Kara DioGuardi, Ashley Argota, and Daniel Rodriguez Record for Carols for a Cure

Kara DioGuardi, Ashley Argota, and Daniel Rodriguez make special appearances, adding their voices to the 2011 Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Vol. 13, the annual holiday music 2-CD set which benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Kara DioGuardi, hit songwriter, record producer, and former judge on American Idol and Bravo's Platinum Hit, presently is making her Broadway debut as Roxy Hart in Chicago. Her rendition of Irving Berlin's classic, "White Christmas," demonstrates her awesome vocal abilities.

Ashley Argota made a special request to participate on this year's Broadway's Carols for a Cure. She sings an amazing "Dance with Me Santa." Although best known for her Nickelodeon TV roles as Lulu on True Jackson, VP, and Kelly on Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures, Ashley Argota's resumé reflects her performance as Young Nala on the national tour of The Lion King.

Tenor Daniel Rodriguez makes a special appearance, singing the album's closing number "O Holy Night." One of the NYPD first responders on 9/11, Daniel Rodriguez's appearance is in recognition of the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

Additionally, the 2-disc set includes the voices of previously announced stars Daniel Radcliffe, Martha Wash, Reeve Carney, T.V. Carpio, Montego Glover, Chad Kimball, Hugh Panaro, Roger Rees, Robert Creighton, Kathy Fitzgerald, Nathan Lee Graham, Ryan Lowe, Selloane Nkhela, Jim Stanek, and Alton Fitzgerald White.

Track list

DISC 1
1. HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING - A Christmas Carol featuring Daniel Radcliffe
2. MEMPHIS - Give Away Love featuring Montego Glover & Chad Kimball
3. Kara DioGuardi and CHICAGO: The Musical - White Christmas
4. MARY POPPINS - Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep (The Rocking Carol)
(more)
5. MAMMA MIA - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
6. WICKED - When the River Meets the Sea featuring Kathy Fitzgerald
7. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - Christmas is My Favorite Time of Year
8. THE ADDAMS FAMILY - The 13 Days of Christmas featuring Roger Rees
9. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - I Wonder as I Wander featuring Hugh Panaro
10. SISTER ACT - Angels We Have Heard on High
11. ROCK OF AGES - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
12. THE LION KING - Silent Night featuring Selloane Nkhela & Alton Fitzgerald White
DISC 2
13. SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK - St. Nicholas Sky featuring Reeve Carney & T.V. Carpio
14. RENT - Go Tell It on the Mountain
15. PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT - Light it Up! featuring Martha Wash & Nathan Lee Graham
16. WAR HORSE - The First Noel
17. ANYTHING GOES - Christmas on the S.S. American featuring Robert Creighton
18. CHICAGO: The Musical - What Child is This? featuring Ryan Lowe
19. BILLY ELLIOT - Waiting for the Snow to Fall
20. DIE BRATSCHEN VON BROADWAY - Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
21. Ashley Argota - Dance with Me Santa
22. CAMELOT at The John W. Engeman Theater - O Come, All Ye Faithful featuring Jim Stanek
23. AVENUE Q - Deck the Halls
24. BABY IT'S YOU! - Auld Lang Syne
25. Daniel Rodriguez - O Holy Night

Produced by Lynn Pinto for Rock-It Science Records and engineered by Andros Rodriguez, the Broadway's Carols for a Cure series has raised over $5 million dollars for BC/EFA since its inception in 1999, providing support and care for those suffering with AIDS, as well as lending support to women's health issues. Over the years, Broadway's Carols for a Cure CDs have featured special  performances by stars Bernadette Peters, Nick Jonas, Antonio Banderas, Idina Menzel, Hugh Jackman, Harvey Fierstein, David Hyde Pierce, Raul Esparza, John Tartaglia, Darlene Love, Hugh Panaro, Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole, Andrea McArdle, Donna Lynne Champlin, and Phyllis Newman.

Broadway's Carols for a Cure, Volume 13 can be ordered for only $20 through BC/EFA at broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770 x250 Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST. Additionally, the CDs will be sold during a six-week "Gypsy-of-the-Year" fundraising period from mid-October through mid-December at participating Broadway and off-Broadway shows in New York. The CDs also will be available at select venues throughout the U.S., including The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; The LA Phil Store in Disney Hall, and The John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, New York.