A Rockapella Holiday

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A Rockapella Holiday - Wikipedia

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A Rockapella Holiday

Studio album by

Rockapella

Released

November 16, 2011

Recorded

2011 ^[1]^[2]

Genre

A Cappella
Holiday

Length

40:36

Label

Shakariki Records / PAID, Inc.

Producer

Scott Leonard
Layne Stein

Rockapella chronology

Bang
(2010)

A Rockapella Holiday
(2011)

Motown & More
(2013)

A Rockapella Holiday is the seventeenth overall, twelfth North American, and fifth holiday album released by the a cappella group Rockapella. The tracks consist of new songs premiered on the album and songs the group has perfected since 2003 during their holiday concerts of the same name.

Announcement, publicity, and release

The album was first mentioned in an interview with Scott Leonard during the band's 2010 holiday tour, where he revealed it would include both "new and newly arranged Christmas songs."^[3] No other official news about the album was released until October 2, 2011, when Rockapella appeared on the Japanese internet show WorldNet.tv during their Japanese tour and disclosed the name of the album to be A Rockapella Holiday and that it would be released in November 2011.^[4] On November 16, 2011, Rockapella posted a picture on their official Facebook account announcing the cover art and track list for the album and that it would be available on iTunes the next day, with physical copies available by the end of the month.^[5] Rockapella's website was updated on November 17, 2011 with the album's information and made the album available in three forms:

a Deluxe Package that comes with a physical copy of the album, a digital copy with a digital booklet featuring artwork and credits, and a 2GB microphone-shaped memory stick;
a CD Package that comes with a physical copy of the album as well as a digital copy and the digital booklet; and
a Digital Package available from both the website and iTunes that contains a digital copy of the album and the digital booklet.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Angels We Have Heard On High"	Traditional, Edward Shippen Barnes, James Chadwick	4:08
2.	"Christmas Don't Be Late (The Chipmunk Song)"	Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (a.k.a. David Seville)	2:58
3.	"I Have A Little Dreidel"	Mikhl Gelbart, Samuel E. Goldfarb, Samuel S. Grossman	2:19
4.	"Matunda Ya Kwanzaa"	Scott Leonard	3:03
5.	"Wonderful Christmastime"	Paul McCartney, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	4:07
6.	"Jingle Bell Rock"	Joe Beal, Jim Boothe	1:55
7.	"Ukrainian Carol" (sic)	Mykola Leontovych	2:25
8.	"O Little Town Of Bethlehem"	Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner	3:56
9.	"The Little Drummer Boy"	Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone	3:27
10.	"Christmas Altogether"	Leonard, Masahiro Ikumi	4:59
11.	"Happy Christma-Hanu-Kwanzaa Holiday"	Leonard	3:57
12.	"Auld Lang Syne"	Robert Burns, Traditional	3:22

Personnel

Scott Leonard – high tenor
Steven Dorian – tenor
John K. Brown – tenor
George Baldi III – bass
Jeff Thacher – vocal percussion

References

^ Just left rehearsal.... Facebook. (March 18, 2011). Retrieved on November 16, 2011.
^ 7 holidays songs'.... Facebook. (July 14, 2011). Retrieved on November 16, 2011.
^ Rockapella brings holiday tour through area | Emily Cary | Music Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. Washington Examiner. Retrieved on November 16, 2011.
^ Rockapella (Interviewees) (October 2, 2011). FineMusicSpecial【rockapella】 (in Japanese). Japan. Event occurs at 30:15. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved October 10, 2011. Scott Leonard: 'It's news; this is big news. A Rockapella Holiday. John K. Brown: 'It's official now!' ... Translator: 'When will it come out?' Leonard: '十一月' (pronounced: juuichi-gatsu, translation: November)
^ Rockapella proudly announces the new album!. Facebook. (November 16, 2011). Retrieved on November 16, 2011.

v t e Rockapella
Scott Leonard Jeff Thacher Manny Houston Calvin Jones George Baldi III Sean Altman Barry Carl Steven Dorian
Studio albums	To N.Y. (1992) From N.Y. (1992) Vocobeat (1994) Primer (1995) Lucky Seven (1996) Rockapella (1997) Don't Tell Me You Do (1999) 2 (2000) Smilin' (2002) Bang (2010) Motown & More (2013)
Live albums	In Concert (2001) Live in Japan (2004) Live at Duo Music Exchange (2005, video album)
Holiday albums	Bash! (1992) Out Cold (1994) Christmas (2000) Comfort & Joy (2002) A Rockapella Holiday (2011)
Compilation albums	Best Fest (1995) More Than Ever (2002) Best A Cappella (2002)
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