This Christmas (Patti LaBelle album)
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This Christmas is the first holiday album released by singer Patti LaBelle
on the MCA label. The album included original compositions such as "Twas Love", which LaBelle shot a video for, and "Nothing Could Be Better", which was sung live by LaBelle during an appearance on the show, A Different World
, where she played Kadeem Hardison
's mother. The album was released while LaBelle was working on a follow-up to her last pop album, Be Yourself
. This would be LaBelle's only Christmas-related studio album until the release of Miss Patti's Christmas nearly 20 years later.
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...
on the MCA label. The album included original compositions such as "Twas Love", which LaBelle shot a video for, and "Nothing Could Be Better", which was sung live by LaBelle during an appearance on the show, A Different World
A Different World
A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC . It was a spin-off series from The Cosby Show originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically black college in the state of Virginia...
, where she played Kadeem Hardison
Kadeem Hardison
Kadeem Hardison is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dwayne Wayne on A Different World, a spin-off of the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.-Childhood:...
's mother. The album was released while LaBelle was working on a follow-up to her last pop album, Be Yourself
Be Yourself (Patti LaBelle album)
Be Yourself marked Patti LaBelle's ninth solo album and her first since 1986's platinum hit, Winner in You, released in 1989 on the MCA label, her second album with the company...
. This would be LaBelle's only Christmas-related studio album until the release of Miss Patti's Christmas nearly 20 years later.
Track listing
- "This ChristmasThis ChristmasThis Christmas may refer to:*"This Christmas" , 1970*"This Christmas", 2010 song by JYP Nation*This Christmas , 1990*This Christmas , 1999*"This Christmas" , 2002...
" (4:20) - "'Twas Love" (3:43)
- "Nothing Could Be Better" (3:24)
- "I'm Christmasing With You" (3:38)
- "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (4:28)
- "If Everyday Could Be Like Christmas" (4:54)
- "Reason For The Season" (5:03)
- "Country Christmas" (4:16)
- "Born In a Manger" (3:29)
- "O Holy NightO Holy Night"O Holy Night" is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" by Placide Cappeau , a wine merchant and poet, who had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem...
" (4:40) - "Wouldn't It Be Beautiful" (3:56)
- "Angel Man" (4:03)