A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra
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| A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra | ||
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| Studio album by Frank Sinatra | ||
| Released | 1957 | |
| Recorded | July 10-May 1, 1957 Capitol Studio A, Hollywood | |
| Genre | Jazz Vocal | |
| Length | 38:17 | |
| Label | Capitol Records | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Frank Sinatra chronology | ||
| Where Are You? (1957) |
A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra (1957) |
Come Fly With Me (1957) |
A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra is a Christmas album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1957.
This was Sinatra's first Christmas album. It features The Ralph Brewster Singers.
[edit] Track listing
- "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 2:00
- "The Christmas Song" (Mel Torme, Robert Wells) – 3:28
- "Mistletoe and Holly" (Sanicola, Frank Sinatra, Stanford) – 2:18
- "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Gannon, Kent, Ram) – 3:11
- "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:03
- "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Blane, Ralph Martin) – 3:29
- "The First Noël" (Sandys) – 2:44
- "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (Felix Mendelssohn, Charles Wesley) – 2:24
- "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Lewis H. Redner, Phillip Brooks) – 2:06
- "Adeste Fideles (O, Come All Ye Faithful) (John Francis Wade, arr. Oakeley, Reading) – 2:34
- "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" (Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis) – 2:51
- "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) – 2:31
- "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:37
- "The Christmas Waltz" (alternate) (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:01
The last two songs are bonus tracks on the compact disc release, which was re-titled The Sinatra Christmas Album. They were recorded in 1954 with Nelson Riddle.
[edit] Personnel
- Frank Sinatra - Vocals
- Gordon Jenkins - Arranger, Conductor
