{"id":9664,"date":"2024-12-17T17:04:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/?p=9664"},"modified":"2024-12-18T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:25:34","slug":"reba-mcentire-and-andrea-bocelli-take-an-elvis-presley-classic-and-transform-it-into-something-even-more-magical-than-the-original-in-a-dreamy-duet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/?p=9664","title":{"rendered":"Reba McEntire and Andrea Bocelli take an Elvis Presley classic and transform it into something even more magical than the original in a dreamy duet"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><ins class=\"982a9496\" data-key=\"4684f1d5199fddad42f9065d023e495d\"><\/ins>It takes two very special people to take an Elvis Presley classic and transform it into something even more magical than the original, but Andrea Bocelli and star of both Happy\u2019s Place and The Voice, Reba McEntire, did just that over 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>This amazing performance occurred during the 2009 television event Andrea Bocelli &amp; David Foster\u2019s Christmas Special \u2014 and more than a decade-and-a-half later, we think it\u2019s the perfect time to look back on the epic moment in all its holiday glory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.swncdn.com\/godtube\/2019\/12\/09\/571044--7b827923-04a6-441d-8f5c-3b259900417e-poster.jpg\" alt=\"'Blue Christmas' Duet From Andrea Bocelli And Reba McEntire\" width=\"1280\" height=\"672\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"NX8UZz3r\"><\/div>\n<p>If either artist was nervous about performing alongside the other, we couldn\u2019t tell. Bocelli showed off the impeccable tone and range that made him the world\u2019s most recognizable Italian tenor, and McEntire brought the warmth and energy she does to every song. In fact, she stood toe-to-toe with Bocelli during some of the most powerful moments of \u201cBlue Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bocelli\u2019s iconic operatic vocals (that he\u2019s passed on to his son) defy logic. They fit so perfectly alongside McEntire\u2019s trademark country twang. It\u2019s one of those combinations we never expected to work out so well, but the result is one of the most impressive duets we\u2019ve heard. Their version of \u201cBlue Christmas\u201d is so transcendent, we\u2019re wondering why the two legendary artists never recorded an album together. (Talk about a Christmas wish!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch their performance below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andrea Bocelli, Reba McEntire - Blue Christmas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pRChhXccTFg?feature=oembed\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"790\" data-origheight=\"444\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their harmonies were gorgeous, and thankfully, the performance was filled with many of them!<\/p>\n<p>The above video is being shared far and wide on social media. In fact, even the Queen of Country Music herself shared the clip with her fans in an adorable throwback Instagram moment.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c#TBT\u2026 singing an Elvis classic alongside the incredible @andreabocelliofficial \u2744\ufe0f #BlueChristmas,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0McEntire said in a caption.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/sites\/nbcblog\/files\/styles\/scale_862\/public\/2024\/12\/reba-mcentire-andrea-bocelli.jpg\" alt=\"A split of Reba McEntire and Andrea Bocelli.\" width=\"862\" height=\"575\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Here\u2019s what to know about \u201cBlue Christmas\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Originally recorded by Doye O\u2019Dell in 1948, Presley took \u201cBlue Christmas\u201d to new heights when he recorded his version in 1957 as part of his holiday album, Elvis\u2019 Christmas Album. (We\u2019ve gotta hand it to The King \u2014 he wasted no time giving that Christmas album a convoluted name.)<\/p>\n<p>Although Presley\u2019s version didn\u2019t make much of a dent in the charts while the artist was still alive, the song has enjoyed renewed success lately. In early 2024, \u201cBlue Christmas\u201d cracked the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 nearly 70 years after its release!<\/p>\n<p>As current trends indicate, the song is still as beloved as ever. In 2022, Garden &amp; Gun named \u201cBlue Christmas\u201d one of the best parts of Elvis\u2019 Christmas Album, saying, \u201cElvis injects a heightened version of his signature breathy drawl into lyrics about unrequited love\u201d \u2014 something fans wholly agree with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes two very special people to take an Elvis Presley classic and transform it into something even more magical than the original, but Andrea Bocelli and star of both Happy\u2019s Place and The Voice, Reba McEntire, did just that over 15 years ago. This amazing performance occurred during the 2009 television event Andrea Bocelli [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/?p=9664\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[584],"tags":[],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-voice","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10115,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9664\/revisions\/10115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9664"},{"taxonomy":"reaction","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news4you.fit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Freaction&post=9664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}