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| Various Artists |
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| Legends! Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé, Dinah Washington, Oscar Peterson, Swingle Singers, Bill Evans, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Smith, more. |
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| 1 A Child Is Born - Peterson, Oscar |
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| 2 Christmas Medley: Carol of the Bells/Melodies for the Day/O ... - Swingle Singers |
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| 3 Jingle Bells - Smith, Jimmy [1] |
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| 4 The Secret of Christmas - Fitzgerald, Ella |
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| 5 We Free Kings - Kirk, Rahsaan Roland |
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| 6 Christmas Eve - Eckstine, Billy |
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| 7 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm - Holiday, Billie |
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| 8 Ole Santa - Washington, Dinah |
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| 9 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Evans, Bill [Piano] |
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| 10 White Christmas - Fitzgerald, Ella |
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| 11 O Little Town of Bethlehem - Tharpe, Sister Rosetta |
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| 12 The Christmas Song - Torme, Mel |
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| 13 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Smith, Jimmy [1] |
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| 14 Silent Night - Washington, Dinah |
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| 15 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Fitzgerald, Ella |
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Album Review
This 15-track CD has something for everyone: the smooth vocal styling of Billy Eckstine on "Christmas Eve," and the purring Dinah Washington on the seductive "Ole Santa," and Ella Fitzgerald showing her soft and sentimental side on the single, "The Secret of Christmas." Billie Holiday, with help from Benny Carter and Sweets Edison, warms up the punchbowl with "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" while Sister Rosetta Tharpe raises the rafters on her powerful rendition of "O Little Town of Bethlehem." Jimmy Smith and his funky Hammond B3 invigorate "Jingle Bells," but adding tympani and horns, he totally reinvents "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen." ~ Dennis MacDonald, All Music Guide
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