Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek

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Nickel Creek was formed in 1989 in Carlsbad, California, by mandolinist Chris Thile, acoustic guitarist Sean Watkins, and fiddle player Sarah Watkins. Although all three musicians were still in grade school at the time, they displayed a talent for playing progressive bluegrass music that belied their youth. After releasing albums like 1993's Little Cowpoke and 1997's Here to There, Nickel Creek first enjoyed crossover success with 2000's self-titled Nickel Creek, which was produced by bluegrass icon Alison Krauss and reached Number 13 on the Top Country Albums chart. The songs "When You Come Back Down" and "The Lighthouse's Tale" were both Top 50 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart, and Nickel Creek went platinum as a result. After winning the International Bluegrass Music Award for "Instrumental Group of the Year" in 2001, the band returned to the charts in 2002 with the gold-certified This Side, which reached Number 2 on Top Country Albums, Number 18 on the Billboard 200, and Number 1 on Top Bluegrass Albums. This Side won a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" and was followed by 2005's Why Should the Fire Die?, which also topped the bluegrass charts. By 2007, though, the band had embarked upon an indefinite hiatus as its members devoted time to their own projects. Reconvening seven years later, Nickel Creek released A Dotted Line in 2017, reaching Number 1 on the both the Folk Albums and Top Bluegrass Albums charts. The album received two Grammy nominations, and Nickel Creek toured periodically during the second half of the 2010s before reuniting once again for 2023's Celebrants, which reached Number 196 on the Billboard 200.

Top tracks

02
Destination
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
03:51
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
09
You Don't Know What's Going On
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
02:50
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
02
Spit On A Stranger
Nickel Creek
This Side
02:34
Composers: Stephen Malkmus
02
The Lighthouse's Tale
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
05:01
Composers: Adam McKenzie - Chris Thile
03
Out Of The Woods
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
05:19
Composers: Sinéad Lohan
11
The Fox
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
02:30
Composers: Traditional
12
Pastures New
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
03:53
Composers: Sean Watkins
04
In The House Of Tom Bombadil
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
03:46
Composers: Chris Thile
06
When You Come Back Down
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
03:49
Composers: Tim O'Brien - Danny O'Keefe
01
Rest of My Life
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
03:39
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
05
Hayloft
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
03:17
Composers: Ryan Guldemond
05
Reasons Why
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
04:08
Composers: Sean Watkins - David Puckett
07
Love of Mine
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
04:42
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
10
Robin And Marian
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
04:34
Composers: Sean Watkins
01
When In Rome
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
04:15
Composers: Chris Thile
10
Where Is Love Now
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
04:42
Composers: Sam Phillips
01
Smoothie Song
Nickel Creek
This Side
03:20
Composers: Chris Thile
06
21st of May
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
02:47
Composers: Sean Watkins
03
Elsie
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
02:32
Composers: Chris Thile
03
Speak
Nickel Creek
This Side
04:01
Composers: Sean Watkins
07
Green And Gray
Nickel Creek
This Side
03:36
Composers: Chris Thile
01
Ode To A Butterfly
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
04:08
Composers: Chris Thile
09
The Hand Song
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
04:26
Composers: Sean Watkins - David Puckett
05
I Should've Known Better
Nickel Creek
This Side
04:27
Composers: Carrie Newcomer
07
Sweet Afton
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
05:37
Writer: Robert Burns / Composers: Chris Thile
04
Scotch & Chocolate
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:07
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins
06
This Side
Nickel Creek
This Side
03:33
Composers: Sean Watkins
11
Doubting Thomas
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:19
Composers: Chris Thile
08
Where the Long Line Leads
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:24
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
17
Water Under the Bridge, Pt. 2
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
01:04
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
01
Holding Pattern
Nickel Creek
Holding Pattern
03:05
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
08
Elephant in the Corn
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
05:10
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
08
Cuckoo's Nest
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
02:19
Composers: Traditional
04
Helena
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
04:45
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
18
Failure Isn't Forever
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
05:00
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
10
Best Of Luck
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:22
