Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas

1967 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald

Studio album by Ella Fitzgerald

Released

November 1967

Recorded

July 17–18, 1967

Genre

Jazz

Length

27:27

Ella Fitzgerald chronology

Brighten the Corner
(1967)

Ella Fitzgerald's Christmas
(1967)

30 by Ella
(1968)

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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.

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 Singles Awards
Studio albums	Ella Sings Gershwin 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
Live 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 Montreux '75 Montreux '77 Digital III at Montreux A Perfect Match Sophisticated Lady
Other 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 Gold
Tribute albums	Dear Ella To Ella We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song
Filmography	Ride 'Em Cowboy Pete Kelly's Blues St. Louis Blues
Related	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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