# A Celebration in Song

A Celebration in Song is the twenty-third and final solo studio album by British-Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 3 June 2008 by Warner Bros. in Australia. The worldwide release of the album was by EMI, on 2 September 2008. It is her second duets album, following (2), released in 2002 by Festival Mushroom.
On 25 January 2011, the album was re-released by Spring Hill with a new cover.

## Background

The album was released in conjunction with Newton-John's walk to Beijing which, together with this album, raised funds for the future The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Center in Melbourne, Australia.
The songs "Never Far Away" (with Richard Marx) and "Sunburned Country" (with Keith Urban) originally belong to Newton-John's 2002 duets album, (2). The song "Beautiful Thing" was taken from Belinda Emmett's album So I Am and the track is "dedicated with love" to her.

## Track listing

Notes
* denotes a co-producer
* denotes an arranger

## Personnel

Performers and musicians
* Olivia Newton-John – vocals
* Andy Downer – keyboards (1)
* Amy Sky – keyboards (1, 6, 11), acoustic piano (11), vocals (11)
* Greg Johnston – programming (1, 2, 10), guitars (1, 2, 10), bass guitar (1, 2, 10)
* Tony Harrell – Hammond B3 organ (3)
* Doug Emery – keyboards (4)
* Hal Roland – keyboards (4)
* Dane Bryant – keyboards (5)
* Gary Prim – keyboards (5)
* Anthony Vanderburgh – keyboards (5)
* Attila Fias – keyboards (6)
* Richard Marx – keyboards (7), programming (7), vocals (7)
* Steve Nathan – organ (8)
* John Farrar – keyboards (9), guitars (9), vocals (9)
* Peter Wolf – additional programming (9)
* Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar (3)
* Mark Punch – acoustic guitar (3)
* Steve Gibb – guitars (4)
* Michael Severs – electric guitar (5)
* Fred Knobloch – acoustic guitar (5)
* Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar (5)
* Bill Bell – guitars (6), bass guitar (6)
* Keith Urban – guitars (8), vocals (8)
* Mike Bukovik – guitars (8)
* Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (3, 5)
* Alison Prestwood – bass guitar (8)
* Mark Kelso – drums (1, 6)
* Dave Sanders – drums (1)
* Steve Brewster – drums (3)
* Lee Levin – drums (4)
* Paul Leim – drums (5)
* Chris McHugh – drums (8)
* Ian Cooper – strings (3)
* Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle (5), cello (5)
* Amy Laing – cello (11)
* Delta Goodrem – vocals (1)
* Cliff Richard – vocals (2)
* RyanDan – harmony vocals (2), vocals (11)
* Melinda Schneider – vocals (3)
* Barry Gibb – vocals (4)
* Jimmy Barnes – vocals (5)
* Sun Ho – vocals (6)
* Martin Landin Chapman – backing vocals (8)
* Steve Real – backing vocals (8)
* Jann Arden – vocals (10)
* Belinda Emmett – vocals (12)
Technical
* Amy Sky – executive producer
* Greg Johnston – recording (1, 2, 10)
* Victor Florencia – mixing (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10), recording (4)
* Sam Hannan – recording (1, 6)
* Mark Kelso – recording (1, 6)
* James Freeman – additional recording (3, 11), overdubbing (5), mixing (5)
* Ethan Carlson – recording assistant (2), recording (4), mixing (4)
* Steve Marcantonio – recording (5)
* Bill Bell – recording (6)
* Serge Tsai – recording (6, 10)
* Justin Niebank – engineer (8)
* Elvis Aponte – recording assistant (6, 10)
* Alonzo Vargas – recording assistant (6, 10)
* Todd Gunnerson – assistant engineer (8)
* Noah Passovay – vocal engineer (9)
* Andy Hunt – recording (10)
* John Bailey – recording (11), mixing (11)
* Chuck Turner – mixing (6)
* Cory Barnes – Pro Tools editing (1, 2, 6, 11)
* Joao Carvalho – mastering
* Kelly David Smith – design
* Michael Caprio – cover design
* Juli Balla – cover photography
* David Anderson – photography
* Chad Allen Smith – reissue design, reissue photography

## Concert

The Olivia Newton-John and Friends: Gala Fundraising Concert was a one-night only concert based in the album. The concert was held at the State Theatre in Sydney on 30 September 2008 to raise funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal.

### Songs performed

* "I Say a Little Prayer" (Paulini)
* "Calling You" (Katy Cebrano)
* "A Song for You" (Katy Cebrano)
* "All Come Together" (Johnny Diesel)
* "My Heart Will Go On" (Trisha Crowe)
* "Someone to Watch Over Me" (Lucy Durack)
* "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" (Christine Anu)
* "My Island Home" (Christine Anu)
* "Blow Up the Pokies" (Tim Freedman)
* "Run to Paradise" (Mark Gable)
* "Reminiscing" (Carl Riseley)
* "Memphis medley" (Guy Sebastian)
* "Tucker's Daughter" (Ian Moss)
* "Perfect" (Vanessa Amorosi)
* "The Horses" (Daryl Braithwaite)
* "Reckless" (James Reyne)
* "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (Chantelle Delaney)
* "Let Me Be There" (with Chantelle Delaney)
* "Tenterfield Saddler" (with Todd McKenney)
* "Summer Nights" (with Guy Sebastian)
* "Pearls on a Chain"
* "Courageous" (with Melinda Schneider)
* "I Honestly Love You"
* "You're the One That I Want" (Mark Gable and Melinda Schneider)