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Released
  
November 1966

Length
  
31:51

Artist
  
Lena Horne

Producer
  
Ray Ellis

Recorded
  
1966

Merry from Lena (1966)
  
Soul (1966)

Release date
  
November 1966

Label
  
United Artists Records

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Genres
  
Christmas music, Vocal jazz, Traditional pop music

Similar
  
Lena Horne albums, Vocal jazz albums

Merry from Lena is a 1966 album by Lena Horne. Released in 1966, this Christmas album marked Horne's departure from United Artists Records and the recording industry until her return at Skye Records in 1970.

Contents

The album was reissued on CD by Capitol (1990), Razor & Tie (1995), and DRG (2007). All CD issues of the album include a bonus track, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", which was not included on the original LP.

Original release

  1. "Jingle All the Way" (Ray Ellis, Al Stillman) – 2:36
  2. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) – 3:19
  3. "Winter Wonderland" (Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith) – 2:11
  4. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 2:42
  5. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:23
  6. "The Little Drummer Boy" (Katherine K. Davis) – 2:26
  7. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Johnny Marks) – 3:15
  8. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" (Frank Loesser) – 2:40
  9. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:39
  10. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) – 2:41

CD bonus track

  1. "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:59

Performance

  • Lena Horne – vocals
  • Jack Parnell - Orchestration, Conductor

    • Songs

    1Jingle All The Way2:36
    2The Christmas Song3:19
    3Winter Wonderland2:11

    References

    Merry from Lena Wikipedia
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