Vanessa Williams - GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN / MARY HAD A BABY (1993 TV Special)

Vanessa Williams sings a medley of "Mary Had a Baby" and "Go Tell It on the Mountain" on the TV special "David Foster's Christmas Album" (NBC, December 10, 1993).
This medley is from David Foster's Christmas CD, which features an all-star cast singing some of the best Christmas music of the 1990s:
www.amazon.com/Christmas-Album...
Vanessa Williams would later include this track on her 1996 "Star Bright" CD:
www.amazon.com/Star-Bright-Van...
Like several other tracks on the Foster CD, this medley was edited for television. On "Mary Had a Baby," one verse was deleted; I restored it and filled the video gap with pictures. On "Go Tell It on the Mountain," several choruses were cut; I restored them and compensated by copying and repeating part of the video to fill time.
Audio:
Produced by David Foster
Arranged by David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock, Randy Waldman & Vanessa Williams
Orchestra & Choir Arranged by Jeremy Lubbock
Choir on "Go Tell It on the Mountain" Arranged by Andrae Crouch
Keyboards: David Foster
Acoustic Piano: Randy Waldman
Video:
Produced by Linda Jonsson, David Foster & Michael Petok
Directed by Paul Miller
Musical Staging & Choreography by Walter Painter
Dancers: Paula Brown & Darrel Wright

[@terrenceragin5555]

Vanessa Williams is so stunning and beautiful and a voice is so Angelic that at times I just stare at her. She truly hypnotized me. So talented

[@FCSchaefer]

Still watching on Christmas 2022. And it gets better every year.

[@lunnouxhinds8464]

Vanessa Williams. I just love her. Her voice is so beautiful weather she is singing pop or RB or Jazz and look even gospel. She can sing anything.

[@frankieaponte7329]

ICONIC CHRISTMAS MAGIC !!! - LOVE VANESSA WILLIAMS ❤❤💚💚💜💜❤❤💚💚🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲❤💚💜

[@terrenceragin5555]

This is so beautiful. The dancers oh, Vanessa Williams of course oh, and the choir.

[@FCSchaefer]

I still come back to this every year, it wouldn't Christmas without watching it.

[@terrenceragin5555]

Go Tell It on the Mountain how beautiful this performance was

[@frankieaponte7220]

REST IN PEACE MOM AND GRANDMA - YOU ARE BOTH FOREVER MISSED !!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄♥️♥️♥️♥️🎄🎄♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄♥️♥️♥️♥️🎄♥️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ministersd]

Someone is "killin" that Ivory! Play it and sing it!! HALLELUJAH!!

[@GOP71]

Don't care when it was released, its just incredible! Mrs. Williams also is just too pretty!

[@duncan3998]

1993

[@62chucky]

I love this! Beautiful arrangement

[@ToniMoretti]

I love it too, amazing! Is possible to find it somewhere?

[@jasonwade9748]

My mom and I are singing in the choir :-)

[@stephenadams915]

How amazing!!! This is my favorite song!

[@angelafisher7936]

Wow! Hard to believe this was 26 years ago-I remember watching it when it came on!

[@duncan3998]

Then who is the ballerina?

[@michelegreene2905]

Happy Birthday Jesus. Well done by Vanessa Williams.

[@uyab7742]

Like was said two years ago: "Beautiful production, wonderful dancers, incredible vocals. And Vanessa Williams is truly awesome."

[@FCSchaefer]

I still stand by my words.

[@tanyachavis2578]

Amen!

[@kevinmcgarrell]

Still sounds great in 2020!

[@demetrius115]

Such a beautiful song Vanessa William did a beautiful job

[@frankieaponte7220]

THE AURTHUR HAILEY DANCERS AND VANESSA WILLIAMS ARE ICONIC

[@mariellamacgillis6935]

Beautiful I'm so touched 🙏🏾💖💖💖

[@mariellamacgillis6935]

Beautiful dance 💖🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💖💖💖💖💖🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@MsLucecita692003]

I Love this visdo. I am in a choir and I will be singing this song. Love you Vanessa

[@SebastianMorenoRosales1981]

LOVE this woman!

[@chriscanale9535]

love this song.....

[@EAMSprojects]

Vanessa went to church at the end though! Loved it!

[@Chloeeezyyy]

+EAMSprojects Girl was sangin' fr fr

[@philbrown1474]

Just great!

[@terrenceragin5555]

Awesome and Amazing

[@autumnr.6175]

beautiful hallelujah

[@Godreignseternal]

Oh my my!!! Glory be to God!!!

[@sunshineunc]

She is so awesome... I LOVE IT Thanks so much for uploading this

[@lv2surf]

I love Vanessa she is pregnant here..I wish she would come out with a new Christmas album in 2019..

[@katyp5914]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🕊👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽LOVE this!!!! I listen to this year-round!❤️🕊

[@newmancity]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!

[@stephenadams915]

This is my most FAVORITE Christmas song EVER!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! ❤️💚🎶🎵🎶 (this comment is from Stefanie Adams)

[@frankieaponte7220]

ICONIC ♥️ !!! VANESSA WILLIAMS YOU ARE FABULOUS !!!!! - HAPPY THANKSGIVING 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 - MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lrshan4444]

like this version best ever i think , Merry Christmas folks

[@OceanKingNY]

100,000 views! Thanks to all for supporting Vanessa's song and my little video. Merry Christmas!

[@daniellovesJesus777]

Looove it. From Indonesia with love

[@tobistraumfabrik333]

This voice ufff

[@FCSchaefer]

Beautiful production, wonderful dancers, incredible vocals. And Vanessa Williams is truly awesome. My favorite holiday KZbin video. Thank you OceanKingNY. Merry Christmas to all, each and every one.

