I wanna be Santa Claus

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I wanna be Santa Claus
Ringo Starr's studio album

Publication
(s)

October 18, 1999 ( US ) ,
October 19, 1999 ( UK )

Label (s) Mercury / Universal Music Group

Format (s)

CD / LP (2017)

Genre (s)

pop

Title (number)

12

running time

45 min 1 s

occupation
  • Steve Dudas - guitar, percussion
  • Bill Hudson - guitar
  • Matt Hurwitz - guitar
  • Ben Labi - guitar
  • Jaydee Maness - Pedal Steel Guitar
  • Armand Sabal-Lecco - bass
  • Dan Higgins - saxophone
  • Steffan Fantini - guitar, backing vocals
  • Marc Fantini - guitar, backing vocals
  • Christina Rasch - percussion, background vocals
  • Gary Burr, Sarah Hudson, Brett Hudson, Bill Hudson, Kiley Oliver, Tess Whiteheart, Dick Monda, John Titta, Teisha Helgerson - backing vocals
  • Sound engineers : Scott Gordon and Mark Hudson, Rupert Coulson, Andy Wright, Paul Caruso and Dave Reed

production

Studio (s)

  • Whatinthewhatthe? Studios
  • A&M Studios
  • Westlake Studios
  • The Village Recorders - Los Angeles, USA
  • The Boneyard - Boston, USA
  • Stable Cottage Studios
  • Funny Bunny Studios - UK
  • Abbey Road Studios - London, United Kingdom
chronology
VH1 Storytellers
1998 		I wanna be Santa Claus The Anthology ... So Far
2001

I Wanna Be Santa Claus is the 18th album or the twelfth studio album by Ringo Starr after the Beatles split up . It was released in Great Britain (US: October 18, 1999) on October 19, 1999.

History of origin

After the release of his studio album Vertical Man in June 1998, Ringo Starr decided to be the first ex-Beatle to record a full Christmas album. Previously, John Lennon with the single Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (December 1971), George Harrison with the single / the album title Ding Dong, Ding Dong (December 1974) and Paul McCartney with the single Wonderful Christmastime (November 1979) had special Songs released for the Christmas season.

It is the second studio album that Mark Hudson and Ringo Starr produced together.

The first composition activities of Mark Hudson and Ringo Starr for the album took place in July 1998; six of the twelve songs are new compositions in which Ringo Starr was one of the co-composers. Another five songs (Winter Wonderland , The Little Drummer Boy , Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , Blue Christmas and White Christmas ) are new recordings of Christmas carols known in Great Britain and the USA. Christmas Time (Is Here Again) is a re-recording of the Beatles song that was used for a Christmas single on December 15, 1967 and that was sent to members by the official Beatles fan club. The Beatles version of Christmas Time (Is Here Again) also appeared as the B-side of the single Free as a Bird in December 1995.

The recordings for the album stretched between September 1998 and September 1999 mainly in the Whatinthewhatthe? Studios in Los Angeles. The songs were then mixed in the A&M Studios.

The Christmas album was commercially unsuccessful, so the record deal with Mercury was terminated after three releases (Vertical Man, VH1 Storytellers and I Wanna Be Santa Claus) .

Cover design

The cover was designed by Ringo Starr, Mark Hudson, Sonia Ives, Odine Blue and Allyson Spellacy, as well as other people not mentioned. The CD is accompanied by a twelve-page leaflet that can be opened and is illustrated, which contains information about the songs and the album as well as the lyrics.

Track list

  1. Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On (Richard Starkey * , Mark Hudson, Dean Grakal) - 3:36
  2. Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 2:55
  3. I Wanna Be Santa Claus (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Dick Monda) - 3:46
  4. The Little Drummer Boy (Harry Simeone, Henry Onorati, Katherine K. Davis) - 3:19
  5. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ( Johnny Marks ) - 2:21
  6. Christmas Eve (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson) - 4:26
  7. The Christmas Dance (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Jim Cox, Steve Dudas) - 4:06
  8. Christmas Time (Is Here Again) ( George Harrison , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , Richard Starkey) - 4:06
  9. Blue Christmas (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) - 2:58
  10. Dear Santa (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Steve Dudas) - 5:12
  11. White Christmas ( Irving Berlin ) - 2:56
  12. Pax Um Biscum (Peace Be With You) (Richard Starkey, Mark Hudson, Scott Gordon) - 4:46
∗ Richard Starkey is the birth name of Ringo Starr

Re-releases

  • The CD release from 1998 was re-released in October 2003 under the title The Best of Ringo Starr: The Christmas Collection by Mercury with a modified cover design.
  • On October 12, 2017, the album was released as a vinyl long-playing record on Mercury / Universal Music Group .
  • The CD has not yet been remastered .

Single releases

No singles were released from the album.

Chart placements

The album missed entry into the official album charts.

Others

It was not published in LP format.

literature

  • Chip Madinger and Mark Easter: Eight Arms to Hold You - The Solo Compendium . 44.1 Productions 2000, ISBN 0-615-11724-4 , p. 568.
  • CD booklet

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