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Cool Yule
Cool Yule
Studio album by Bette Midler
Released	October 10, 2006
Genre	Christmas
Length	37:23
Label	Columbia
Producer	Robbie Buchanan; Jay Landers (exec.);
Bette Midler chronology
Singles from Cool Yule
	"From a Distance (Christmas version)";

Cool Yule is a first holiday album by American singer Bette Midler. It was released on October 10, 2006, through Columbia Records. The album features many standard Christmas tunes as well as a reworking edition of her Grammy-winning hit "From a Distance". In 2008, Cool Yule was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

AllMusic editor Marisa Brown found that "the Divine Miss M shows off her stuff (including a very able backing band/orchestra) on all the tracks [...] and sounds good the whole time. Because she doesn't add much to the songs that hasn't already been done before, Cool Yule may not replace anyone's [duet partner] Johnny Mathis holiday albums yet, but it's still a pretty strong collection of well-done Christmas standards from a well-known and popular artist."^[1]

Chart performance

Cool Yule failed to chart upon its October 10, 2006 release.^[2] It was not until November 25, 2006, the album made its debut on the US Billboard 200.^[3] It peaked in the week of December 6, 2006, rising from number 35 to number 33 on sales of 47,000 copies.^[4] By July 2007, Cool Yule had sold 271,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Robbie Buchanan.

*Cool Yule* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Merry Christmas"	Fred Spielman Janice Torre	3:13
2.	"Cool Yule"	Steve Allen Eric Kornfeld	2:28
3.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane Hugh Martin	3:35
4.	"Winter Wonderland"/"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (duet with Johnny Mathis)	Felix Bernard Richard B. Smith Sammy Cahn Jule Styne	2:46
5.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon Walter Kent	3:21
6.	"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"	Frank Loesser	3:58
7.	"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"	Irving Berlin	3:25
8.	"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day^[a]"	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Johnny Marks	2:47
9.	"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)"	Traditional	3:12
10.	"Mele Kalikimaka"	Robert Alexander Anderson	2:34
11.	"From a Distance"	Julie Gold Jay Landers	5:11
12.	"White Christmas"	Berlin	3:20

Notes

^{^[a]} "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" served as a bonus track on CD albums released at Target.

Personnel

Christopher Autopchuk – art direction
Rick Babtist – trumpet
William Baker – copyist
Russell Bartmus – copyist
Leanne Becknell – woodwind
Steve Becknell – French horn
Tom Bender – mixing assistant
Gordon Berg – copyist
Wayne Bergeron – trumpet
Charles Bisharat – violin
David Blumberg – conductor, orchestral arrangements, copyist
Chandler Bridges – engineer
Robbie Buchanan – piano, arranger, conductor, keyboards, producer, orchestration, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement
Caroline Campbell – violin
Darius Campo – violin
Dave Carpenter – upright bass
Lily Chen – violin
Paul Cohen – cello
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Dennis Collins – background vocals
Larry Corbett – cello
Rose Corrigan – woodwind
Datz Pyle, Debbi – contractor
Brian Dembow – viola
Joel Derouin – violin
Andrew Duckles – viola
Bruce Dukov – concert master
Katharine Edmonds – copyist
Bill Edwards – copyist
Johnson Enos – background vocals, vocal arrangement
Tabitha Fair – background vocals
Alma Fernandez – viola
Gary Foster – woodwind
Matt Funes – viola
Steve Genewick – digital editing
Mark Graham – copyist
Alan Grunfeld – violin
Mick Guzauski – mixing
Al Hershberger – violin
Dan Higgins – woodwind
Sean Holt – background vocals
Stephen Holtman – trombone
Greg Huckins – woodwind
Alexander Iles – trombone
Bob Jackson – mastering assistant
Sharon Jerry-Collins – background vocals
Bashiri Johnson – percussion
JoAnn Kane – copyist
Ana Landauer – violin
Jay Landers – liner notes, executive producer
Natalie Leggett – violin
Gayle Levant – harp
Bill Liston – woodwind
Dane Little – cello
Doug Livingston – steel guitar
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Warren Luening – trumpet
Larry Lunetta – trumpet
Barry Manilow – producer
Arif Mardin – orchestral arrangements
Andy Martin – trombone
Liane Mautner – violin
Joe Meyer – French horn
Jaclyn Morse – production coordination
Helen Nightengale – violin
Robin Olson – violin
Michael O'Neill – photography
Charles Paakkari – assistant engineer
Sid Page – violin
Alyssa Park – violin
Searmi Park – violin
Sara Parkins – violin
Dean Parks – guitar
Danny Perito – copyist
Victor Pesavento – copyist
Joel Peskin – woodwind
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
John A. Reynolds – French horn
Eric Rigler – Uilleann pipes, Irish whistle
Dennis Rivadeneira – mixing assistant
William Ross – arranger, conductor, orchestration, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement
Aaron J. Sala – background vocals, vocal arrangement
Chris Soper – assistant engineer
Ken Stacey – background vocals
Tereza Stanislav – violin
Beverley Staunton – background vocals
Bette Sussman – background vocals, associate producer, vocal arrangement, track arrangement
Phil Teele – trombone
Fonzi Thornton – background vocals
Cecilia Tsan – cello
Jonathan Tunick – arranger, conductor, orchestration
Karen Van Sant – viola
Josephina Vergara – violin
Shalini Vijayan – violin
Windy Wagner – background vocals
Randy Waldman – Piano, keyboards
Helen Barbara Werling – copyist
Patrick Williams – arranger, conductor, orchestration, vocal arrangement, orchestral arrangements, track arrangement
Frank Wolf – track engineer
Terry Woodson – librarian, copyist
Phil Yao – French horn
Gina Zimmitti – contractor