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Clay Aiken – New York!

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Monday, December 5th, 2011

Hello from the exciting city of New York. This Californian is certainly enjoying the city.

I am still in awe of Clay Aiken’s performance Sunday at the Home For The Holidays Concert. No one sings My Grown Up Christmas List like Clay. It was almost prayer-like and everyone seemed to stop and listen to every word. And, another “shout-out” to Ben Cohn. His arrangement of this song was amazing. I am so glad that Ben and Clay work so well together.

I am so glad that there are at least 3 different videos of Sunday’s performance. I know many of you have already seen this You-Tube, but I thought I should post it here too. It is always fun to watch Clay performances and so, just stop and and watch again.

The following pictures are a few that I have taken while walking around New York. I love my new iPhone, even if I can’t crop or edit until I get home.

I tried to take some pictures of places that have been mentioned recently. It seems they were a part of Clay’s project in New York.

Trump Tower

Columbus Circle

Is this the right location?

Lord & Taylor Window Display

What Year Did Clay Sing Here?

Are you counting the days until the Gala? We have so much to look forward to.

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Tags : Ben Cohn, Cafe Metro, Clay Aiken, Columbus CIrcle, Home For The Holidays, Lord & Taylor, My Grown-Up Christmas List, New York City, Rockefeller Center, Trump Tower, Youtube

Clay Aiken – Listed As Executive Producer

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Friday, December 17th, 2010

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:

All Is Well
Christmas Waltz
O Come O Come Emmanuel
My Grown-Up Christmas List

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?

Clay Aiken – A Gift To Share

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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

My Grown-Up Christmas List has been sung by many popular artists. It was originally recorded by Natalie Cole. Recently, it has been recorded by Amy Grant, Kelly Clarkson, Michael Buble, Barbra Streisand and Clay Aiken.

The song is about an adult who has a visit with Santa Claus. He does not ask Santa for anything material for Christmas. His wish is for only good things for humanity.

Today, as we listen to My Grown-Up Christmas List, we will celebrate the talents of many people. We are featuring four special people who have a gift that they share with the world.

Clay Aiken: What can I say?? Clay’s voice is amazing and his interpretation of todays song is “spot-on.” There are just no words………
David Foster: How can one person have so much musical creativity? David has written so many beautiful songs and My Grown-Up Christmas List is one of my favorites.
Linda Thompson-Jenner: Linda began writing lyrics for some of David Foster’s compositions in 1990. Besides writing the lyrics to “I Have Nothing” from the movie, The Bodyguard, Linda wrote the moving lyrics to My Grown-Up Christmas List.
SueReu: Sue has the wonderful talent of producing some of the most touching videos of Clay’s music. Her positive personality shines through as she manages to match the music with just the right visuals. Team-Clay should check out her ideas!

I hope you enjoy this touching video. It combines the talents of all four people listed above. You just might need a tissue!

My Grown-Up Christmas List

Do you remember me?
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies
Well I’m all grown up now
Can you still help somehow?
I’m not a child
But my heart still can dream

So here’s my lifelong wish
My grown up Christmas List
Not for myself
But for a world in need

No more lives torn apart
That wars will never start
And time will heal our hearts
Every man will have a friend
That right will always win
And love will never end
This is my grown up
Christmas List

May kindness rules our lives
Not just the strong survive
Sweet tears
For all the thousand years
On mind
This is the world I pray
We will all share some way
Help me begin
By reaching out my hand

No more lives torn apart
That wars will never start
And time will heal our hearts
Every man will have a friend
That right will always win
And love will never end
This is my grown up
Christmas List

Why does this illusion
Call the innocence of you?
Maybe when the time believe
We can find the truth
No

No more lives torn apart
That wars will never start
And time will heal our hearts
Every man will have a friend
That right will always win
And love will never end
This is my grown up
Christmas List

This is the prayer
That I will keep
This is my grown up
Christmas list
Christmas list

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Tags : Amy Grant, Barbra Streisand, Clay Aiken, David Foster, Decca Records, Linda Thompso-Jenner, Michael Buble, My Grown-Up Christmas List, Natalie Cole, Santa Claus, Tried & True

Clay Aiken – The Talented Team

By musicfan123 · Comments (36)

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

The song is about an adult who has a visit with Santa Claus. He does not ask Santa for anything material for Christmas. His wish is for only good things for humanity.

Today, as we listen to My Grown-Up Christmas List, we will celebrate the talents of many people. We are featuring four special people who have a gift that they share with the world.

Clay Aiken: What can I say?? Clay’s voice is amazing and his interpretation of todays song is “spot-on.” There are just no words………
David Foster: How can one person have so much musical creativity? David has written so many beautiful songs and My Grown-Up Christmas List is one of my favorites.
Linda Thompson-Jenner: Linda began writing lyrics for some of David Foster’s compositions in 1990. Besides writing the lyrics to “I Have Nothing” from the movie, The Bodyguard, Linda wrote the moving lyrics to My Grown-Up Christmas List.
SueReu: Sue has the wonderful talent of producing some of the most touching videos of Clay’s music. Her positive personality shines through as she manages to match the music with just the right visuals. Team-Clay should check out her ideas!

I hope you enjoy this touching video. It combines the talents of all four people listed above. You just might need a tissue!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZtXmwMReso

My Grown-Up Christmas List Lyrics