| Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Cover: | EllaWishesYouaSwingingChristmas.jpg |
| Released: | 1960 |
| Recorded: | July 15 – August 5, 1960 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | (original 1960 release) 52:14 (2002 CD release) |
| Label: | Verve |
| Producer: | Norman Granz |
| Prev Title: | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from the Soundtrack of "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" |
| Next Year: | 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. The tracks are all secular Christmas seasonal songs, in contrast to her second Christmas album released in 1967.
It is Fitzgerald's only Verve complete album of Christmas tunes. Verve had issued a 7" 45rpm single in 1959, featuring "The Christmas Song" with "The Secret of Christmas" on the B-side; both were recorded with Russ Garcia and His Orchestra in September 1959. The album has been reissued several times and there have been variations to the sleeve's artwork.
Recorded July 15–16, August 5, 1960, New York, New York:
Track 13 recorded September 3, 1959, United Records, Hollywood:
| Peak position | |
| Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[1] | 33 |
|---|---|
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[2] | 33 |