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
07
Eveline
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:11
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins
12
Young
Nickel Creek
This Side
03:29
Composers: Chris Thile
11
Goddamned Saint (Reprise)
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
00:51
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
16
New Blood
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:40
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
14
…Despite the Weather
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
04:02
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
04
The Meadow
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:30
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
16
Elephant in the Corn (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:45
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
08
Seven Wonders
Nickel Creek
This Side
04:10
Composers: Sean Watkins - David Puckett
02
Somebody More Like You
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:01
Composers: Sean Watkins
15
Hollywood Ending
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
04:17
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
14
The Fox (Live From The Freight And Salvage/2000)
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
09:19
Composers: Unknown
07
Reasons Why (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:04
Composers: Sean Watkins - David Puckett
13
To the Airport
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
04:02
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
11
Ode to a Butterfly (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
07:07
Composers: Chris Thile
02
Scotch & Chocolate (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
03:35
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
10
Beauty And The Mess
Nickel Creek
This Side
02:52
Composers: Chris Thile - Luke Bulla
01
Sabra Girl
Nickel Creek
Sugar Hill Sweethearts
04:04
09
Anthony
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
01:55
Composers: Sara Watkins
04
Christmas Eve
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
04:22
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
06
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:37
Composers: Bob Dylan
05
Jealous of the Moon (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:29
Composers: Chris Thile - Gary Louris
04
Destination (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:17
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
04
Hanging By A Thread
Nickel Creek
This Side
04:06
Composers: Gordon Kennedy - Wayne Kirkpatrick
02
Strangers
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
04:44
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
05
Thinnest Wall
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:08
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
01
Celebrants
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:23
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
13
Brand New Sidewalk
Nickel Creek
This Side
04:16
Composers: Chris Thile
14
Why Should The Fire Die?
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
02:50
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
09
Goddamned Saint
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
04:43
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
03
Water Under the Bridge, Pt. 1
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
01:08
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
18
Hayloft (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
03:31
Composers: Ryan Guldemon
12
From the Beach
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:27
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
09
House Carpenter
Nickel Creek
This Side
05:30
Composers: Traditional
06
Smoothie Song (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:51
Composers: Chris Thile
09
When in Rome (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:49
Composers: Chris Thile
03
Jealous Of The Moon
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
04:41
Composers: Chris Thile - Gary Louris
12
First And Last Waltz
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
01:53
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
06
Going Out…
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:04
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
19
The Fox (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
06:19
Composers: N/A
08
21st of May (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
02:59
Composers: Sean Watkins
10
Tomorrow is a Long Time (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:14
Composers: Deborah Kooper
13
Somebody More Like You (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
03:19
Composers: Sean Watkins
10
Stone's Throw
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:10
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
08
Stumptown
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
01:43
Composers: Chris Thile
13
You Don’t Have To Move That Mountain (Live From The Freight And Salvage/2000)
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
03:51
Composers: Unknown
14
The Lighthouse's Tale (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:54
Composers: Chris Thile - Adam McKenzie
22
Where is Love Now (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:22
Composers: Leslie Phillips
12
You Don't Know What's Going On (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:50
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
09
Outdoor Lovin' Man
Hank Williams, Jr.
Almeria Club
04:04
Composers: Hank Williams, Jr.
