Christmas in the Stars
1980 studio album by Meco Monardo
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- Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album is a record album produced in 1980 by RSO Records.
- Much of the album is sung and narrated by British actor Anthony Daniels, reprising his role as C-3PO from the Star Wars films, and written by composer-lyricist Maury Yeston.
- Production The album was produced by Meco Monardo (who had previously recorded Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk ), with the hope that this would be the first in a series of annual Star Wars Christmas albums.
- One of his songs, "What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)", with vocals by Yeston, went on to become a recurring top-40 X-mas hit.
- The album is notable for featuring the first professional recording of Jon Bon Jovi (credited as "John Bongiovi", his birth name), who sang lead vocals on the song "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
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WikipediaChristmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album is a record album produced in 1980 by RSO Records. It features recordings of Star Wars-themed Christmas songs and stories about a droid factory where the robots make toys year-round for "S. Claus".
Much of the album is sung and narrated by British actor Anthony Daniels, reprising his role as C-3PO from the Star Wars films, and written by composer-lyricist Maury Yeston. Sound designer Ben Burtt also provided sound effects for R2-D2 and Chewbacca.
The album was produced by Meco Monardo (who had previously recorded Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk), with the hope that this would be the first in a series of annual Star Wars Christmas albums. The title, the story, and the majority of the album's original songs, both music and lyrics, were written by Yeston, then a Yale University music professor who went on to become the twice Tony Award-winning Broadway musical composer of Nine, Titanic, and Grand Hotel. One of his songs, "What Can You Get a Wookiee for Christmas (When He Already Owns a Comb)", with vocals by Yeston, went on to become a recurring top-40 X-mas hit. The album was written in 1979, before the darker The Empire Strikes Back (1980) appeared, and the fun and light tone of it was targeted for the young audience (Yeston's own son was then 7) that had fallen in love with Artoo, Threepio, the Droids and the Wookiee.
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