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Christmas Wishes is a seasonal studio album by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was Anne's first Holiday recording, released by Capitol Records in 1981.
The disc peaked at #34 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It stands as one of Anne's biggest-selling career albums, earning double platinum certification from the RIAA. 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 – acoustic piano (1-6, 8, 9)
Jack Lenz – acoustic piano (7, 10)
Bob Mann – acoustic guitars
Bob Lucier – steel guitar
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 – 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