Label: DOL
Reissued 2017
European Import
Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas - Re-issue of the 1960 'Verve' album - Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a 1960 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in the summer of 1960, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol. It is Fitzgerald's only Verve complete album of Christmas tunes. Verve had issued a 7" 45rpm single in 1959, featuring "The Christmas Song" with "The Secret of Christmas" on the b-side, both were recorded with Russ Garcia and His Orchestra in September 1959.
Track Listing:
- Jingle Bells
- Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
- Sleigh Ride
- The Christmas Song
- The Secret Of Christmas
- Good Morning Blues
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
- Winter Wonderland
- Rudolph, The Red-nosed Reindeer
- Frosty The Snowman
- White Christmas
- We Three Kings Of Orient Are
- O Little Town Of Bethlem