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Olivia Newton-John and Friends: Gala Fundraising Concert
Concert by Olivia Newton-John
Venue	State Theatre
Associated album	A Celebration in Song
Date(s)	30 September 2008

A Celebration in Song
A Celebration in Song
Studio album by Olivia Newton-John
Released	3 June 2008
Recorded	November 2007 – March 2008
Genre	Pop, adult contemporary
Length	45:59
Label	Universal Music
Producer	Amy Sky; Mike Clute; Melinda Schneider; Barry Gibb; Eddie Schwartz; Charles Fisher; Richard Marx; John Farrar; Greg Johnson; Daniel Denholm; Phil Buckie;
Olivia Newton-John chronology

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.^[1] The worldwide release of the album was by EMI, on 2 September 2008.^[2] It is her second duets album, following (2), released in 2002 by Festival Mushroom.^[3]

On 25 January 2011, the album was re-released by Spring Hill with a new cover.^[4]

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.^[5]

The songs "Never Far Away" (with Richard Marx) and "Sunburned Country" (with Keith Urban) originally belong to Newton-John's 2002 duets album, (2).^[3] The song "Beautiful Thing" was taken from Belinda Emmett's album So I Am and the track is "dedicated with love" to her.^[5]

Track listing

*A Celebration in Song* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Right Here with You" (with Delta Goodrem)	Newton-John Goodrem	Amy Sky	4:02
2.	"Find a Little Faith" (with Cliff Richard)	Sky	Sky	4:13
3.	"Courageous" (with Melinda Schneider)	Newton-John Schneider	Mike Clute Schneider Newton-John^[a] Sky^[a]	3:37
4.	"The Heart Knows" (with Barry Gibb)	Barry Gibb Ashley Gibb Stephen Gibb	B. Gibb	3:31
5.	"Everything Love Is" (with Jimmy Barnes)	Sky Schwartz	Eddie Schwartz Sky^[a]	3:58
6.	"Isn't It Amazing" (with Sun)	Newton-John Sun	Sky	4:08
7.	"Never Far Away" (with Richard Marx)	Marx Jamey Clewer	Charles Fisher Marx	4:47
8.	"Sunburned Country" (with Keith Urban)	Newton-John Urban	Fisher	5:39
9.	"Reckless" (with John Farrar)	Farrar	Farrar	3:20
10.	"Angel in the Wings" (with Jann Arden)	Sky	Greg Johnson Sky^[a]	3:21
11.	"The Water is Wide" (with Amy Sky and RyanDan)	Traditional	Sky^[b]	3:26
12.	"Beautiful Thing" (performed by Belinda Emmett)	Emmett Phil Buckie	Daniel Denholm Buckie	3:57

Notes

^{^[a]} denotes a co-producer
^{^[b]} 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.^[6]