Christmas Carousel Explained

Christmas Carousel
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Peggy Lee
Cover:	christmascarousel.jpg
Released:	1960
Recorded:	October 1959, June 15, 19, 1960
Studio:	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre:	Christmas, vocal jazz
Length:	40:20
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Dave Cavanaugh
Prev Title:	Pretty Eyes
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	Olé ala Lee
Next Year:	1961

Christmas Carousel is a 1960 studio album (see 1960 in music) by Peggy Lee, arranged by Billy May.

Some of the album's tracks were reissued, along with three newly recorded songs, on Lee's 1965 album Happy Holiday.^[1]

Track listing

1. "I Like a Sleighride (Jingle Bells)" (Traditional) - 2:03
2. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 2:19
3. "Don't Forget to Feed the Reindeer" (Peggy Lee) - 2:46
4. "The Star Carol" (A.S. Burt, Wihla Hutson) - 2:35
5. "The Christmas List" (Lee) - 2:38
6. "Christmas Carousel" (Lee) - 2:26
7. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:16
8. "The Christmas Waltz" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 2:55
9. "The Christmas Riddle" (Lee, Stella Castelucci) - 3:18
10. "The Tree" (Lee) - 1:41
11. "Deck the Halls" (Traditional) - 2:10
12. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) - 2:01

Bonus tracks issued on the 1994 CD release

13. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) - 1:51
14. "Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine Kennicott Davis) - 2:12
15. "Happy Holiday" (Irving Berlin) - 1:51
16. "The Christmas Spell" (Jack Palmer, Willard Robison) - 3:15
17. "Toys for Tots" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:03

Personnel

• Peggy Lee - vocals
• Billy May - arranger, conductor

External links

• [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=peggy lee|chart=all}} Billboard.com]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peggy Lee Discography - the Capitol Years, Part 5.