01
Rest of My Life (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:17
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
17
When You Come Back Down (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:03
Composers: Tim O'Brien - David O'Keefe
20
Helena (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
06:50
Composers: Chris Thile
03
This Side (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:09
Composers: Sean Watkins

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  • Discography
Albums
Celebrants
(P) 2023 Repair Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
24-03-2023
Celebrants
01
Celebrants
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:23
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
02
Strangers
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
04:44
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
03
Water Under the Bridge, Pt. 1
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
01:08
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
04
The Meadow
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:30
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
05
Thinnest Wall
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:08
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
06
Going Out…
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:04
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
07
Holding Pattern
Nickel Creek
Celebrants
03:05
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
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Live from the Fox Theater
(P) 2022 Repair Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
12-02-2021
Live from the Fox Theater
01
Rest of My Life (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:17
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
02
Scotch & Chocolate (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
03:35
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
03
This Side (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:09
Composers: Sean Watkins
04
Destination (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:17
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
05
Jealous of the Moon (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:29
Composers: Chris Thile - Gary Louris
06
Smoothie Song (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
04:51
Composers: Chris Thile
07
Reasons Why (Live)
Nickel Creek
Live from the Fox Theater
05:04
Composers: Sean Watkins - David Puckett
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A Dotted Line
℗ 2014 Nonesuch Records Inc.
28-03-2014
A Dotted Line
01
Rest of My Life
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
03:39
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
02
Destination
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
03:51
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
03
Elsie
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
02:32
Composers: Chris Thile
04
Christmas Eve
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
04:22
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
05
Hayloft
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
03:17
Composers: Ryan Guldemond
06
21st of May
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
02:47
Composers: Sean Watkins
07
Love of Mine
Nickel Creek
A Dotted Line
04:42
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins - Sean Watkins
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
℗ 2006 Sugar Hill Records
01-01-2006
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
01
The Lighthouse’s Tale
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
05:00
Composers: Unknown
02
Out Of The Woods
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
05:19
Composers: Sinéad Lohan
03
When In Rome
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
04:15
Composers: Chris Thile
04
Helena
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
04:45
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
05
Smoothie Song
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
03:20
Composers: Chris Thile
06
Somebody More Like You
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
03:01
Composers: Sean Watkins
07
Reasons Why
Nickel Creek
Reason's Why (The Very Best)
04:08
Composers: Sean Watkins - David Puckett
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Why Should The Fire Die?
℗ 2005 Sugar Hill Records, A Welk Music Group Company
01-01-2005
Why Should The Fire Die?
01
When In Rome
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
04:15
Composers: Chris Thile
02
Somebody More Like You
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:01
Composers: Sean Watkins
03
Jealous Of The Moon
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
04:41
Composers: Chris Thile - Gary Louris
04
Scotch & Chocolate
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:07
Composers: Chris Thile - Sara Watkins
05
Can't Complain
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
05:34
Composers: Chris Thile
06
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:37
Composers: Bob Dylan
07
Eveline
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Fire Die?
03:11
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins
