A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 2 (1992)

About this title: This CD was recorded for a worthwhile cause (Special Olympics) and contains some great songs, most notably Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' "Christmas All Over Again" -- this is jingle-jangle pop at its best. Boyz II Men wrap their a cappella voices around "The Birth of Christ," and the two Wall of Sound standouts, Darlene Love and Ronnie Spector, bring their powerful voices together for the first time on "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." Bonnie Raitt duets with Charles Brown on his sexy "Merry Christmas, Baby," while Aretha Franklin shows why she's called the Queen of Soul on "O Christmas ... read more

Tracks:

1. Christmas All Over Again [Petty]
2. Jingle Bell Rock [Beal/Boothe]
3. The Christmas Song [Torme/Wells]
4. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town [Gillespie/Coots]
5. The Birth of Christ [Morris/Stockman]
6. Please Come Home for Christmas [Brown]
7. What Christmas Means to Me [Story/Gaye/Gorde]
8. O Christmas Tree [Traditional/Public]
9. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree [Marks]
10. White Christmas [Berlin]
11. Christmas Is [McDaniels/Mizell/Si]
12. Christmas Time Again [Bettencourt/Cherone]
13. Merry Christmas, Baby [Baxter/Moore]
14. O Holy Night [Adam/Dwight]
15. Sleigh Ride [Anderson/Parish]
16. What Child Is This? [Dix/Traditional]
17. Blue Christmas [Hayes/Johnson]
18. Silent Night [Gruber/Mohr]
19. I Believe in You [Dylan]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.