Cool Yule

For the Louis Armstrong song, see Cool Yule (song).
Cool Yule
Studio album by Bette Midler
Released October 10, 2006
Genre Christmas music
Label Columbia
Producer Robbie Buchanan, Jay Landers (exec.)
Bette Midler chronology

Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook
(2005)
Cool Yule
(2006)
Jackpot: The Best Bette
(2008)
Singles from Cool Yule
  1. "From a Distance"
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Cool Yule is a holiday album by Bette Midler released on October 10, 2006, through Columbia Records. Midler's first seasonal release, the album features many standard Christmas tunes as well as a reworking of her Grammy-winning hit "From a Distance".

In 2008, the album was nominated for a Grammy nomination in the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category.

Track listing

  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) – 3:55
  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" (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/Johnny Marks) – 2:47 [bonus track on CDs released at Target]
  9. "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Veni, Veni Emmanuel)" (Traditional) – 3:12
  10. "Mele Kalikimaka" (Robert Alexander Anderson) – 2:34
  11. "From a Distance" (Christmas version) (Julie Gold/Special holiday lyrics by Jay Landers) – 5:11
  12. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:20

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Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Billboard Top Holiday Albums 6
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums 13
U.S. Billboard 200 33