''Cool Yule'' is a holiday album by Bette Midler released on October 10, 2006, through Columbia Records. Midler's first seasonal release, the album features many standard Christmas tunes as well as a reworking edition of her Grammy-winning hit "

From a Distance "From a Distance" is a song written in 1985 by American singer-songwriter Julie Gold. Gold was working as a secretary at the time for HBO and writing songs in her free time. Gold's friend, Christine Lavin, introduced the song to Nanci Griffith, ...

". As of July 14, 2007 it had sold 271,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan. In 2008, the album was nominated for a

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category.

Track listing

#"Merry Christmas" (Fred Spielman, Janice Torre) – 3:13 #" Cool Yule" (

Steve Allen Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-cre ...

, Eric Kornfeld) – 2:28 #"

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis''. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. I ...

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Ralph Blane Ralph Blane (July 26, 1914 – November 13, 1995) was an American composer, lyricist, and performer. Life and career Blane was born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He attended Tulsa Central High School. He studied singing with ...

Hugh Martin Hugh Martin (August 11, 1914 – March 11, 2011) was an American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He was best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis'', in which Judy Garland ...

) – 3:55 #"

Winter Wonderland "Winter Wonderland" is a song written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith. Due to its seasonal theme, it is often regarded as a Christmas song in the Northern Hemisphere. Since its original recording by Richard Himbe ...

/ Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"(

Felix Bernard Felix William Bernard (April 28, 1897 – October 20, 1944) was an American conductor, pianist and a composer of popular music. His writing credits include the popular songs "Winter Wonderland" (with lyricist Richard B. Smith) and "Dardanella". B ...

, Richard B. Smith/

Sammy Cahn Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premi ...

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I'll Be Home for Christmas "I'll Be Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song written by the lyricist Kim Gannon and composer Walter Kent and recorded in 1943 by Bing Crosby, who scored a top ten hit with the song. Originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longe ...

" ( Kim Gannon,

Walter Kent Walter Kent (born Walter Maurice Kaufman, November 29, 1911 – March 2, 1994) was an American composer and conductor. Some notable compositions are: " I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" and " (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The ...

) – 3:21 #" What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (

Frank Loesser Frank Henry Loesser (; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals ''Guys and Dolls'' and ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', among others. He won a Tony ...

) – 3:58 #"

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" is a popular song copyrighted in 1937 by its composer, Irving Berlin, and first recorded by (i) Ray Noble (January 5, 1937), Howard Barrie, vocalist, and (ii) Red Norvo (January 8, 1937), Mildred Bailey, vocali ...

" (

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; yi, ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russ ...

) – 3:25 #"

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a Christmas carol based on the 1863 poem "Christmas Bells" by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The song tells of the narrator hearing Christmas bells during the American Civil War, but despairing ...

" (

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely tran ...

Johnny Marks John David Marks (November 10, 1909 – September 3, 1985) was an American songwriter. He specialized in Christmas songs (although he himself was Jewish and did not celebrate Christmas) and wrote many holiday standards, including "Rudolph the Red- ...

) – 2:47 onus track on CDs released at Target#" O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)" (Traditional) – 3:12 #"

Mele Kalikimaka "" () is a Hawaiian-themed Christmas song written in 1949 by R. Alex Anderson. The song takes its title from the Hawaiian phrase , meaning "Merry Christmas". One of the earliest recordings of this song was by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sis ...

" ( Robert Alexander Anderson) – 2:34 #"

" (Christmas version) (

Julie Gold Julie Gold (born February 3, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her musical composition "From a Distance," which became a hit for Bette Midler and won a Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1991. "From a Distance" ha ...

/Special holiday lyrics by Jay Landers) – 5:11 #" White Christmas" (

) – 3:20

Personnel

*Christopher Autopchuk – art direction *Rick Babtist – trumpet *William Baker – copyist *Russell Bartmus – copyist *Leanne Becknell – woodwind *Steve Becknell – French horn *Tom Bender – mixing assistant *Gordon Berg – copyist *

Wayne Bergeron Wayne Bergeron (born January 16, 1958) is an American jazz trumpeter. Bergeron rose to prominence as a member of Maynard Ferguson's band in the 1980s. Since then, he has worked on over 400 TV and motion picture soundtracks. As a lead and studi ...

