With the unveiling of what we believe is the new Album cover, I thought it was time to have a bit of fun.
Below are the CD covers from Clay’s albums. Which one is your favorite?
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Remember, you are voting for the cover, not the songs…
What is your favorite? Which is your least favorite?
In 2005, Clay Aiken traveled around the country presenting The Joyful Noise Tour. Aiken dug into his theatrical roots for this holiday show. He wrote a story that incorporated traditional Christmas songs and tunes from his Christmas CD, Merry Christmas With Love. He spent little time in the spotlight, instead letting the actors and dancers perform scenes as he sang. It was more than a concert, but still highlighted the wonderful voice of Clay, backed by his accomplished back-up singers. It was fun to see how Clay used some talented actors and singers from his hometown of Raleigh. He also used capable performers from local theater groups from the area of the concert.
Did you get to see this concert live?? I was lucky enough to see it twice.
Because of the talent of so many fans, we have many wonderful pictures from that tour. Please vote for your favorite picture. This will be hard!!
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Monday was my travel day from Raleigh to San Francisco…Why in the world isn’t there a non-stop flight? It took much too long!
I guess I need to get back to my schedule now that I’m home. You have all been very patient with all my travels. Thank you!
There is nothing that symbolizes the commencement of the holiday season more than the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. The Ceremony is always a fun event, full of pomp and celebrities.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tradition began formally in 1933 when a tree was decked with 700 lights and placed in front of the then eight-month old RCA Building, which is now the GE Building. The Christmas tradition was enhanced in 1936 with the opening of the Rockefeller Plaza outdoor ice skating pond. NBC-TV televised the first tree lighting in 1951 on “The Kate Smith Show” and as part of the nationwide “Howdy Doody” television show from 1953-55.
The Christmas tree that adorns Rockefeller Center is usually a Norway Spruce. The director of the Rockefeller Center gardens prefers the tree be between 75 and 90 feet tall and proportionally wide. Norway Spruce that grow in forests don’t typically reach these proportions, so the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree tends to be one that was planted in someone’s front or back yard. There is no compensation offered in exchange for the tree, other than the pride of having donated the tree that appears in Rockefeller Center.
Over five miles of lights are used to decorate the tree every year. Only the lights and the star decorate the tree. The tree is recycled and the 3 tons of mulch are donated to the Boy Scouts. The largest portion of the trunk is donated to the U.S. Equestrian team in New Jersey to use as an obstacle jump.
On November 30, 2004, Clay Aiken was part of the star-studded hour-long special on NBC celebrating the lighting the world’s most famous tree.
Co-hosts for the evening were Al Roker and Nancy O’Dell. Olympic Gold Medalist Sarah Hughes skated to Vanessa Williams who sang “Silver and Gold.”
Besides Clay, the musical lineup for the special included performances by Hilary Duff, Kenny Chesney, Tony Bennett, Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, Chris Isaak, Michael Buble, Vanessa Williams, and The Radio City Rockettes. Chicago was the special house band for national telecasts.
Clay was dressed for cold weather in an overcoat, striped scarf and a black hat. Clay sang “Winter Wonderland” during the National broadcast, and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful” during the earlier hour broadcast that was only shown in New York.
At the beginning of Clay’s live segment during the National Broadcast, the audience sang “Happy Birthday” to Clay, as it was his 26th birthday. Towards the end of the show, Clay joined the line of guests, as they closed the show by singing the song, “Let It Snow.”
Clay Aiken fans were excited to see Clay as a part of this exciting evening. It was an excellent opportunity to be seen and for people to be introduced to Clay’s Christmas album. “Mary Christmas With Love.”
AMAZON’S MOVERS AND SHAKERS
The biggest gainers in sales rank over the past 24 hours.
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The following tweets were found on Sunday evening which lead us to Amazon
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Amazon USA #9: Mary, Did You Know: Mary, Did You Know Clay Aiken | Format: MP3 Download 67% Sales Rank in MP3 So…
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The Movers & Shakers Index identifies the biggest gainers in sales rank at Amazon in the past 24 hours for MP3 Song Downloads.
Mary, Did You Know by Clay Aiken has 5.0 out of 5 stars and is available for download now.
While I was posting this, Clay moved up to #5 with a gain of 85%
A BIG Thank you to all of you who participated in the Song Poll this week. It was fun to see some names I didn’t recognize. I hope you will comment again!!
I found the results of the poll to be very interesting. Of course, this is just a small group of fans that voted, but it still showed a trend. So…here we go!!
Measure of A Man
Every song from this album received votes. This Is The Night received the least votes.
10 points – The Way
8 points – Measure of A Man
6 points – Touch
5 points – I Survived You
Merry Christmas With Love
Four songs received no votes
18 points – Mary, Did You Know
13 points – Don’t Save It All For Christmas Day
8 points – O Holy Night
A Thousand Different Ways
This was very close…there didn’t seem to be a huge favorite from this album.
7 points – Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
6 points – A Thousand Days
5 points – Because You Loved Me
5 points – Here You Come Again
5 points – Broken Wings
On My Way Here
The only song without any vote was Weight of The World.
9 points – Something About Us
8 points – Everything I Don’t Need
4 points – Ashes, As Long As We’re Here, Sacrificial Love
Tried & True
Every song received at least one point…but this wasn’t even close!!
