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

For the television special, see 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 David Benoit
Released	2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Studio	Avatar (New York) Bill Schnee (Hollywood) Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee) Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:52
Label	GRP
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
David Benoit chronology
Professional Dreamer (1999) Here's to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! (2000) Fuzzy Logic (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

All tracks are written by Vince Guaraldi, except where noted

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

Personnel

David Benoit Trio

• David Benoit – acoustic piano, arrangements, orchestra arrangements and conductor (10)
• Christian McBride – bass
• Peter Erskine – drums, percussion

Guest Musicians

• Vince Guaraldi – acoustic piano (1)
• Marc Antoine – guitar (3, 9)
• Russell Malone – guitar (8)
• Chris Botti – trumpet (4)
• Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (5)
• Bruce Dukov – concertmaster (10)
• Ken Gruberman – music contractor (10)
• Take 6 – vocals (6)
• Al Jarreau – vocals (10)

Production

• 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

• Recorded at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA); Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Avatar Studios (New York, NY); Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN).
• Mixed at Bill Schnee Studios.
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Billboard Jazz Albums	2

External links

• David Benoit-Here's To You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! at Discogs