– trumpet * Charles Bisharat – violin *David Blumberg – conductor, orchestral arrangements, copyist *Chandler Bridges – engineer *Robbie Buchanan – piano, arranger, conductor, keyboards, producer, orchestration, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement *Caroline Campbell – violin *Darius Campo – violin *Dave Carpenter – upright bass *Lily Chen – violin *Paul Cohen – cello *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Cola ...

– drums *Dennis Collins – background vocals *Larry Corbett – cello *Rose Corrigan – woodwind *Datz Pyle, Debbi – contractor *Brian Dembow – viola *Joel Derouin – violin *Andrew Duckles – viola *Bruce Dukov – concert master *Katharine Edmonds – copyist *Bill Edwards – copyist *Johnson Enos – background vocals, vocal arrangement *Tabitha Fair – background vocals *Alma Fernandez – viola *Gary Foster – woodwind *Matt Funes – viola *Steve Genewick – digital editing *Mark Graham – copyist *Alan Grunfeld – violin *Mick Guzauski – mixing *Al Hershberger – violin *Dan Higgins – woodwind *Sean Holt – background vocals *Stephen Holtman – trombone *Greg Huckins – woodwind *Alexander Iles – trombone *Bob Jackson – mastering assistant *Sharon Jerry-Collins – background vocals *Bashiri Johnson – percussion *JoAnn Kane – copyist *Ana Landauer – violin *Jay Landers – liner notes, executive producer *Natalie Leggett – violin *Gayle Levant – harp *Bill Liston – woodwind *Dane Little – cello *Doug Livingston – steel guitar * Bob Ludwig – mastering *Warren Luening – trumpet *Larry Lunetta – trumpet * Barry Manilow – producer *

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for o ...

– orchestral arrangements *Andy Martin – trombone *Liane Mautner – violin *Joe Meyer – French horn *Jaclyn Morse – production coordination *Helen Nightengale – violin *Robin Olson – violin *Michael O'Neill – photography *Charles Paakkari – assistant engineer *

Sid Page Sid Page is an American violinist who has been active in many genres of music since the late 1960s. He has been a member of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. From 1973 to 1974, he was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and appeared on their album ...

– violin *Alyssa Park – violin *Searmi Park – violin *Sara Parkins – violin *

Dean Parks Weldon Dean Parks (born December 6, 1946) is an American session guitarist and record producer from Fort Worth, Texas. Albums Parks was member of the North Texas State One O'clock Lab Band before moving to Los Angeles to work with Sonny and Cher ...

– guitar *Danny Perito – copyist *Victor Pesavento – copyist *Joel Peskin – woodwind *

Bill Reichenbach Jr. William Frank Reichenbach Jr. (born November 30, 1949) is an American jazz trombonist and composer. He is the son of Bill Reichenbach, who was the drummer for Charlie Byrd from 1962 to 1973. He is best known as a session musician for television, ...

– trombone *John A. Reynolds – French horn *Eric Rigler – Uilleann pipes, Irish whistle *Dennis Rivadeneira – mixing assistant *William Ross – arranger, conductor, orchestration, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement *Aaron J. Sala – background vocals, vocal arrangement *Chris Soper – assistant engineer *Ken Stacey – background vocals *Tereza Stanislav – violin *Beverley Staunton – background vocals *Bette Sussman – background vocals, associate producer, vocal arrangement, track arrangement *Phil Teele – trombone *Fonzi Thornton – background vocals *Cecilia Tsan – cello *Jonathan Tunick – arranger, conductor, orchestration *Karen Van Sant – viola *Josephina Vergara – violin *Shalini Vijayan – violin *Windy Wagner – background vocals *Randy Waldman – Piano, keyboards *Helen Barbara Werling – copyist *Patrick Williams – arranger, conductor, orchestration, vocal arrangement, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement *Frank Wolf – track engineer *Terry Woodson – librarian, copyist *Phil Yao – French horn *Gina Zimmitti – contractor

Charts

References

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