Elliott Yamin-My Kind Of Holiday-2008-RVP

Artist : Elliott Yamin

Album : My Kind Of Holiday

Bitrate : VBR kbps

Label : TRP / Fontana

Year : 2008

Genre : Pop

Rip date : Sep-25-2008

Store date : Oct-07-2008

Size : 40,9 MB



[Track List]



Track Listing:



01 - This Christmas 04:16

02 - Warm Me Up 03:09

03 - Jingle Bells 02:45

04 - A Very Merry Christmas 03:12

05 - Little Drummer Boy 03:03

06 - Back Door Santa 02:25

07 - The Christmas Song 02:59

08 - Merry Christmas Baby 02:50

09 - Let's Be Naughty 03:03

10 - Christmas Without Carol 03:02





30:44 min



[Notes] -



Vocalist Elliott Yamin first gained recognition as the second runner-up

on the fifth season of the reality show American Idol. Born in 1978 in

Los Angeles to a painter father and former professional singer mother,

Yamin eventually moved with his family to Richmond, VA, where he

attended middle school and high school. Around the time he turned 14,

Yamin's parents divorced, and thus began a period of some personal

difficulty for the singer. Already close to 90 percent deaf in his right

ear, Yamin was also diagnosed at 16 with type 1 diabetes. In his

sophomore year of high school he dropped out and began working at a

Footlocker and later as a clerk at a pharmacy. Though Yamin ultimately

earned his GED, his focus had already shifted full-time to pursuing a

singing career, and he found various performance opportunities including

work with a jazz band on a local radio station under the moniker E-Dub.



In 2006, Yamin quit his job at the pharmacy to audition for American

Idol in Boston, MA. Singing Leon Russell's "A Song for You" made

famous by Yamin's personal idol, soul singer Donny Hathaway Yamin

made it through the first round of auditions and moved on to the second

and all-important Hollywood round. A likable performer with a knack for

romantic soul ballads and a laid-back stage presence, Yamin was a fan

favorite from the start and ultimately made it to the final-three round

along with eventual runner-up Katharine McPhee and eventual winner

Taylor Hicks. In December of 2006, Yamin announced he had signed a

publishing deal with Sony, and he released a cover of Donny Hathaway's

"This Christmas" on iTunes. In 2007, Yamin released his self-titled solo

album.