johnny mathis, heather headley, richard marx, bebe winans, jonathan butler, fantasia, stevie, i mean,'ve got friends, man. >> when you say it like that, i was like, how did that happen? who got all those people? >> yeah, you got friends. >> actually, i credit a lot of this to ricky miner and richard burk who is the executive producer of the album. >> number one, by the way. >> i just read that. >> again. >> that's always a nice thing, but i think that having -- christmas is an opportunity, with holiday music, it's an opportunity for people to discuss different aspects of their artistry. so take stevie wonder for example. he's singing the last two minutes of the beatles classic "all you need is love." jonathan was supposed to use it for his album, it was arrangement by jeff lorber. and i wondered if the song had ever been used in the christmas context. and i don't think it has been. imagine this cd as a recording of the best holiday party ever, where you invite wonderfully talented people over. you have some food, get together, clink glasses of champagne. after dinner you retire to the