24 points – Unchained Melody
7 points – Suspicious Minds
5 points – It’s Impossible
There were lots of comments that mentioned All Is Well and wanted to vote for it. Also, Lover All Alone received votes for two albums…if you put them together; people seem to really enjoy it!!
Are the results surprising to you? Did any of your favorites win??
Thanks again for participating. I think this was fun!!
A quick apology for the Wednesday Blog. I need to proof-read a little better. I did know that August 24th was not Clay’s birthday…I just didn’t write it clearly. I did change it when I checked in the morning!!
While Clay is out “spelunking”, we need to try a few things… so…
Lets take an un-official poll of our favorite Clay Aiken songs…
Pick your #1 favorite song from each album and leave your answer as a comment on this blog. I will keep a total and report on Thursday. I know that many of you read this via your e-mail, but we would love to have your opinion too. So stop by so we can get your input too. The more responses, the more fun it will be.
May I just say how much I appreciate your support of CANN. If there is some topic you would like me to research and write about, please let me know. This has been a long break and like most of you, I can’t wait to report some exciting news “soon”.
Measure of a Man
Label: RCA Records Released: October 14, 2003
Track List:
Invisible
I Will Carry You
The Way
When You Say You Love Me
No More Sad Song
Run to Me
Shine
I Survived You
This is The Night
Perfect Day
Measure of a Man
Touch
Merry Christmas With Love
Label: RCA Records Released: November 16, 2004
Track List:
O, Holy Night
Winter Wonderland
Silent Night
Hark the Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Mary, Did You Know
Joy to the World
The Christmas Song
Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day
Merry Christmas With Love
Sleigh Ride
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
A Thousand Different Ways
Label: RCA Records Released: September 19, 2006
Track List:
Right Here Waiting
Lonely No More
Without You
Every Time You Go Away
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
When I See You Smile
A Thousand Days
Everything I Do ( I Do It For You)
Because You Loved Me
I Want to Know What Love Is
These Open Arms
Here You Come Again
Everything I Have
Broken Wings
Bonus Tracks:
Lover All Alone (iTunes)
If You Don’t Know Me By Now (Kmart)
On My Way Here
Label: RCA Records Released: May 6, 200
Track List:
On My Way Here
Ashes
Everything I Don’t Need
Something About Us, Falling
Where I Draw The Line, The Real Me
Weight Of The World
As Long As We’re Here
Sacrificial Love
Grace Of God
Lover All Alone
Bonus Tracks:
It’s In Everyone of Us (iTunes Exclusive)
Forget I Ever Knew You (Wal-Mart Exclusive)
Tried & True
Label: Decca Records Released: June 1, 2010
Track List:
1. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
2. What Kind Of Fool Am I?
3. It’s Only Make Believe
4. Misty
5. Mack The Knife
6. It’s Impossible
7. Unchained Melody
8. Suspicious Minds
9. Crying
10. There’s A Kind Of Hush
11. Moon River
Bonus Tracks:
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (iTunes Exclusive)
Whose Sorry Now? (Deluxe Version)
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Deluxe Version)
Thanks to all of you for participating in this fun poll!!
Today’s blog doesn’t have many words, but it has some great pictures of Clay Aiken. A big thank you to my friend, Magicalmusic who put together these great pictures. An unexpected family event left me without the time to write.
I know its not Christmas, but these great pictures are worth a look. In 2005, Clay toured throughout the country on his 2nd Joyful Noise Tour.
The 2005 tour featured songs from Clay’s platinum-selling “Merry Christmas with Love,” the best-selling new holiday album of 2004. The song list was different from the 2004 tour, and included a number of songs Clay recorded for the album that didn’t appear on the CD, as well as new arrangements for some traditional favorites. The tour also featured a new element – a series of vignettes with a running storyline, written by Clay.
Enjoy!!
Do you have a favorite?
On November 28, 2006, Clay Aiken released a studio EP titled All Is Well. Originally released as an exclusive recording for Wal-Mart, the popular album finally became available on iTunes in December of 2007.
There are four songs on the All Is Well EP. The Playlist is:
Clay Aiken is listed, along with Jaymes Foster as an Executive Producer of the EP. All Is Well debuted at #54 on the Billboard Comprehensive Albums chart. This is unusual as it is unusual for an EP disc to chart or to have its sales tracked.
The title song, All Is Well, was written by Michael W. Smith and recorded for his album Michael W Smith Christmas in 1989. Because it was a popular song, Smith included the song on 2 more of his albums.
Michael W. Smith has released 22 albums and ten books and has received many awards, including Dove awards and Grammy awards. Smith is currently on a Christmas tour and will be performing another tour called 2Friends with Amy Grant in early 2011.
Clay Aiken was the featured musical guest on the Capital One Holiday Celebration on Ice in 2007. The show was televised on Christmas Day and Clay sang songs from his albums Merry Christmas With Love and All Is Well.
Todd Eldredge is a former World Champion and 4-time U.S. Champion. He chose All Is Well for his skating performance for the Celebration on Ice show. For many in the audience, the performance of the two artists was the highlight of the show. Eldredge also used Clay’s recording of this song for his Rockefeller Center performance for the Today Show.
The following video is from the Christmas broadcast of the Capital One Holiday on Ice. I was lucky enough to be in Las Vegas for the recording of this show? Were you there too?
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