The Christmas Album (The Manhattan Transfer album)

The Christmas Album (Manhattan Transfer album)
Studio album by The Manhattan Transfer
Released	1992
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:34
Label	Columbia
Producer	Tim Hauser, Johnny Mandel
The Manhattan Transfer chronology
The Offbeat of Avenues (1991) The Christmas Album (1992) Anthology: Down In Birdland (1992)

The Christmas Album was the fourteenth album of The Manhattan Transfer, released in 1992 on the Columbia Records label.

This album was co-produced by Tim Hauser and Johnny Mandel. It features a special guest, Tony Bennett, who performs on "The Christmas Song." The song "Good Night" is the John Lennon/Paul McCartney classic, and is the only Manhattan Transfer recording of a song by The Beatles.

Track listing

1. "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill, Ruth Thornhill) (5:35)
2. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) (4:34)
3. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town/Santa Man" (Medley) (J Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie, Alan Paul) (3:02)
4. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) (4:40)
5. "Silent Night, Holy Night" (Franz Gruber, Joseph Mohr) (5:55)
6. "Caroling, Caroling" (Alfred Burt, Wilha Hutson) (1:24)
7. "Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season" (Medley) (Irving Berlin, Kay Thompson) (4:06)
8. "A Christmas Love Song" (Johnny Mandel, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) (4:08)
9. "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear" (Edmund Sears, Richard Storrs Willis) (5:55)
10. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane) (4:39)
11. "Good Night" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) (3:50)

References / Sources

• The Manhattan Transfer Official Website (requires Flash)