ruled the genre and followed a decade of nothing but mostly lousy Elvis movies. On December 3, 1968, the camera panned in on the King's incredibly handsome face: "If you're lookin' for trouble, you came to the right place," he snarled before bursting into a terrific "Guitar Man." From that moment through the special's goose-bump-inducing finale, "If I Can Dream" (after which, legend has it, Presley collapsed from exhaustion backstage), this stands as one of rock music's great moments. Alas, it was recorded for television, so the audio quality on both vinyl and CD has never been of the highest quality. Memories , a two-disc compilation with cleaned-up sound, includes all the outtakes from the "unplugged" segment, but the stuff remains best viewed on video via either the s...  (less)

Neuwirth & John Lithgow (Deadline/ 3rd Rock From The Sun) "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - Katey Sagal (Tucker) "O Holy Night" - Marie Osmond (Donny & Marie) "Santa Baby" - Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me) "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - Anthony Ruivivar (Third Watch) "The First Noel" - Jane French (Performs theme song to NBC's Passions) "Winter Wonderland" - Jane Leeves (Frasier) "Coventry Carol" - Alex Kingston (ER) with special guest Everette Harp "Wonderful Christmastime" - Martin Sheen, John Spencer & Stockard Channing (The West Wing) "Silent Night" - Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) "Twas The Night Before Christmas" - Jay Leno (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) "NBC Celebrity Christmas: Your Favorite Stars And Hol...  (less)

'Refuge(When It Gets Cold Outside) by John Legend (3:50) * 4) 'The First Noel' by Babyface (3:02) * 5) 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' by Luther Vandross (5:04) * 6) 'This Christmas' by Martin Luther (4:55) * 7) 'Santa Baby' by Macy Gray (3:28) * 8) 'Home For The Holidays' by Brian McKnight (3:14) * 9) 'O Holy Night' by Heather Headley (4:13) * 10) 'My Christmas Prayer' by BeBe Winans-featuring Delores Winans (5:17) * 11) 'Winter Wonderland' by Al Green (2:07) * 12) 'Joy To The World' by Aretha Franklin- with members of the FAME Freedon Choir (3:01) **  (less)

- Rob Thomas (4:37) 4) My Favorite Things - Rod Stewart (2:54) 5) Mistletoe & Holly - Leigh Nash (2:36) 6) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Ray Charles (3:29) 7) Let It Snow - Michael Buble (2:05) 8) Make Someone Happy - Seal (1:53) 9) Winter Wonderland - Jason Mraz (2:06) 10) A Christmas To Remember - Amy Grant (4:21) 11) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Jimmy Sommers feat. Chris Botti (5:00) 12) Gather Round - Earth, Wind & Fire (3:47)  (less)

Cole & Anthony Hamilton - Buon Natale 3. Nat King Cole & Shelby Lynne - Silent Night 4. Nat King Cole & Ne-Yo - The First Noel 5. Nat King Cole & Faith Evans - O Holy Night 6. Nat King Cole & Los Lonely Boys - O Come All Ye Faithful (Adest Fideles) 7. Nat King Cole & LeToya Luckett - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 8. Nat King Cole - Nats Introduction 9. Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole - The Christmas Song  (less)

and psyche in a series of memorable songs that invite you into her world. The intensity and authenticity of her music brought her to the attention of the Grammy Award-winning producer T Bone Burnett (Counting Crows, Roy Orbison) who came on-board to produce The Story.  (less)