
* Jim Ed Norman – producer
* Ken Friesen – engineer
* Tom Henderson – recording assistant
* Ken Perry – mastering at
Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, California, USA).
* Paul Cade – art direction
* Roy Kohara – art direction
* Phil Shima – design
* Tim Saunders – photography
* Morris Zaslavsky – calligraphy
Chart performance
References
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Anne Murray albums
1981 Christmas albums
Albums produced by Jim Ed Norman
Capitol Records Christmas albums
Christmas albums by Canadian artists
Country Christmas albums