[@OceanKingNY]

Because Vanessa recorded this for David Foster's 1993 Christmas album. He gave her permission to include this track on her own Christmas album in 1996.

[@stephenadams915]

Thank goodness because I love her Star Bright album!

[@OceanKingNY]

Thanks for the compliment. I think you're the first person to notice where that splice is (or the first person to comment on it, anyway). It was fun finding ways to "expand" the video so that I could use the uncut audio.

[@user-qh7zv4mr6z]

Traditional CHRISTmas Gospel hymn, excellent. ❤🙂👍 Not that holiday stuff.

[@Seodotcom]

Amazing.. thx

[@memymine93]

*Who is listening to this in December 2015*

[@houndandhandbag]

+Lollie Utbe I love this I have the CD but I didn't know it was filmed.

[@autumnr.6175]

me! glory to God

[@FCSchaefer]

+Lollie Utbe I come back here every Christmas.

[@cathyarrieta6751]

I am, and it's july 3, 2017!

[@OceanKingNY]

Good to know your mom raised you right. :)

[@Danielle58282]

I love it when Vanessa Williams go on instead of the dancers.

[@toblikehim40]

I've always like vanessa williams, and I must say at 4:39-4:43 I was impressed, I did not expect that from her!!

[@jessicalm145]

i remeber this song! my mom must have had the tape!

[@OceanKingNY]

According to the CD liner notes for this track, the orchestra & choir were arranged by Jeremy Lubbock, and the choir on "Go Tell It on the Mountain" was arranged by Andrae Crouch. However, that doesn't mean that the people we see singing are the actual choir members. Maybe they are, but they could have just been extras who were hired to lip synch to the recording. This special was shot in Hollywood, I believe.

[@waspassiertwenn8806]

We

[@Danielle58282]

Vanessa Williams look basically the same noe in 2010. Wow. She is so pretty, No homo. I posted before i am a BIG fan and I mean that too.

[@OceanKingNY]

The CD liner notes for this track read, "Acoustic Piano - Randy Waldman" and "Keyboards - David Foster." I didn't include every single musician in my notes because the credits would be a mile long. I only noted what Mr. Foster's contribution to each track was, since it was his album. But since you brought it up, I added Mr. Waldman to the list. :)

[@ThalemaWilliamsStudios]

Who is listening to this in November 2016?

[@JohannFrederick]

December 2016..

[@FCSchaefer]

Back again in 2016. Love this video more than ever.

[@michelegreene2905]

Thalema Williams Studios 2018😀

[@peze80]

Thank you for this upload! Wonderful and impressive editing! Two thumbs way up!

[@OceanKingNY]

+peze80 You're welcome. Thanks for the positive feedback. Have a Merry Christmas!

[@frankieaponte7220]

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄 ❤️ ♥️ - HAPPY CHRISTMAS 🎄 ❤️ 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❤️❤️❤️❤️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@stellajohn8742]

Everything about JESUS CHRIST IS ALIVE AND NEW EVERY DAY AND ETERNALLY

[@OceanKingNY]

The dancers' names are Paula Brown & Darrel Wright. I don't know what dance company they came from.

[@OceanKingNY]

You're welcome!

[@skatmatt]

FUCK. she is so fierce.

[@fraiserabbit]

my class sang this for christmas carols except more.....energetic

[@eivindborge-hansen5102]

Think that Randy Waldman is playing the piano her. Really great!

[@ladymusiclover]

Yes it is, she's an actress and singer.

[@helumsunset]

@javierbabycakes i was thinking that too!

[@bayoucitypreps8463]

👍

[@javierbabycakes]

is that PRECIOUS in the chorus?

[@Ninjasp123]

5:13 i sense a praise break lol

[@OceanKingNY]

Yep, doesn't she always? Must be that Miss America vibe.

[@rhondarobinson8443]

Notice future star actress Gabby Sidibe of "Precious" and "Empire" fame is one of the 2 children singing in the opening shots.

[@rosesingh5564]

Have always loved Vanessa please song more lovely songs

[@OceanKingNY]

Are you Randy Waldman? Or a family member? I only ask because your profile says you are 29, but in his KZbin videos, Randy Waldman looks a bit older than that. Either way, thanks for posting.

[@stevesandoval3920]

Jimbo Marshall's set looked so magnificent!

[@jessicalm145]

do you know who the choir is? and was this in NYC?

[@Danielle58282]

@OneHundredChords its a play

[@Danielle58282]

@Danielle58282 Sorry I mean She looks the same NOW in 2010 not noe. Sorry

[@Danielle58282]

I am a BIG Vanessa Williams fan. I wish I could meet her in person. No homo, but she is very pretty.

[@nancyking]

Who's singing that deep part at 1:46? I never noticed it until now.

[@7840christina]

I think she sang that part also

[@nateedge2]

64 people that don't know talent and are racist! So beautiful 😍

[@jerryo1228]

Of course, they're stupid and ignorant. She's the best!

[@yungwill513]

she wasnt singin !!!

[@carloseduardorosado]

Why everytime that the camera cuts to the choir it focus on a white person first? :S

[@pamelaharrmann8420]

instead of a black person?oh, or gods sake..give it a rest

[@kaylynstevens4097]

she look pregnant in this

[@stevesandoval3920]

she was

[@evfich]

the entire show was lip-synched, unfortunately.

[@beauga07]

Céline Dion

[@stevesandoval3920]

True. I worked on the special.

[@stephenadams915]

I don’t care, it was still amazing and my favorite!