New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) Features Dolly Parton, America, Steve Cropper, and BeBe Winans
Chicago, the legendary “rock and roll band with horns” who Billboard has called the top American rock group of all time, will release a brand new Christmas record on October 4, ‘O Christmas Three,’ their 33rd record and third album of holiday music. The album features special guests Dolly Parton, America, Steve Cropper, and BeBe Winans, and was produced by veteran producer Phil Ramone, one of the most respected and prolific music producers in the recording industry (Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Madonna, Elton John, Paul McCartney).
‘O Christmas Three’ features original
Chicago members Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane,
James Pankow and Walt Parazaider. The band is joined by
Dolly Parton on Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time,”
America on “I Saw Three Ships,” BeBe Winans on “Merry Christmas Darling,” and celebrated guitarist Steve Cropper on “Rockin’ And Rollin’ On Christmas Day," a new song co-written by Loughnane.
“I think this Christmas album will be enjoyed by young and old alike,” Loughnane said. “It was an exciting project to put together. I hope that our fans and other people who just happen to hear the album will feel that energy,” Lamm added.
Clear Channel’s top-rated New York City radio station, WLTW-FM, will host a special listening party for the new record on November 28th at NYC's BB
Kings Blues Club, where
Chicago will perform highlights from 'O Christmas Three.' It will also serve as a benefit for Musicians On Call, which brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities.
With constant touring – they’ve never missed a year - and sell-out shows all over the world, Chicago’s musical proficiency is at a zenith. “I think the band is playing better than we ever have before,” Loughnane said. Regarding the famous horn section, Parazaider added: “There is a magic. I liken it to a spiritual wire. Lee’s here, Jimmy’s here, I’m here, and that spiritual wire just passes through all three of us.”
‘O Christmas Three’ will be available on the band’s web site site, iTunes, and Amazon.com. A music video of one of the songs will soon be up on the band’s official website.
O Christmas Three track listing:
1) Wonderful Christmas Time (featuring Dolly Parton)
2) Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
3) I Saw Three Ships (featuring America)
4) Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
5) What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
6) It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
7) I’ll Be Home For Christmas
8) On The Last Night Of The Year
9) Merry Christmas Darling (featuring Bebe Winans)
10) Rockin’ And Rollin’ On Christmas Day (featuring Steve Cropper)
11) My Favorite Things
12) O Christmas Tree
13) Jingle Bells
14) Here Comes
Santa Claus/Joy To The World
Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in five different decades. In Billboard Magazine's list of Top 100 artists of all time,
Chicago came in at #13, the highest charting American band. Lifetime achievements include a Grammy Award, multiple American
Music Awards, record sales of more than 100 million an incredible 25 of their 32 albums have been certified platinum, and the band has a total of 47 gold and platinum awards.
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For the last two years, the band has joined forces with the American Cancer Society to create “Sing WithChicago,” a highly successful promotion that has raised tens of thousands of dollars to fight breast cancer, in which winning bidders sing the hit song “If You Leave Me Now” with the band at every concert. The proceeds from this year's "Sing With Chicago" promotion will be raised in the name of Paqui Kelly, the wife of Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly, who is battling breast cancer.
As Jimmy Pankow says, “ideas are always going.” Known for their original and innovative music style,Chicago released an exciting Latin music project of 12 of their greatest hits called ‘Chicago ¡Exitos!’ earlier this year. They hired New York producer and arranger John Van Eps, who gathered the best Latin arrangers, musicians and singers that he could find and created amazing Latin style versions of Chicago's hits, Some of the Latin music styles featured on the record are Latin Pop, Bomba, Afro, Songo, Cha Cha, Mozambique, Joropo, Mambo, Merengue and Dancon.
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