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Happy Holiday
Studio album by
Released 1955
Genre Traditional pop, jazz, Christmas
Label Columbia
Jo Stafford chronology
A Musical Portrait of New Orleans
(1955)
Happy Holiday
(1955)
Memory Songs
(1955)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Happy Holiday is a 1955 Christmas album of Christmas songs and carols by Jo Stafford, accompanied by her husband Paul Weston and his orchestra. The entire family participated in the creation of this album; young Tim Weston is the small boy on the cover. [2] Stafford is also joined by The Starlighters for vocal background, just as she was after her version of The Chesterfield Supper Club moved to Hollywood. [2] [3] [4]

Track listing

  1. " Happy Holiday"
  2. "Winter Weather"
  3. " The Christmas Song"
  4. " Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
  5. " Toyland"
  6. "March of the Toys"
  7. " Winter Wonderland"
  8. " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
  9. " I Wonder as I Wander"
  10. " O Little Town of Bethlehem"
  11. " Silent Night"
  12. " Happy Holiday" (reprise)

References

  1. ^ Happy Holiday at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Credits-Happy Holiday". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  3. ^ Ad for 'Chesterfield Supper Club'. Life. 13 January 1947. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ^ Music industry trade ad for The Starlighters. Billboard. 24 January 1948. Retrieved 6 April 2011.