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This Side
℗ 2006 Sugar Hill Records, A Welk Music Group Company
13-08-2002
This Side
01
Smoothie Song
Nickel Creek
This Side
03:20
Composers: Chris Thile
02
Spit On A Stranger
Nickel Creek
This Side
02:34
Composers: Stephen Malkmus
03
Speak
Nickel Creek
This Side
04:01
Composers: Sean Watkins
04
Hanging By A Thread
Nickel Creek
This Side
04:06
Composers: Gordon Kennedy - Wayne Kirkpatrick
05
I Should've Known Better
Nickel Creek
This Side
04:27
Composers: Carrie Newcomer
06
This Side
Nickel Creek
This Side
03:33
Composers: Sean Watkins
07
Green And Gray
Nickel Creek
This Side
03:36
Composers: Chris Thile
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Nickel Creek
℗ 2006 Sugar Hill Records, A Welk Music Group Company
21-03-2000
Nickel Creek
01
Ode To A Butterfly
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
04:08
Composers: Chris Thile
02
The Lighthouse's Tale
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
05:01
Composers: Adam McKenzie - Chris Thile
03
Out Of The Woods
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
05:19
Composers: Sinéad Lohan
04
In The House Of Tom Bombadil
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
03:46
Composers: Chris Thile
05
Reasons Why
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
04:08
Composers: Sean Watkins - David Puckett
06
When You Come Back Down
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
03:49
Composers: Tim O'Brien - Danny O'Keefe
07
Sweet Afton
Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
05:37
Writer: Robert Burns / Composers: Chris Thile
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Singles
Where the Long Line Leads
(P) 2023 Repair Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
09-03-2023
Where the Long Line Leads
01
Where the Long Line Leads
Nickel Creek
Where the Long Line Leads
03:24
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
Holding Pattern
(P) 2023 Repair Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
16-02-2023
Holding Pattern
01
Holding Pattern
Nickel Creek
Holding Pattern
03:05
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
Strangers
(P) 2023 Repair Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
24-01-2023
Strangers
01
Strangers
Nickel Creek
Strangers
04:44
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins - Mike Elizondo
Destination (Live)
(P) 2022 Repair Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
04-11-2022
Destination (Live)
01
Destination (Live)
Nickel Creek
Destination (Live)
04:17
Composers: Chris Thile - Sean Watkins - Sara Watkins
When You Come Back Down (Live)
(P) 2022 Repair Records marketed and distributed by Thirty Tigers
21-10-2022
When You Come Back Down (Live)
01
When You Come Back Down (Live)
Nickel Creek
When You Come Back Down (Live)
05:03
Composers: Tim O'Brien - David O'Keefe
Destination (From "Sweet Magnolias) (Karaoke Version)
2020 URock Karaoke
12-06-2020
Destination (From "Sweet Magnolias) (Karaoke Version)
01
Destination (From "Sweet Magnolias) (Karaoke Version)
Urock Karaoke
Destination (From "Sweet Magnolias) (Karaoke Version)
03:50
Composers: Chris Thile
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Hits of Newgrass
2013 Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group
17-12-2013
Hits of Newgrass
01
White Freight Liner Blues
New Grass Revival
Hits of Newgrass
03:04
Composers: Townes Van Zandt
02
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Chris Thile
Hits of Newgrass
03:07
Composers: Jack White
03
Black Rock
The Infamous Stringdusters
Hits of Newgrass
03:31
Composers: Andy Hall
04
The Lighthouse's Tale
Nickel Creek
Hits of Newgrass
05:00
Writer: Adam McKenzie - Chris Thile / Composers: Adam McKenzie - Chris Thile
05
Cluck Old Hen
Bad Livers
Hits of Newgrass
01:57
Writer: Traditional / Composers: Traditional
06
Fork In the Road
The Infamous Stringdusters
Hits of Newgrass
03:53
Composers: Chris Jones - John Pennell
07
Sunshine
Jonathan Edwards
Hits of Newgrass
02:57
Writer: Jonathan Edwards / Composers: Jonathan Edwards
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Under the Pepper Tree
2021 New West Records, LLC
26-03-2021
Under the Pepper Tree
01
Pure Imagination
Sara Watkins
Under the Pepper Tree
03:09
Writer: Leslie Bricusse - Anthony Newley / Composers: Leslie Bricusse - Anthony Newley
02
The Second Star to the Right
Sara Watkins
Under the Pepper Tree
01:36
Writer: Sammy Fain - Sammy Cahn / Composers: Sammy Fain - Sammy Cahn
03
Blue Shadows on the Trail
Sara Watkins
Under the Pepper Tree
02:37
Writer: Eliot Daniel - Johnny Lange / Composers: Eliot Daniel - Johnny Lange
04
Edelweiss
Sara Watkins
Under the Pepper Tree
02:07
Writer: Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II / Composers: Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II
05
Moon River
Sara Watkins
Under the Pepper Tree
02:50
Writer: Henry Mancini - John Mercer / Composers: Henry Mancini - John Mercer
06
Under the Pepper Tree
Sara Watkins
Under the Pepper Tree
01:10
Writer: Sara Watkins / Composers: Sara Watkins
07
When You Wish Upon a Star
Sara Watkins
Under the Pepper Tree
03:08
Writer: Leigh Harline - Ned Washington / Composers: Leigh Harline - Ned Washington
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