Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas

Infobox Album | Name = Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
Type = Album
Artist = Ella Fitzgerald

| Released = 1960
Recorded = July 15 – August 5, 1960
Genre = Jazz
Length = 39:13
Label = Verve Records
Producer = Norman Granz
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:l8ge4j571waw link]
Last album = ""
(1960)
This album = " Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas "
(1960)
Next album = "Hello, Love"
(1960) |

"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 album of Christmas tunes, recorded at the peak of her vocal talents.

Track listing

For the 2002 Verve CD Reissue, 827150-2.
# "Jingle Bells" (J.S. Pierpont) – 2:21
# "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:56
# "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:56
# "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 3:32
# "Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 2:56
# "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 3:00
# "Good Morning Blues" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Jimmy Rushing) – 3:15
# "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:43
# "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Dick Smith) – 2:16
# "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 2:51
# "Frosty the Snowman" (Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins) – 2:12
# "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:02

Personnel

Recorded July 15–August 5, 1960, Hollywood, Los Angeles:

* Ella Fitzgerald: Vocals
* Frank DeVol: Arranger, Conductor