Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!

Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 2000, and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 2 on Billboard's Jazz chart. The album is a memorial to Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts, and jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, who composed music scores for the first 16 television specials before his death in 1976.

Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!
Studio album by
Released2000
Recorded1999–2000
Studio
  • Avatar (New York)
  • Bill Schnee (Hollywood)
  • Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
GenreJazz
Length41:52
LabelGRP
ProducerTommy LiPuma
David Benoit chronology
Professional Dreamer
(1999)
Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!
(2000)
Fuzzy Logic
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Vince Guaraldi, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Linus and Lucy" 3:06
2."Charlie Brown Theme"
4:18
3."Pebble Beach" 4:38
4."Linus Tells Charlie"David Benoit4:30
5."Frieda (With the Naturally Curly Hair)" 4:34
6."Christmas Time Is Here"
  • Vince Guaraldi
  • Lee Mendelson
5:17
7."Getting Ready"David Benoit3:08
8."Blue Charlie Brown" 4:05
9."Red Baron" 4:28
10."Happiness"Clark Gesner3:47
Total length:41:52

Personnel

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David Benoit Trio

Guest Musicians

Production

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  • Tommy LiPuma – producer
  • Clark Germain – engineer
  • Marcelo Pennell – engineer
  • Bill Schnee – engineer, mixing
  • Koji Egawa – assistant engineer
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Ken Gruberman – music preparation
  • John Newcott – production coordinator
  • Robert Silverman – production coordinator
  • Yvonne Wish – production coordinator
  • Camille Tominaro – production manager
  • J. Arthur Thomas – business manager
  • Charles M. Schultz – illustration
  • Hollis King – art direction
  • Watts Design? – design
  • Vincent Titolo – photography
  • David Benoit – liner notes
  • Lee Mendelson – liner notes
  • Larry Fitzgerald – management
  • Mark Hartley – management

Studios

Charts

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Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Billboard Jazz Albums[2] 2

References

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  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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