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Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)

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Released
  
September 14, 1993

Artist
  
Vince Gill

Producer
  
Tony Brown

Genre
  
Country music

Length
  
39:47

Release date
  
14 September 1993

Label
  
MCA Records

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Let There Be Peace on Earth (1993)
  
When Love Finds You (1994)

Similar
  
Vince Gill albums, Country music albums

Let there be peace on earth


Let There Be Peace on Earth is the first Christmas album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1993 on MCA Nashville. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," one of the album's tracks, peaked at #54 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Contents

Though panned by music critics, the album had broad appeal to the public. It reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums for 1993, eventually going Platinum. The album had sold 1,787,000 copies as of December 2012.

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Track listing

  1. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Noël Regney, Gloria Shayne Baker) - 4:39
  2. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) - 4:02
  3. "One Bright Star (This Christmas Night)" (John Jarvis) - 3:37
  4. "What Child Is This?" (William Chatterton Dix) - 3:29
  5. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:37
  6. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Kim Gannon, Walter Kent, Buck Ram) - 4:34
  7. "Let There Be Peace on Earth" (Jill Jackson, Sy Miller) - 4:33
  8. duet with Jenny Gill
  9. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 4:40
  10. "Til the Season Comes Around Again" (Randy Goodrum, Jarvis) - 4:11
  11. "It Won't Be the Same This Year" (Vince Gill) - 3:43

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

  • Bob Bailey — background vocals
  • Stuart Duncan — fiddle
  • Kim Fleming — background vocals
  • Steve Gibson — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Jenny Gill — duet vocals on "Let There Be Peace on Earth"
  • Vince Gill — lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
  • John Hughey — steel guitar
  • John Barlow Jarvis — piano, synthesizer, keyboards
  • Shane Keister — piano, Hammond B-3 organ, synthesizer
  • Charlie McCoy — harmonica, harp
  • Donna McElroy — background vocals
  • Dean Parks — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Tom Roady — percussion
  • Jamie Robbins — background vocals
  • Chris Rodriguez — background vocals
  • Leland Sklar — bass guitar
  • Carlos Vega — drums

    • Additional background vocals by the Gene Merlino Singers: Gene Merlino, John Bahler, Dick Bolks, Sally Stevens, Myrna Matthews, Melissa Mackey, Bobbi Page, Amick Byram

    String and vocal arrangements by Marty Paich.

    Songs

    1Do You Hear What I Hear4:39
    2Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:01
    3One Bright Star3:38

    References

    Let There Be Peace on Earth (album) Wikipedia
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