One Wish (for Christmas)
"One Wish" is a 1994 Christmas song by American R&B singer Freddie Jackson, from his album At Christmas.
Whitney Houston version
American R&B singer Whitney Houston covered the song for her 2003 Christmas album, One Wish: The Holiday Album. Her cover, titled "One Wish ", was the only single released from the album and reached number 20 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.Promotion
A lyric video for "One Wish " was released on December 11, 2020.Polls and rankings
About.com ranked the Houston version the 5th great R&B Christmas song ever in 2019.Personnel
Credits adapted from Spotify metadata.Performers and musicians
- Julien Barber – viola
- Sandra Billingslea – violin
- Joseph Bongiorno – double bass
- Alfred Brown – viola
- Bernard Davis – drums
- John Dexter – viola
- Max Ellen – violin
- Sharlotte Gibson – backing vocalist
- Phil Hamilton – guitar
- Ashley Horne – violin
- Regis Iandiorio – violin
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion
- Olivia Koppell – viola
- Gail Kruvand – double bass
- Leonid Levin – violin
- Jesse Levy – cello
- Margaret Magill – violin
- Kermit Moore – cello
- Eugene Moye – cello
- Belinda Carol Pool – violin
- Maxine Roach – viola
- Andy Stein – violin
- Marti Sweet – violin
- Shelene Thomas – backing vocalist
- Harry Zaratzian – viola
- Ray Bardani – mixing engineer
- Gordon Chambers – arranger, producer, writer
- Barry J. Eastmond – arranger, conductor, producer, writer
- Phil Magnotti – recording engineer
- Anthony Ruotolo – recording assistance
- Matt Snedecor – mixing assistance
- Freddie Jackson – writer