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
 * undefined denotes a co-producer
 * undefined 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)