Peggy Lee - "Happy Holiday" (1965) - Capitol Records
Hello Friends,
We're off to a pretty swinging start this year!
Happy Holiday is Peggy Lee's second Xmas LP, following 1960's Christmas Carousel. Actually, Happy Holiday is more of a re-packaging of the former LP with 9 of its 12 songs already existing on the former.
Pretty decent record overall. There's definitely some jazzy, swinging tracks to help make your cocktails go down a little too easy ("Winter Wonderland", "I Like A Sleighride (Jingle Bells)", "Happy Holiday"), but there's a few cornball tracks thrown in that are kind of like inviting little kids to a late night soiree at the tiki bar! No thanks!
Peggy Lee has always been at her best with a smoky & sultry ballad and here we get three great ones: Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song", Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn's "The Christmas Waltz" and Irving Berlin's "White Christmas".
Its getting late... Time for another cocktail!
RATING: 4 don't get caught under the mistletoes out of 5
Pretty decent record overall. There's definitely some jazzy, swinging tracks to help make your cocktails go down a little too easy ("Winter Wonderland", "I Like A Sleighride (Jingle Bells)", "Happy Holiday"), but there's a few cornball tracks thrown in that are kind of like inviting little kids to a late night soiree at the tiki bar! No thanks!
Peggy Lee has always been at her best with a smoky & sultry ballad and here we get three great ones: Mel Torme's "The Christmas Song", Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn's "The Christmas Waltz" and Irving Berlin's "White Christmas".
Its getting late... Time for another cocktail!
RATING: 4 don't get caught under the mistletoes out of 5
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