One Wintry Night: A David Phelps Christmas is a Christmas

Christmas

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Christian

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 singer David Phelps

David Phelps

David Norris Phelps is an American Christian vocalist, songwriter and vocal arranger, who is best known for singing tenor in the Gaither Vocal Band. He has also released several solo albums, including four Christmas collections...

. It was released on September 25, 2007 by Word Records

Word Records

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Track listing

All songs written by David Phelps, except where noted.

1. "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
   O come, O come, Emmanuel
   O come, O come, Emmanuel is a translation of the Latin text by John Mason Neale and Henry Sloane Coffin in the mid-19th century. It is a metrical version of a collation of various Advent Antiphons , which now serves as a popular Advent hymn...
   
   " (Prelude) (Public Domain) - 2:02
2. "The Singer (Let There Be Light)" - 3:48
3. "Hallelujah!" - 3:04
4. "Blue Christmas
   Blue Christmas
   "Blue Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson. The heart-broken tale of unrequited love during the holidays had long been considered a Christmas staple of country music, having been recorded first by Doye O'Dell in 1948 and popularised by Ernest Tubb the next year...
   
   " (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) - 3:34
5. "Lully, Lullay (With What Child Is This?)" (Interlude) (Public Domain) - 2:44
6. "Away in a Manger
   Away in a Manger
   "Away in a Manger" is a Christmas carol first published in 1885 in Philadelphia and used widely throughout the English-speaking world. In Britain it is one of the most popular carols, a 1996 Gallup Poll ranking it joint second.-History of the lyrics:...
   
    (with Sleep, Little Baby)" (William J. Kirkpatrick
   William J. Kirkpatrick
   William J. Kirkpatrick was born in Duncannon, Pennsylvania to a schoolteacher and musician, Thomas Kirkpatrick. He was exposed to and given formal training in music at a very young age. In 1854, he moved to Philadelphia to study music and carpentry. It was here that he studied vocal music under...
   
   , Phelps) - 4:56
7. "One Wintry Night" - 4:41
8. "If Everyone Believed" - 3:14
9. "If Christmas Never Came" - 4:36
10. "Silent Night" (Interlude) (Franz Xaver Gruber, Moore) - 2:40
11. "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam
    Adolphe Adam
    Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire , his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau , Le toréador and Si j'étais roi , and his Christmas...
    
    , John Sullivan Dwight
    John Sullivan Dwight
    John Sullivan Dwight was a Unitarian minister, transcendentalist and America's first influential classical music critic.-Biography:...
    
    ) - 5:13
12. "Hark the Herald!" - 4:06
13. "One King" - 4:38
14. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Interlude) (John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie
    Haven Gillespie
    James Lamont "Haven" Gillespie was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as well as "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love",...
    
    ) - 2:25
15. "Santa Claus Tonight" - 2:56

Musicians

• Scott Dente
  Out of the Grey
  Out of the Grey is a husband-and-wife Contemporary Christian music project consisting of Scott and Christine Denté. Christine provides lead vocals, while Scott plays guitars and sings background, along with the occasional lead vocals. They have released six studio albums, one best-of compilation...
  
   - acoustic guitar
• Gary Burnette - acoustic guitar
• David Davidson - violin
• David Angell - violin
• Monisa Angel - viola
• John Catchings - cello
• Chris Carmichael - strings
• Jack Daniels - harmonica
• Mike Haynes - horns
• Jeff Roach - keyboards
• Mark Hill - bass guitar
• Ken Lewis - drums
• Steve Lamb - additional musician
• Love Sponge String Quartet - strings

Chart performance

The album peaked at #23 on Billboard

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s Christian Albums and #7 on Holiday Albums.

Awards

The album received a nomination at the 39th GMA Dove Awards for Christmas Album of the Year.

External links

• One Wintry Night on Amazon.com
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• One Wintry Night on CD Universe