Anita Baker

Released: October 4, 2005

Songwriter: Traditional

Producer: Barry Eastmond Anita Baker

[Verse 1]
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our savior
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
Oh tidings of comfort and joy

[Scatting]

[Verse 2]
From God our heavenly Father
The blessed angel came
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name
Oh tidings of comfort and joy
Oh tidings of comfort and joy

[Scatting]
[Instrumental break]
[Scatting]

[Verse 3]
Fear not said the angel
And let nothing you affright
This day is born a savior
Of the pure virgin bright
To free all those who trust in Him
From Satan's power and might
Oh tidings of comfort and joy
Oh tidings of comfort and joy

[Outro]
Joy, tidings of joy, joy, joy
Tidings... [Scatting]
Tidings of joy, joy, sweet joy, sweet joy
My joy, sweet joy... [Scatting]
My, my joy, sweet, sweet joy
Sweet, complete joy
My, my sweet, complete joy
My, my sweet, complete, complete joy
Oh, give me one
My joy

Anita Baker is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter known for her distinct low contralto vocals. She started out in the band Chapter 8, which had the hit song “I Just Wanna Be Your Girl” that was later sampled by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony for their hit song “1st of tha Month.” “Anita” went on to become a big name in ‘80s R&B alongside “Luther” and “Whitney” as she began to rack up #1 hits.

Her debut album, The Songstress, was released in 1983 on independent label Beverly Glen and featured the hit song “Angel.” She left Beverly Glen and signed with Elektra Records, releasing her second album Rapture in 1986, which went on to sell over 5 million albums and peaked at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart thanks to the hits “Sweet Love,” “Same Ole Love,” and “Caught Up in the Rapture.”

Her third album, Giving You the Best That I Got, was released in 1988 and hit #1 on the Billboard 200, and the title track hit #1 on both the Billboard R&B and Adult Contemporary Singles charts. Rapture and Giving You the Best That I Got accounted for five of her eight Grammy Awards, with her sixth in that time frame coming from her gospel collaboration with The Winans on the song “Ain’t No Need To Worry” in 1988.

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