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11. O Holy Night: One of the more challenging holiday songs, this is one often taken on by singers with a showy, powerful, explosive vocal style, like Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and Whitney Houston. It’s hard to beat Mariah’s version of the song; the track on her Merry Christmasalbum [[also released in 1994) is truly a vocal wonder, and the gospel-inspired arrangement is sublime. Still, Diana Ross does well with the holiday carol; her performance here is strong and heartfelt; it’s far less bombastic than most recent recordings of the song. Miss Ross doesn’t shy away from the higher notes, and she sounds very full-bodied when going for the highest, on the word “night” at 3:42. The classical arrangement here is well-done, though I prefer the more soulful version on Miss Carey’s CD.
Source the Diana Ross Project
I much prefer Diana’s version
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