Overview
- Bon Jovi shared the contract image on Instagram on Dec. 9, showing a deal signed by producer Meco Monardo for an RSO Records project.
- The document, dated Oct. 15, 1980, lists a $180 payment and confirms a work-for-hire arrangement that excluded royalty participation.
- His vocals on R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas marked his first professional recording while he was working at Power Station Studios.
- He previously recalled being told the gig paid $183 on Jimmy Kimmel Live, a minor discrepancy with the contract's $180 figure.
- Christmas in the Stars was released in 1980, featured C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels, and saw at least one track reach the Billboard Hot 100.