Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
1967 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas | ||||
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Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald | ||||
Released | November 1967 | |||
Recorded | July 17–18, 1967 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 27:27 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Dave Dexter Jr. | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas is a 1967 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald. It was her second and last Christmas album. Unlike Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas, her previous Christmas album which was entirely secular, this album consists only of religious Christmas songs. It was her second album for Capitol Records. It charted at #27 on Billboard's Holiday Albums chart.[2]
Track listing
For the 1967 LP on Capitol Records; Capitol ST ST 2805; re-issued in 2000 on CD, Capitol 7243 5 27674 2 7
Side One:
- "O Holy Night" (Adolphe Adam, John Sullivan Dwight) – 1:47
- "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (Edmund Hamilton Sears, Richard Storrs Willis) – 3:21
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) – 1:49
- "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 2:12
- "Joy to the World" (Lowell Mason, Isaac Watts) – 1:40
- "The First Noel" (William B. Sandys) – 1:50
- "Silent Night" (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) – 2:52
Side Two:
- "O Come All Ye Faithful" (Frederick Oakeley, John Francis Wade) – 2:45
- "Sleep, My Little Jesus" – 2:17
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (Traditional) – 1:45
- "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillip Brooks, Lewis H. Redner) – 2:10
- "We Three Kings" (John Henry Hopkins Jr.) – 2:07
- "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 1:27
Personnel
Performance
- Ella Fitzgerald – vocal
- Ralph Carmichael – conductor
- Robert Black, Grace Price - arrangers
- Ralph Carmichael's Chorus And Orchestra
References
- ^ "Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
- ^ "Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
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albums
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- Songs in a Mellow Mood
- Lullabies of Birdland
- For Sentimental Reasons
- Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax
- Sweet and Hot
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
- Ella and Louis
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers & Hart Song Book
- Ella and Louis Again
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Like Someone in Love
- Ella Swings Lightly
- Porgy and Bess
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book
- Get Happy!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book
- Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
- Hello, Love
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph"
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Harold Arlen Song Book
- Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
- Rhythm Is My Business
- Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson
- Ella Swings Gently with Nelson
- Ella Sings Broadway
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
- Ella and Basie!
- These Are the Blues
- Hello, Dolly!
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Song Book
- Ella at Duke's Place
- Whisper Not
- Brighten the Corner
- Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
- 30 by Ella
- Misty Blue
- Ella
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
- Ella Loves Cole
- Take Love Easy
- Fine and Mellow
- Ella and Oscar
- Fitzgerald and Pass... Again
- Lady Time
- Dream Dancing
- A Classy Pair
- Ella Abraça Jobim
- The Best Is Yet to Come
- Speak Love
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Easy Living
- All That Jazz
albums
- At the Opera House
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
- Ella Fitzgerald Live at Mister Kelly's
- Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife
- Ella in Hollywood
- Ella Returns to Berlin
- Twelve Nights in Hollywood
- Ella at Juan-Les-Pins
- Ella in Hamburg
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall
- The Stockholm Concert, 1966
- Ella in Budapest
- Ella à Nice
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
- Ella in London
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- Montreux '77
- Digital III at Montreux
- A Perfect Match
- Sophisticated Lady
albums
- Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues
- One O'Clock Jump
- Back on the Block
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books
- Pure Ella
- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve
- Jukebox Ella: The Complete Verve Singles, Vol. 1
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albums
- Ride 'Em Cowboy
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- St. Louis Blues
- Ray Brown (second husband)
- Ray Brown Jr. (son)
- Louis Armstrong collaborations
- A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
- Marilyn and Ella (2008 play)
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