Nashville, TN – New Haven Records has announced the second Christmas release this Holiday season from multi-award winning, singer/musician/producer Gordon Mote. The first release was O Little Town of Bethlehem. Mote delivers even more Holiday cheer this Christmas season with the release of the classic, I’ll Be Home for Christmas.
Throughout the past three decades, the 21-time Academy of Country Music nominee, established a place at the forefront of the Christian and country music genres as one of the country’s most sought-after studio musicians and producers, as well as an accomplished solo recording artist.
Recorded in 1943, by the legendary Bing Crosby, I’ll Be Home for Christmas was originally written to honor soldiers overseas who longed to be home at Christmas time. Over the past 70 years, the song has become a Christmas standard. “I love the story behind, ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas,’” Mote states. “Everyone longs to be in the place they call home during the Christmas season, and I hope everyone that hears my version will enjoy it and have a wonderful Christmas season wherever they call home.”
“It seems like almost everyone has recorded this Christmas favorite,” New Haven Records President Ken Harding shares. “Elvis Presley, Johnny Mathis, Kelly Clarkson, Josh Groban, Pentatonix, Michael Buble, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, and the list goes on and on, but I must admit that Gordon’s rendition is pretty special. I believe his version will be loved and played for years to come.”
I’ll Be Home for Christmas and O Little Town of Bethlehem are available now on iTunes, Amazon and all streaming platforms.
About Gordon Mote:
Blind since birth, Gordon Mote began playing piano at the age of three. Ever since, he’s been using his God-given musical talents to write and record songs that reflect his faith. After graduating from Nashville’s Belmont University with honors, Mote was asked to join Lee Greenwood’s band. Since then, Mote has become an in-demand concert and studio musician playing, touring and recording with some of Country and Gospel music’s biggest artists, including Porter Wagoner, the Gaither Vocal Band, Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Blake Shelton, Trisha Yearwood and Alan Jackson, among others. Moreover, Mote has also been a long-running guest on numerous Gaither Homecoming tours. Throughout his career, Mote has garnered three Academy of Country Music Awards, multiple Music Row Magazine Instrumentalist of the Year Awards, numerous Dove Award nominations and two GRAMMY® nominations. For more information, go to www.gordonmote.com.
About New Haven Records:
New Haven Records is a Nashville-based music corporation that includes label, publishing, and film companies. For almost three decades, they have focused on the uniquely American genres of Black Gospel, Southern Gospel, and Country & Bluegrass Gospel. New Haven’s product is distributed to the mainstream through SONY Distribution and to the Christian marketplace through Provident Music Distribution. For additional information, go to www.newhavenrecords.com.
