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1960 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas Released 1960 Recorded July 15 – August 5, 1960 Genre
Length 34 :00 (original 1960 release) 52:14 (2002 CD release)Label Verve Producer Norman Granz
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 . The tracks are all secular Christmas seasonal songs, in contrast to her second Christmas album released in 1967 .
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. The album has been reissued several times and there have been variations to the sleeve's artwork.
Track listing [ edit ]
Original 1960 vinyl issue [ edit ]
2002 CD release [ edit ]
Personnel [ edit ]
Recorded July 15–16, August 5, 1960, New York , New York :
Track 13 recorded September 3, 1959, United Records, Hollywood :
References [ edit ]
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