Santa's Rockin'! is the twentieth album released by The Wiggles, and the group's third Christmas-themed album. The album's tie-in video special was released in America on September 28th, 2004 and in Australia on November 10th that same year.
The album features special guest appearances from American singer John Fogerty (of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame), American actor Barry Williams (famous for The Brady Bunch), and Australian singer Ross Wilson (of Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock fame).
Tracklist[]
- Introduction - 0:17
- Ring-A-Ding-A-Ding Dong! - 2:10
- Introduction - 1:19
- Great Big Man In Red (Featuring John Fogerty) - 2:45
- Introduction - 0:12
- Mary's Boy Child - 2:34
- Introduction - 0:24
- Captain Feathersword's Christmas Dance - 1:53
- Introduction - 0:28
- Rockin' Santa! (Featuring John Fogerty) - 2:24
- Introduction - 0:20
- Noche De Paz (Silent Night) - 2:59
- Introduction - 0:09
- This Little Baby Is Born Again (Featuring Ross Wilson) - 3:33
- Introduction - 0:47
- Wags Stop Your Barking, It's Almost Christmas Day! (Featuring Barry Williams) - 2:24
- Introduction - 0:48
- Christmas Barcarolle (Let The World Rejoice) - 1:58
- Introduction - 0:12
- Dorothy's Christmas Roses - 2:20
- Introduction - 0:04
- Away in a Manger - 2:04
- Introduction - 0:18
- Henry The Champion Christmas Wrapper - 2:26
- O Come All Ye Faithful - 2:43
- Introduction - 0:21
- Day Of Joy, Day Of Peace (Hamish's Lullaby) - 2:24
- Outro - 0:10
Personnel[]
The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
- Produced by Anthony Field
- Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
- Vocals: Greg Page
- Backing Vocals: The Wiggles
- Guest Vocals: John Fogerty, Barry Williams, Ross Wilson, Santa Claus, Fernando Moguel Sr, Fernando Moguel Jr, Julio Moguel
- Manzillas: Craig Abercrombie, Brett Clarke, Ryan Desaulnier, Sam Moran, Paul Paddick, Mark Punch
- Guitars: Anthony Field, John Field, Robin Gist, Mark Punch
- Bass: Murray Cook, Chris Lupton
- Keyboard: Jeff Fatt, Steve Blau, Dominic Lindsay
- Brass: Dominic Lindsay
- Drums: Tony Henry
- Percussion: Dominic Lindsay, Steve Machamer
- Harp: Victor Valdes
- Violin: Maria Lindsay
- Cello: Margaret Lindsay
- Production Team: Jennifer Carmody, Paul Field
- Recorded, mixed and mastered at Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia by Robin Gist
- John Fogerty Recorded at NRG Studios Los Angeles, USA by Ross Hogarth, produced by Paul Field
Trivia[]
- This album was:
- The first to feature Ryan Desaulnier as a backing vocalist.
- The first to feature Dominic Lindsay as a percussionist.
- The first to credit violinist Maria Lindsay under her maiden surname.
- The last to feature percussionist Steve Machamer as a musician until Fun and Games.
- "Mary's Boy Child" and "Day Of Joy, Day Of Peace (Hamish's Lullaby)" were the only songs on the album to not appear in the tie-in video special.
- The Christmas Single CD released the same year as the album featured versions of "Great Big Man In Red" and "Rockin' Santa!" without vocals from John Fogerty. The Single version of the latter song also contains slightly different backing vocals.
- "O Come All Ye Faithful" was the only song on the album to not have a separate spoken introduction track.
Mistakes and Errors[]
- Craig Abercrombie was not credited for playing saxophone and percussion.[4]
- On the North American release of the album, Victor Valdes, Maria Lindsay and Margaret Lindsay were not credited as musicians.
- Valdes' surname was also misspelt as "Valdez" on the Australian release of the album.
Sources[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050427111730/http://www.roadshow.com.au/village_category.asp?txtCatalog=Music&txtCategory=Wiggles
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040407074337/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/about/updates/20040129.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040407072723/http://www.thewiggles.com.au/about/updates/200309.html
- ↑ End credits of the album's tie-in video special.